Intro [31 Days Remaining]

The main purpose for this first post is just to give a quick introduction. Just to get you up to speed on what has happened up to this point. In December 08, I decided to do one of the craziest, and most honorable, things I can imagine. I decided to enlist in the Marine Corps. I went in ready to go. I wanted to get enlisted and shipped out ASAPronto, as my recruiter would say. Sgt Shaw, the aforementioned recruiter, had different ideas. Long story short, he had me jumping through flaming hoops of doom in order to enlist. For starters, he had me working out at 0600 every day for 2 or 3 weeks. A lazy couch potato teenager getting out of bed at 0500 to work out is nothing short of miraculous! Finally, on January 24, 2009, I enlisted. Since then, I've been working my butt off to get in shape in time to ship out to MCRDPI [Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island] on March 23. This is the unofficial kick-off of the 30 Day Count Down. The reason it's unofficial is two-fold. First of all, I have 31 days left. And second, this is only a tiny intro. The real stuff will be better. More tomorrow.