27 years old

I'm 27 years old. I'm spending the day by myself, again. I promised myself last year to spend it around friends and family. Last year I was running my first half marathon in Sedona, Az. I spent the day in my hotel room eating pizza and recovering my legs. The drive through Arizona was beautiful. I was happy that I was able to drive and have an adventure.

Fast forward to the present
I went to an Irish bar last night in Chicago. I drank one two many drinks and I felt like throwing up. With the room spinning I lasted until midnight. I received a small birthday cake and my friends skyping from California to sing me Happy Birthday. It was great. It felt good to relax and forget about my worries for a night. But I took a Birthday shot of Jameson. Then all I remember is a blurred story of me jumping in a taxi to the train station. Catching the last train to Great Lakes. Paying the conductor and him waking me up not to miss my stop. Also it was very cold and I had to text all the people worrying if I made it home ok. It was a long walk from the main gate to my barracks but eventually I got there. I went to sleep and recovered.

Today I'm just pondering on life. As I usually do on my Birthday.

I like that story of Wolverine.
On Wolverine's Birthday, it is said that Sabertooth, his arch nemesis, finds him wherever he is in the world and beats him to near death. If you really look at it. Sabertooth is a really good friend. He goes out of his way to find Wolverine on his birthday and give a good birthday beat down.

Road Trip End

It is best to see from bottom to top.
8 Cities in 12 days and stops along the way
Las Vegas, NV
Hoover Dam
Prescott,AZ
Flew a Plane to Sedona
Phoenix,AZ
Roswell, NM
Carlsbad Caverns
Ate in San Antoni, TX
Houston, Tx
Austin, Tx
New Orleans, LA
Stopped in Panama City, Fl
Birmingham, Al
Indianapolis, IN
Chicago, IL

























I wish I blogged more on the road because there are so many details to write about. I am really tired now too. I posted the pictures on Facebook. If only someone would just conform and have a profile. "Caro"

Road Trip!

Hayward to Chicago in 12 days.
What's been going on? I have not blogged in quite some time. It's time I get back into it. I checked out of Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton last Friday. I wouldn't say on a good note or bad note. Let's just say it was an experience I will never trade for the world. I had to say good bye to many good friends. I met more good people in the Navy than I ever did as a civilian. It makes me look at the Navy as a good thing.
So I'm off to Las Vegas tomorrow morning.
I'm road tripping with my sister Megan. I road trip many times before by myself. After becoming a pretty seasoned traveler by myself. I found out though it easy to get around and schedule stuff it get very lonely. Having a traveling buddy gets awfully annoying too. By the end of it you want to kill each other. I figured that what ever fights my sister and I get into at the end of the day we are still blood.
I will post pictures as much as I can.
Navy Pre-Dive here I come.

So I'm working nights

It's 2am Monday Labor day,
I work tonight at 6pm. To make sure I have enough sleep for work I stay up the night before. Then I sleep at 8am and try to get 8 hours of sleep. To pass the time I'm writing in this blog.
I feel reminscent of my all nighters in art school. Those countless hours I spent slaving over art that would take minutes to critique. At the worst seconds of classroom discussion then on to the next students art. The early morning hours I spent by myself with just my itunes and my dog (Marley) sleeping close by. My unhappiness growing more and more every year I stay in school. And yet I stayed there for three years. Why? I think to myself. I'm glad i stayed there as long as I did. I did learn many things at CCA. I learned things about myself I wouldn't have known if I didn't go. My work ethic definitely was better shaped because of going there. I'm more educated about art. Especially when I watch Jeopardy, Those art history questions are the easiest.
Now I'm 26 years old in 2011. I'm listening to Pandora radio. I teaching myself to juggle. The other night I was designing my tattoo. Working night shift at the ER has made me rethink going back to college. I got to have a back up plan. I'm 100% sure I don't want to go back to CCA. I also know what killed me was writing papers. I have to comfortable with English and knocking out papers. It seems that California public schools set me up for failure when I went to college in that area. Getting A's and B;s in my high school English didn't transfer well college. I was thinking of San Jose State. That way I can still practice judo and jiu jitsu. I also want to stay in San Diego to go to a Painting school I always wanted to go to. Or get out of the Navy and travel the world for awhile.

