Veteran's Day

Well, Tuesday was Veteran's Day and as you know my dad was a Vietnam vet. My uncle Larry (who recently passed away) was a vet as well. My family normally goes to the cemetary on days like this one, but this year I was in awe at a lot of the things I saw (all good). I took tons of pics and decided to blog about it...

Pic #1: The Wife

While searching for my uncle's headstone (which is very new) we came across a man standing at a headstone in the row in front of my uncles. At first we thought maybe it was his mom (since the name was a womans), but then I looked at the birthdate...it had to be his wife. Obviously, I dont know what its like to have a spouse in the military, but this scene made me appreciate all the spouses who do (you know who Im talking about).

Pic #2: The People:

So, Ive been to the cemetary on Veterans day many times before, but this year it amazed me as to how many people were there! This pic is only a very small section of the amount of people that were there...

Pic #3: The Forgotten

I saw a group of young cadets placing flags and flowers on various graves and I asked their commander what they were doing. He explained to me that every month this group comes to the cemetary and places flowers on the graves of the soldiers who have no known friends or family. It amazed me as to how many graves they were placing flags/flowers on. Never in a million years would I have thought that so many of our fallen died with nobody to mourn them...

Various Pictures:

I Feel Horrible...

Well, I might as well just say it...Im a horrible person! I just went onto a friends MySpace and saw that she's getting married. I know I should feel happy and joyous for her, but to be honest Im actually really sad. Not for her though; for myself. I know I know...Im jealous (I have no problem admitting that) and Im a horrible person for feeling this way. Im on the verge of tears and for what?...because Ive paid many more dues than neccessary in this stupid "dating" world and to what avail? Im a good girl, an even better girlfriend, and I deserve happiness too! Where is MY prince charming? Maybe I should have just married Steve 6 years ago (I often wonder how that would have turned out); I wonder if Im being punished in some way for not going along with the "plan" that was intended for me. I think Im at a breaking point right now; somethings gotta give....

I VOTED

As most of you know Im a HUGE Obama girl! I can now officially say that I helped make history for the U.S. on Tuesday November 4th! If youre my friend you know that Im very much a "to each his own" kinda gal. I know some of you feel very strongly about having Obama as our President and Im sorry that your candidate didnt win(sorta). I dont want to come off sounding cocky, but Im extremely happy that Obama spanked McCain at the polls. This country deserves a change!!!!