For those who don't know (and those who do i guess), I'm currently deployed to Kuwait. What can I say... It's hot, it's sandy and I'm out in the sun at midday. Love it! I've got great leadership and horrible leadership, great troops and horrible troops. I don't get much time to go offpost (and by much time, i mean 0 time, because there is a "threat" out there and we can't do it). It's a good 1 hour drive to and from work, so my work ours are more than what we were told.
The base itsself is nice, weekly poker tourny's (I've won once so far), a great gym with many workout classes to attend. The chow hall is well... a chow hall, the same thing every day. Since I'm trying to eat better, I've become a herbivore eating 3 salads a day with a little chicken on top. I've lost 12 pounds so far and I feel great. We havent' had to be hostile towards anyone out here, so we've been safe thus far. The joys of being in the Air Force is we don't typically use weapons unless its a rare case. I will get some pictures up on this blog soon so you can all bask in the glory of kuwait with me.
The deployment is half over and less than 2 months to go before I come home. Couple weeks of free time off to recoup from the deployment, followed by some leave taken (in hopes) to visit home. I'm sure mom and dad will have lots of work for these muscles to do at the property :)
"Hayat bdoon alosra, hua hayat hazeenat'an"
- Carl
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Christain Movie
For all you Christain movie lovers, "Fireproof" was a really great movie. It has limited showtimes, but was well worth the time and money. I reccomend it!
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Update time!
Don't tell anyone but I'm actually writing this on a government computer! *gasps* Anyhoo, it has been quite a stressful time for myself recently. Here are a couple of the main points currently going on.
1: I found out a week ago that I finally passed my SSgt testing and as of September first I will be SSgt Bayton instead of SrA Bayton. (More money! More responsibility!)
2: I got my car fixed finally and the headlight stopped working after one day. I braught it back and they fixed it and I'm still not pleased (the angle in which the light shines isn't far out enough so I feel blind when I drive at night on the left side of my car).
3: We closed on our house in Grovetown, GA (I'll put up some pictures later) and two days later we find out that we have orders to goto Monterey California.
4: We have orders to goto Monterey California haha. 3-5 years of potentially being a teaching job. We'll be working hands on with the new recruits in our job specific fields ensuring they stay on route to becoming great linguists. Our arrive no later than date is November 30th. So late October we will be taking leave to see family once again.
5: I was team captain for the AF ultimate frisbee team on post and we won 1st place in the post wide tournament. Skills, what can I say.
I know this is not the normal length of what I normally do, but meh, it's better than nothing!
"Women always have the last word in an argument, if the man talks again, it is the start of a new argument"
Carl
1: I found out a week ago that I finally passed my SSgt testing and as of September first I will be SSgt Bayton instead of SrA Bayton. (More money! More responsibility!)
2: I got my car fixed finally and the headlight stopped working after one day. I braught it back and they fixed it and I'm still not pleased (the angle in which the light shines isn't far out enough so I feel blind when I drive at night on the left side of my car).
3: We closed on our house in Grovetown, GA (I'll put up some pictures later) and two days later we find out that we have orders to goto Monterey California.
4: We have orders to goto Monterey California haha. 3-5 years of potentially being a teaching job. We'll be working hands on with the new recruits in our job specific fields ensuring they stay on route to becoming great linguists. Our arrive no later than date is November 30th. So late October we will be taking leave to see family once again.
5: I was team captain for the AF ultimate frisbee team on post and we won 1st place in the post wide tournament. Skills, what can I say.
I know this is not the normal length of what I normally do, but meh, it's better than nothing!
"Women always have the last word in an argument, if the man talks again, it is the start of a new argument"
Carl
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Pestering!
Some people keep wondering when my next blog is coming out, but since I've been having a crazy time with all the things going on back home It's been hard to find that time. Well, here's a short glimpse of the excitement... Saturday evening we went out once again to look for a suitable home for us. After about an hour or so of looking around we headed home. I came to the intersection and waited to turn left. From the right to my suprise, was someone turning left onto my street only he was not looking at me. Here's the excitement he braught, luckily my car was still driveable, noone was hurt and he was at fault! (See? You can't say i've only hit other people / things now!)
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Visiting the Ones We Care Most About
Family, that is what the titleis referring to. With Jack's (Steph's father) health taking its turn on a roller coaster, we finally were got the go ahead to go home and visit family. It was a uhh.. "short and exciting" 17.5 hour drive up to Wisconsin where we had the opportunity of getting a long short and nap (1 hour nap / quick shower) and then immediately went to the hospital to do what we came to do, spend time with family. Now don't take my little remarks as if I am complaining, well... i guess it is complaining but I would gladly do it again and again if need be.