Goals:Passing Dive School/I 've got orders

I have my goal to pass dive school. The task it easier said than done. I did my PST just last Friday. My numbers are more or less the same from when I usually take the test. I've been working out consistently too.
1131 swim
75 Push ups
66 Sit Ups
14 Pull Ups
1131 1.5 Mile run

I need to better than that if I want to pass dive school.
I want to gain 10-20lb of muscle before dive school.
Mainly focusing on my quads and hamstrings.
Thats all I can say I need to do. I need to look for outside help also.

1000yd fining
1000yd swimming
30 min treading with 25lb weight above water.
100 yds swimming with hands and feet bound.
go subsurface and swim 50 yds in one breath
This shit just got real

HM3 Select!

So I've known for about two weeks now. I am a selectee to be promoted to Hospital Corpsman Petty Officer Third Class. I have not posted in a long time. Actually since I found out I have not picked up in November. I'll get Frocked my new rank on the 23rd of June.
Professional life is picking up. I've got my Dive package done and I'm just waiting if I'm going to leave Pediatrics. I've done everything I could have possibly have done at Peds it is time to move on. Dive school bound!
Jiu Jitsu has been suffering lately. I competed at world's but I lost my first match by Kimora. No regrets. I used to take losing personally. Now I know I should take loss in stride and just have fun at what I do. Its just a game anyway. I'm gonna take a break for June. I'm a little burnt out. I also feel like I plateaued at this point.
I should start up on this Blog again.

HM3

Hospital Corpsman Petty Officer Third Class I am not. 22NOV2010 2133

Well the results for the Navy came out today for the enlisted who have been selected to rank up. I have not been selected. It was my test score and my evaluation. I pretty much got the same score I got last time so nothing really changed. My evaluation could not have been changed. As I drink my second Corona I plan my next year and how I will go about the next advancement cycle. At this point I am quite frustrated because all I did to study for the exam was I thought a lot of effort, apparently it wasn't. A lot of effort for the same score I got from the previous exam and I didn't even study for the last one. So I have to rethink my plan. (sigh) I don't know what to do now. The next test is in March. So I have 4 months until the next exam. I wish one of my corpsman roommates were home so I can get an IV. I'll do it myself.


So anyway I missed my an 18gauge in my sapheous vein in my left leg. I got a 20g in my left anticubital space. Instead occluding the vein I let it bleed to put the line in the catheter. I would need my left arm if I were to occlude the vein but I since I hooking an Intravenous line in my left arm I could not use it. My meat loaf is done I think. I'm getting drunker as I type. I'm thinking this should be last beer. As long as I have fluid in running through my arm. I wonder what kind of fluid did I put in my fucking body? LACTATED RINGERS. That's good. Apparently Lactated Ringers is good for Hangovers. So if I have it in my veins while I drink I should be good. ehh? One more beer. Ahh. Was this a just an excuse to get drunk? Well I had extra coronas just siting in my fridge. I kind of feel like getting HM3 is like getting my blue belt. I really want it! To a point I think I'm over due. But I heard before that I need to feel like a blue belt before I can put it on. Maybe that's the same with ranking up to HM3. I need to be confident in everything I do as a E-3 Hospital Corpsman in the United States Navy. I'm still fucking mad though. hahajaja.It's true though. I look up to petty officers. I've always admired how long they've been in and what kind of knowledge that they can past down. Usually they have really good advice to pass on to junior enlisted like myself. I need to be in it for a little longer to know what's it like to be a petty officer in the US Navy. Maybe even go through a deployment.

So this is my blog in a nutshell. I didn't pick up my next rank and I got drunk. I put an IV in my arm. I made my lunch and breakfast.