Who am I?
Well as this is my first blog post I shall try to tell who I am.
My name is Curtis and I live in Idaho. Well I am stationed there at least.
As you may have guessed I am in the military. I have been in the Air force since I was 18, some 14 years ago. I actually come from a long line of military members.
My Father was in the USMC and was in Nam- retired
My Grand Father was in the Army and was in WWII- retired
My Great Grand Father was in the Army and was in WWI- retired
I also had an Uncle in the Navy on my mothers side. He did not serve 20 years.

As for me, my job in the military is a harsh one. I am a Crew Chief (crew dog) I work on the F-16 aircraft. I have done this job of over 14 years in the blistering heat and freezing cold for shifts mostly 12-14 hours a day. However I just transferred for a tour in the MOCC as a Weapons System controller.

Ok so what does that mean?
Well let me help you out a bit. The life of the crew dog revolves around one thing and one thing only, making the next sortie (flight). It matters not if it is Monday and your hung over or it is Christmas day in some God fosaken country. The job is to work work work till the aircraft can fly. Basically your a mechanic, and could one day be working on a landing gear problem, the next day you could be removing and replacing an engine. You do all the maintenance and you do it right the first time.
Now my new job ( for at least a year) is to monitor and report aircraft status to the commanders of the base ( basically how many jets are broke satus ect ect) I work in conjunction with the Expediter and Production Super on the flight line to get who is needed, to the aircraft, to help fix it. I also record everything that happens out there. I do emergency check lists to make sure who needs to be told something is told it. Basically my job is to ensure "the health of the fleet" (whatever that means)
At least this job is inside, and keeps me out of the cold. I am getting to old for the flight line. LOL.

Ok that is my job but really who am I?
Some of the things I like doing in my life..... Well for one thing I love watching Star Gate. While I was deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Qatar I met most of the cast. I even received signed photos of them. I had watched the show a bit at that time and liked it. However in the last 3 months I have become a fan of the show and own the first 2 seasons, looking for the third now.
So what else do I like? I also like playing online games, so does my wife and daughter.
Together we all three play Dark Age of Camelot, City of Heroes and City of villains. My wife and I also have accounts to Lineage2 and Guild wars, However we don't play them much if at all any more.
Another thing I like to do is read. I love the Terry Pratchett books. I also love Space, looking through my telescope(wife has her own hehehe) thoughts of Quantum Physics and how the universe really works, I read a lot of books on the subject:)
Here is something I have thought of as well.....If nothing can travel faster than the speed of light, and the Universe is 13.7 billion years old. Their is roughly 31,536,000 seconds in a year (60 seconds time 60 minutes time 24 hours time 365 days) (I am aware that there is a 1/4 turn in the rotation of the earth every year hence the leap year and no I did not factor that in)
The speed of light is 186,000 Miles per second.
So you take the speed of light, times the seconds in the year, times 13.7 billion and you get....
80,360,035,200,000 billion miles.
or with out the billion 80,360,035,200,000,000,000,000 miles
That is the maximum number of miles that the universe can be, at this point in time can be ( minus the leap years for 13.7 billion years) So I see this a big universe.
But this is not who I really am.

I will tell you who I am.
I am a Father first to two wonderful kids:
My oldest is my daughter Jasmine, she is 6. In her I see the potential for someone great. She is a very smart little girl. She is in the first grade and knows how to read and write. She knows mathematics. How to add and subtract and numbers. I can give her any numbers, decimals and fractions not included, and she can solve it ( most the time). She loves dinosaurs and can name a lot of them. She even has her own fossils (shark). She is full of life and Love and has a special place in my heart that I did not know I had.
My youngest is my son Nicholas, he is 2. He is very funny and I see in him the ability to make people laugh. He is almost always happy and love to be hugged. He knows how to talk and understands many things I would not think a two year old could understand. He is a selfless person and does not want everything he sees in a store. Case in point the other day we went to Wal Mart, I wanted to buy him something. He would pick out something hold it for awhile and say " Put it back Daddy" he did this many times and did not pick out anything until we had a toy for Jasmine as well. He likes Dora the Explorer and Loves the dolls ( I am not to worried about this, or at least keep telling myself that HAHAHA). He is my joy!
I love spending time with my kids and they are the true meaning to life on earth.
I am also a Husband to my wonderful wife Sandra. She is a wonderful and caring person. She has taught me how to love. She taught me the meaning of love and has my heart. Sandra loves her coffee in the morning, she loves to read and she loves the kids and myself as well. She speaks many languages and knows how to spell better than I. Sandra and I met in 1997 in an internet chat room on IRC (mirc pirch). Her family lives in South Africa and in 1998 I flew there and we got married! Sandra has taught me so much about myself and about life in general! I love her for who she is and who she has helped me become!
So who am I?
I am first and foremost a father, second I am a husband! In all that is all it really boils down to.
I just want to be the best father I can, and be the best husband I know how to be!
No, I am not perfect, nor do I claim to be. I make mistakes and in hind sight I regret them. But I have always stayed true to my wife and true to my kids. Grated I may be a bit strict with my kids, but in this day and age you have to be.

May God grant me the ability to be a loving husband and father, may he bestow upon me wisdom to know what to do and what to say. Please forgive me for all my imperfections, and keep my family safe. Please bring an end to the war in the middle east, be with our troops who are deployed and help those around the world who suffer. Please bring understanding and peace to all your children. I pray all this in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen!

This is all I have to write for now.... Thanks for reading and keep posted for more!
Curits