This trip had originally started out as our last one did, visit her family, visit my family, have no time for us. Good times! heh.. Now, it has turned into staying with her family as much as possible and then going straight home to prepare for my SSgt promotion testing. I feel so old, i'm taking the "responsible" route, vice the enjoyable one and that scares me! After an added 2.5 weeks, we got Stephany's re-painted car back, i know it's off topic, but that's how my mind works :) Toyota... toyota... toyota.... sigh. So as if the 2.5 weeks werent bad enough. We had the car for 1 day then left for Wisconsin. Soon there after we found many issues, not with the paining however, the paint job was awesome. They left the trunk dirty, they did not properly place the passenger side window. They left "work" markings all over the seats and doors, and to top it all off, the rubber sidings all around the car and the foam protector in the doors are horrendously replaced and are literally falling off. Needless to say I'm not pleased at all.
Getting back on to the point I was originally getting at, Jack was finally able to come home and stay with loved ones without the hourly visit from doctors or friends. He was finally able to get "sleep" (Best he could, with the 3 times a day checkups from Diane (Steph's mom).) Although he does look better, my heart still hurts and yells in agony because I know there is nothing that i can do. I pray nearly daily (which in itsself is a feat) that i may endure his pains for him, or take troubles in my life so that he may have one moment with family free of pain. I know it isn't how it works, but it should. I'm ready and willing. On a happier note, he's got friends, family and the church backing him. Tons of prayers and love are daily being sent to him. The most heartfelt moment I think we have had up to this point was when a prayer was spoken in the hospital, giving thanks for everything, instead of asking for the sickness to be healed or pain removed. Well, steph is prolly wondering where I ran off to (in a Hotel at the moment).
"There is never nothing going on"
Carl P Bayton
This trip had originally started out as our last one did, visit her family, visit my family, have no time for us. Good times! heh.. Now, it has turned into staying with her family as much as possible and then going straight home to prepare for my SSgt promotion testing. I feel so old, i'm taking the "responsible" route, vice the enjoyable one and that scares me! After an added 2.5 weeks, we got Stephany's re-painted car back, i know it's off topic, but that's how my mind works :) Toyota... toyota... toyota.... sigh. So as if the 2.5 weeks werent bad enough. We had the car for 1 day then left for Wisconsin. Soon there after we found many issues, not with the paining however, the paint job was awesome. They left the trunk dirty, they did not properly place the passenger side window. They left "work" markings all over the seats and doors, and to top it all off, the rubber sidings all around the car and the foam protector in the doors are horrendously replaced and are literally falling off. Needless to say I'm not pleased at all.
Getting back on to the point I was originally getting at, Jack was finally able to come home and stay with loved ones without the hourly visit from doctors or friends. He was finally able to get "sleep" (Best he could, with the 3 times a day checkups from Diane (Steph's mom).) Although he does look better, my heart still hurts and yells in agony because I know there is nothing that i can do. I pray nearly daily (which in itsself is a feat) that i may endure his pains for him, or take troubles in my life so that he may have one moment with family free of pain. I know it isn't how it works, but it should. I'm ready and willing. On a happier note, he's got friends, family and the church backing him. Tons of prayers and love are daily being sent to him. The most heartfelt moment I think we have had up to this point was when a prayer was spoken in the hospital, giving thanks for everything, instead of asking for the sickness to be healed or pain removed. Well, steph is prolly wondering where I ran off to (in a Hotel at the moment).
"There is never nothing going on"
Carl P Bayton
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Honeymoon Phase of Marraige and its Transition out (CPB)
So I guess I feel kind of cheated, most people have a good solid half a year or more of that "Honeymoon Phase" in their marriage. If you are married im sure you know what I am referring to. With the quick decision of being wed prior to Stephany's deployment the first portion of the deployment seemed to be all the H.P. (Honeymoon Phase) we had. Now that she is back it seems as though life is more business less fun, if you will. Don't get me wrong by this, I am absolutely ecstatic that she is home and I finally get to hold her in my arms once again.
I know that in life, things that NEED to get done should always be done before things that we WANT to get done, right? Well, I guess at this point it is drawing that line between NEED and WANT and even the degrees within them. Taking out the trash, whilest it's a need (eventuall), It's also something that could be done after a WANT in my opinion. I could go on for a while with this but i'm going to get back to focus on the topic at hand.
So after staying up all night 2 nights ago, (as I work mids) I arrived at the airport at roughly 0945 in prep for Stephany's arrival home at 1019. While waiting, a few of her military leadership members showed up in order to greet her and welcome her home (Where was my greeting after my deployment!!! SEXIST!!!! heh just kidding). Pretty much on time, she came out with all smiles and waving at us. Good ole Steph, the very woman I fell in love with. Being as I am the most important person in her life (Don't let her tell you otherwise, she's lieing!!) we greeted with a long warm embrace, the kind you see in the movies after the husband gets back from wartime. With an "in uniform allowed single kiss" at the end of the hug, she moved on to business talking to the leadership about things that need to get done. Order of priorities and things to ensure she follows up on.
