It's Been Pretty Busy

I’m finally re-qualified to do my job in the AF, it took 2 months to get retrained and finish up all of my qualification requirements, but I finally did it. It has taken a lot of time studying and going through classes so I guess I’ll use that as my excuse for not posting more updates lately.

Another thing that has kept me really busy is my grandmother. My mom has taken a leave of absence from work and spent the last two months by her side as she continues living with cancer. Unfortunately, it seems that the cancer has progressed to the point that my grandmother may only have days left. She rarely has the energy to form complete sentences and her abilities to walk and feed herself have been gone for almost a month. I’ve been around death before, but this is the first time that I have ever seen someone slowly deteriorate right in front of my eyes. It has been a struggle for the entire family; I just hope and pray that my grandmother will not be in pain in the last days of her life.

On the boxing front, I am finally down to 178 pounds…actually, I’m still at 180, but I can get down to 178 whenever I need to, so I’m going to call it good. I got approval to attend the Air Force Boxing Camp next year which will help my chances of doing well at the USA National tournament next summer. I won’t get to attend the entire camp (it is almost 5 months long) but I will get to attend the first 6 weeks which will include the Air Force Box-offs and the Armed Services Championship. Hopefully, I can win the Air Force title again and move up from number 2 to number 1 at the Armed Services Championship.

Finally, I just want to say Merry Christmas to all and for those of you that don’t celebrate Christmas, Happy Holidays. I hope I’ll be able to make more updates on a regular basis to keep everyone updated.