My life and how it was

In the beginning I was born, a product of the American stay in France, lived there and in the United States, and also in Germany. Yes, I was an army brat. I graduated high school in Karlsruhe, West Germany. Note, I date myself by saying West Germany, yes children, twenty years ago there were two Germany's. I came back to the US, had one semester in college, run out of money ( a recurring theme in my life} and ended up joining the Navy. I became a navy corpsman who left the navy after 10 years because I was tired of floating unhappily along the ocean or giving shots to sailors and marines, among other things, remember it was job not always an adventure. Got a history degree but didn't want to teach bored and sometimes angry teenagers, and you could not kick there dainty little butts as many so richly deserved so my degree was a waste that way except that I really like history and learning things at college. Learning for the sake of learning. what a concept. So that degree didn't help me make lots of money and become a rich powerful man that would ever show up on any TV show on VH1 or E! or even ,hopefully "Cops". So I had a varied career in the restaurant and hotel industry. OK, Ok, I drove for Domino's and worked in a no-tell motel at least we didn't charge by the hour. But I worked management in those type of jobs also but it was boring, repetitious and really no fun. I even tried trucking but I wasn't a good driver and they canned me rather quickly. Then that MS officially popped up. I say officially because I had the symptoms for years but they happened so slowly and I was both stupid, prideful, and lazy that I didn't really have it checked out until December of 2007, yes, I known typical male. The news is that an early diagnosis would not have changed a thing. In a way, this so-called disease, I prefer "condition" has clarified my life. I cannot work for an actual living so no stress, no pressure to succeed, no competition from anybody, some people thrive on that, I never really cared for it. So I can concentrate on doing what I enjoy and when I figure what that is, I will be happy to tell you all what it is. To round it off and to make it short and finish it off, I am overweight, have been since I left the Navy but I am trying to lose the pounds. I have stopped smoking but I still use a nicotine delivery system and it's not a patch so you guess what it is. I don't drink, I would have to be an alcoholic about to croak if I drank alcohol while having MS. I try not to be that stupid. I wear glasses, I have been since seven, can't blame that on MS. I am a bit of a smart-ass but people somehow consider me a nice guy, go figure. So have fun with your life, I'll try with mine. PS, I'm also single, never married and not gay, not there's anything wrong with that.