This is the point in which I knew we were already phasing / phased out of our H.P. When we arrived to the car, all we could talk about were things that needed to be talked about, ie; why her car was not ready as Toyota had promised us, tasks on post we needed to accomplish before we could go home and settle down, various tasks in the week in which we needed to get done. Maybe the H.P is just all hype, maybe it will return to us one day. Seeing as we plan on taking a serious chunk of leave (Road trip from GA to WI / IL to visit families and attempt to have a real honeymoon in there at some point!), maybe that free hearted spirit which embodied our love at one point will finally have a chance to reveal itsself.
After we had finally arrived home, I could not help but smile as the Stephany I know and love showed herself. Before even stepping into the house she inquired when the lawn had been mowed last, why there was stuff on the side of the house and not thrown away, various things which I knew she would. I guess we have a different mindset when it comes to "clean" and "complete", as most of the things i spend hours doing seemed to be for nothing as we had planned on re-doing everything once more.
That evening we went out to eat at about 4pm to Miyabi's. It is a chinese grill in which they put on a show while cooking for up to 10 people at the same time, whilest im sure it was more impressive to some people, I think the extreme tiredness of myself and Steph kinda dulled the moment a little for us. Now, we have almost 4 more meals in the fridge just from that 1 visit. It was rather tastey but they loved to put onion and mushrooms with everything! BLECH! Owell, life goes on.
In closing this large rant of various topics in relation, I think I'll end with my personal opinion on the H.P. I think that the H.P. is like a story you read to your child. There is a time and place for reading it and if you read it too much, it could possibly get old. So anyone who hasen't read their book in a while, take it off the shelf, dust it off and make the best of today and make the best of right now. Your significant other might desire the same exact thing but be too worried about NEED vice WANT. H.P. is a need to keep a relationship healthy.
"Leadership is a Action, not a position"
To be continued... Carl P Bayton
I know that in life, things that NEED to get done should always be done before things that we WANT to get done, right? Well, I guess at this point it is drawing that line between NEED and WANT and even the degrees within them. Taking out the trash, whilest it's a need (eventuall), It's also something that could be done after a WANT in my opinion. I could go on for a while with this but i'm going to get back to focus on the topic at hand.
So after staying up all night 2 nights ago, (as I work mids) I arrived at the airport at roughly 0945 in prep for Stephany's arrival home at 1019. While waiting, a few of her military leadership members showed up in order to greet her and welcome her home (Where was my greeting after my deployment!!! SEXIST!!!! heh just kidding). Pretty much on time, she came out with all smiles and waving at us. Good ole Steph, the very woman I fell in love with. Being as I am the most important person in her life (Don't let her tell you otherwise, she's lieing!!) we greeted with a long warm embrace, the kind you see in the movies after the husband gets back from wartime. With an "in uniform allowed single kiss" at the end of the hug, she moved on to business talking to the leadership about things that need to get done. Order of priorities and things to ensure she follows up on.
This is the point in which I knew we were already phasing / phased out of our H.P. When we arrived to the car, all we could talk about were things that needed to be talked about, ie; why her car was not ready as Toyota had promised us, tasks on post we needed to accomplish before we could go home and settle down, various tasks in the week in which we needed to get done. Maybe the H.P is just all hype, maybe it will return to us one day. Seeing as we plan on taking a serious chunk of leave (Road trip from GA to WI / IL to visit families and attempt to have a real honeymoon in there at some point!), maybe that free hearted spirit which embodied our love at one point will finally have a chance to reveal itsself.
After we had finally arrived home, I could not help but smile as the Stephany I know and love showed herself. Before even stepping into the house she inquired when the lawn had been mowed last, why there was stuff on the side of the house and not thrown away, various things which I knew she would. I guess we have a different mindset when it comes to "clean" and "complete", as most of the things i spend hours doing seemed to be for nothing as we had planned on re-doing everything once more.
That evening we went out to eat at about 4pm to Miyabi's. It is a chinese grill in which they put on a show while cooking for up to 10 people at the same time, whilest im sure it was more impressive to some people, I think the extreme tiredness of myself and Steph kinda dulled the moment a little for us. Now, we have almost 4 more meals in the fridge just from that 1 visit. It was rather tastey but they loved to put onion and mushrooms with everything! BLECH! Owell, life goes on.
In closing this large rant of various topics in relation, I think I'll end with my personal opinion on the H.P. I think that the H.P. is like a story you read to your child. There is a time and place for reading it and if you read it too much, it could possibly get old. So anyone who hasen't read their book in a while, take it off the shelf, dust it off and make the best of today and make the best of right now. Your significant other might desire the same exact thing but be too worried about NEED vice WANT. H.P. is a need to keep a relationship healthy.
