It's 5:30 in the am and I'm going to continue my war story for now. We all came back from Iraq in February of 09 I had decided to reenlist for another 6 years shortly before returning. Why? I don't know. Maybe I thought I would have my life together better by that point and still didn't. Maybe it was the simple fact I had a job that payed decent with medical benefits, and if I could avoid being killed it wasn't to bad. HaHa. My did try to work things out. Kinda. We didn't live together, I moved in with a buddy of mine from my unit a she moved into a small apartment. The problem was that every time we were together all we would end up doing is drinking and talking about friends we had lost during the 15 months in Iraq. You can try to leave the past behind, but it won't leave you behind. She eventually fell in love with my roommate. I could have made a big thing of it but really wasn't worth it. They have a son now and live together in Texas, I'm happy for them. I decided to change my job and become a "metal worker" for the army a fancy term for welder. So I left Fort Hood in the fall of 09 and went to Aberdeen MD were the army welding school is. I spent the next 6 months there learning to weld and drinking entirely to much. It was just the thing to do at the time. I returned to hood after the school and awaited my next duty assignment. In the mean time I had meet my future sons mom ex wife #2. We dated for quite awhile and when it came time for me to leave Fort Hood to go to Carson she wanted to come with so we got married...............