Isara Volunteer - Jen

[JMB13]

Hey Everyone! I have been very scarce on the forum since my return to crazy Seattle life but just thought I'd check in and let you all know what I have been up to, I know I like to see what other Isara members and volunteers have been doing, so here are the Jen Current Events....lets use bullet point smileys  shall we....


  I've taken on a quarters worth of college credits, which I am seriously considering, since my time with Isara, using toward a degree in teaching


  I've been helping to coach an indoor rock climbing team


  I've trained the thai puppy Night a pretty fair amount, he finally stopped taking one of every pair of my shoes to chew on


  I have a great part time job as a nanny for a sweet little 14 month old girl, although this is not a picture of her because I don't have one, so I just typed in 'generic baby' into google images and this is what I got


  And for my last bullet point, my 'celebration & announcement'...as of this coming monday I'll be in South Carolina at a place called Parris Island for Marine Corps boot camp! Joining the USMC is something I have been seriously considering for the last couple years, and now I'm ready to pick that one up where I left off.  I'll be joing the reserves and training as a 'data network system specialist', so basically I'll be a reservice computer-networking-nerd Marine, whooo-hoooo!
   
The best part about this news is that I can gladly credit my experience at Isara for the confidence I've gained and the ablility to move forward into new experiences! 

I'd love to hear any of your comments about this all...but otherwise I'll just send out this big HELLO! I hope everyone in the Isara forum is doing great and I can't wait to come back to civilized life after training and check out the site.

[Ginafish]

Wow Jen! You've been busy, eh? I hope that as you continue life's journey, you keep us posted with all the changes in the years to come.

I think it's great that your experience at Isara gave you confidence to really have foresight into your life's decisions. Living isn't meant to be taken lightly. And living life to the fullest should include some fun moments. I hope you enjoy your time at Parris Island, and I hope you remember to take pictures. (Just no more women screaming at each other...those kind scare me!)

Good Luck!

[PK]

Jen - Great to hear about all the things you're doing (and have done). And I'm glad that you're time here was a positive experience. Good luck in Boot Camp. I hear it's pretty rough on Parris Island but not too tough for you. You ROCK!!! (climb)

And it looks like Night hasn't changed much.

Now and Then

Good luck and please keep in touch whenever you can. We'll all be thinking about you. Take care,
k

[Ming]

We're so glad to hear from you Jen. Hope your family is doing well.Every thing going well with you and you have a very interesting life, you are. Looking at what you have done and what you are doing. It's amazing for people your age.
I'm very proud and excited for you with the Corps boot camp wow.
And I know you'll do it very well.

Night look very happy to be with you and he getting much bigger now, tell him that I can't even think about carry him like a gun again.(too heavy dog)

Thank you for sharing us and please keep updating what going on Ok.
I have so much thing to talk to you. And everyone here always thinking of you.
Chok dee with every thing you do.
Take care,Love you.
M.

[thartley]

You GO, Jen!  I'm very happy to hear from you and to know what you are doing these days (and in the days to come).  I hear the skeeters are terrible at PI, so you take some Avon Skin So Soft to fend them off!

Rock climbing, wow!!!!  If I were to ever go rock climbing, it would turn very quickly into "cliff diving"... its a simple matter of mass + gravity.   

[thartley]

I woke up this morning with Jen on my mind for some reason.  Has anyone heard from her or how she is doing?

[Ming]

May be she's busy I guess and don't hear from her yet too. I feeling like she will post or update soon.
And if you online Jen, I found your shoe already
Night played with it then we never see it again but now I found it under the soil in front of the ILC     We hope Jen have a great time and We all looking forward to hear from Jen!

[JMB13]

Whats up everybody! it's a good feeling to be back on the site!
Unfortunatley I'll be out of touch again here soon.... as some of you might remember me mentioning, I joined the Marine Corps, and last friday was my graduation from boot camp. I'm now home for ten days of leave before I go to North Carolina and then California for further training.  My job in the Marine Corps will be "data network system specialist"....some kinda computer programming/networking job...maybe when I come back to Isara to volunteer PK can put me to work on "THE BEAST"  (haha, I just thought that might be a good nickname for the ever-growing Isara site). 
Well, as always, I'm super excited, and VERY impressed at the continuous progress and success of Isara. 
Keep it up y'all!
 

P.S. - Glad to know that some of you had been thinking of me, I had certainly been thinking of you all. Unfortunatley in boot camp they didn't even let us call home! We had absolutley no way to use a computer.

And if you online Jen, I found your shoe already
Night played with it then we never see it again but now I found it under the soil in front of the ILC    

HAhahha! Ming, thats so funny! I'm glad you found my shoe! I will have to come back to Nong Khai to get it soon.

[Ginafish]

Wow! Not even phone calls from bootcamp? Plus all that exercise? That must have been awful! Glad to see you coming by Isara to check on us and glad to know you'll be getting some useful skills that we can later abuse put to good use. How long will you be in North Carolina and California?

[Ming]

Glad to hear from you again Jen. We're here miss you a lot.
Happy to know that thing are going well with you. It must be a hard time living in the Camp. Do u like doing it?  Again you're a strong girl i knew u can handle in for sure.  Wish thing are going good with you always.

HAhahha! Ming, thats so funny! I'm glad you found my shoe! I will have to come back to Nong Khai to get it soon.

Alright we'll see you soon.

[JMB13]

I'll be in North Carolina for a month and then I will go to Twenty-Nine Palms, California for about 3 months. 

  Yes I like doing what I'm doing, our training focuses a lot on confidence, we have to learn how to be confident ALL the time, and also to have confidence in the Marines next to us that we have to work with.  They teach us how to work as a team really well, and to get things done FAST!

[KitKat]

Chohk dee Jen!!