My restless spirit

The following poem does a pretty good job of explaining my adventurous spirit.

The Double Life

Don Blanding
written in 1930

How very simple life would be
If only there were two of me
A Restless Me to drift and roam
A Quiet Me to stay at home.
A Searching One to find his fill
Of varied skies and newfound thrill
While sane and homely things are done
By the domestic Other One.

And that's just where the trouble lies;
There is a Restless Me that cries
For chancy risks and changing scene,
For arctic blue and tropic green,
For deserts with their mystic spell,
For lusty fun and raising Hell

But shackled to the Restless Me
My Other Self rebelliously
Resists the frantic urge to move.
It seeks the old familiar groove
That habits make. It finds content

With hearth and home dear prisonment,
With candlelight and well loved books
And treasured loot in dusty nooks,
With puttering and garden things
And dreaming while a cricket sings
And all the while the Restless One
Insists on more exciting fun
It wants to go with every tide,
No matter where... just for the ride.
Like yowling cats the two selves brawl
Until I have no peace at all.

One eye turns to the forward track,
The other eye looks sadly back,
I'm getting wall-eyed from the strain,
(It's tough to have an idle brain)
But One says "Stay" and One says "Go"
And One says "Yes and One says "No",
And One Self wants a home and wife
And One Self craves the drifter's life.

The Restless Fellow always wins
I wish my folks had made me twins.

Good morning fine viewers

After a rough few weeks, things seem to be looking up again. I felt a minor victory in being able to fit all the week's trash into the trash can yesterday. Bought the movie, Race to Witch Mountain, last night. It was good. I vaguely remember the original. They definitely left it open for a sequel.

I still haven't figured out what my blog is......a sailing blog? christian blog? or "insert type here"?

I figure I will just write...letting God decide what I say.

Does anyone care if I come back?

After a 3 year hiatus, I am back. Alot has happened over those three years. I safely made it home from my first deployment to Iraq. I say first because in 2007 I volunteered for a second tour. This time I went with a Combat Support Hospital (CSH). I wont say which one because it was mostly a negative experience. I retired from active military duty on 30 June 2009. I procrastinated enough on retirement savings that I do not have enough for a boat. YET! I am working on it though.

I have taken a job with MC4 (Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care). I teach military medical personnel several different computer applications. Our mission is to integrate, field and support a medical information management system for tactical forces. Wha? LOL In easier to understand terms. One app provides soldiers with a life-long electronic medical record (EMR).

I haven't given up on the dream to sail. Or the dream to help orphans and widows around the world. I continue reading sailing books in order to keep the dream alive and to gain knowledge. I am hoping to join a boat for more hands on learning.