"Leadership is a Action, not a position"
To be continued... Carl P Bayton
Friday, May 2, 2008
Times Alone and Times Ahead (CPB)
Just a background check on myself quickly for all those interested in knowing or have stopped by to see how things are, here we go.
Being raised as the youngest of 6 children I've grown up with a lot of experiences, some good and some bad. Eventually down the road if this thing kicks off i'll give detailed events for reminising and opinions. I was raised in the LDS Church (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) up until about the days of myself joining the USAF (United States Air Force). During my teenage years I spent them singing, dancing and playing various sports as school didn't thrill me all too much. I know I know.... big mistake as now that I'm in my adulthood now and I'm reaping the benefits of having been a slacker in a genious' body.
After I had joined up with the USAF I found it upon myself to start searching for a new religious home and have yet to find one that really suits me. (Once again, a story for the future). Within the USAF I am an Arabic Cryptolinguist and in the first 4-5 years of which, I spent doing my job at work, going home, watching movies and just trying to stay out of trouble. I've done a good amount of volunteer events as I enjoy the feelings I get from helping others.
In the past year, my whole life has taken a giant change. On October 12th, 2007 I was married to Stephany. She is without a doubt the woman meant for me. Just touching base on her, she also loves to help others, has a love for animals, poetry, books and working towards goals in life. I won't go into it too much as one day she may want to join this and she could tell you all something about her for you.
Right now, Stephany is deployed, and has been for almost 6 months now. (Which is where the Title comes into play). She comes home in one week's time yet it is never soon enough when it involves the one you love so dearly and would die for in a heartbeat. As of recently, Stephany's father (Jack) has had struggles with health issues and in turn this has torn Stephany apart in ways. In this, it has taken it's toll on me, not just because something is affecting my Love, but because John is now blood to me. He is family and I love him as my own.
Stephany is due to arrive home within 1 week's time as said prior, even though we have about a million things we need to do, the one that stands out most is to go home and see family as family's importance holds no competition. The times ahead are sure to be great ones and I look forward to sharing them all with you all who decide to read. I've rambled on enough at this point and next time I come around, who knows, maybe i'll give opinions on what is going on in the world, or maybe I'll divulge into my past a little giving my thought process on things.
(On a side note, I think every time I post, I will end it with a quote in which I've heard over my many years in life)
"The hardest ones in life to love are usually the ones who need it the most"
To be continued... Carl P Bayton
Being raised as the youngest of 6 children I've grown up with a lot of experiences, some good and some bad. Eventually down the road if this thing kicks off i'll give detailed events for reminising and opinions. I was raised in the LDS Church (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) up until about the days of myself joining the USAF (United States Air Force). During my teenage years I spent them singing, dancing and playing various sports as school didn't thrill me all too much. I know I know.... big mistake as now that I'm in my adulthood now and I'm reaping the benefits of having been a slacker in a genious' body.
After I had joined up with the USAF I found it upon myself to start searching for a new religious home and have yet to find one that really suits me. (Once again, a story for the future). Within the USAF I am an Arabic Cryptolinguist and in the first 4-5 years of which, I spent doing my job at work, going home, watching movies and just trying to stay out of trouble. I've done a good amount of volunteer events as I enjoy the feelings I get from helping others.
In the past year, my whole life has taken a giant change. On October 12th, 2007 I was married to Stephany. She is without a doubt the woman meant for me. Just touching base on her, she also loves to help others, has a love for animals, poetry, books and working towards goals in life. I won't go into it too much as one day she may want to join this and she could tell you all something about her for you.
Right now, Stephany is deployed, and has been for almost 6 months now. (Which is where the Title comes into play). She comes home in one week's time yet it is never soon enough when it involves the one you love so dearly and would die for in a heartbeat. As of recently, Stephany's father (Jack) has had struggles with health issues and in turn this has torn Stephany apart in ways. In this, it has taken it's toll on me, not just because something is affecting my Love, but because John is now blood to me. He is family and I love him as my own.
Stephany is due to arrive home within 1 week's time as said prior, even though we have about a million things we need to do, the one that stands out most is to go home and see family as family's importance holds no competition. The times ahead are sure to be great ones and I look forward to sharing them all with you all who decide to read. I've rambled on enough at this point and next time I come around, who knows, maybe i'll give opinions on what is going on in the world, or maybe I'll divulge into my past a little giving my thought process on things.
(On a side note, I think every time I post, I will end it with a quote in which I've heard over my many years in life)
"The hardest ones in life to love are usually the ones who need it the most"
To be continued... Carl P Bayton
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