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Day 11 – Your siblings
Nov. 17th, 2010 01:30 pmI have three siblings. Jens, Serinia and Eric. My parents like old Scandinavian names but I am not sure why Eric doesn't have a K at the end of his name.
I am the oldest. Jens is 21 months younger than I am. He is married to Anne:
Jens went into the army right out of high school which is odd to think about. However, my parents told us they couldn't pay for all of us to go to college so they weren't going to pay for any of us. I got scholarships, the rest got the GI Bill. He used the GI Bill to become a kindergarten teacher in the Minneapolis school district. He is pretty much the ideal personality for a kindergarten teacher but I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't end up on the school board in 10 years because he is the sort that takes action.
Jens has an old house that he is slowly redoing and so sometimes he does things like this which I forgot about.
Serinia is my only sister and as I said my BFF. She also joined the army after high school but it didn't go that well for her. She joined the army, drove big trucks and was stationed in South Korea. She also met her friend/hetro life mate Erica. Things happened and she was medically discharged from the army a month early to keep her from being deployed to Iraq. This also means she is a disabled vet and receives disability from the VA which is good because she has a hard time keeping a job. She keeps trying, which is the important part.
A little over three years ago she moved to Joplin to help out her HLM Erica go through a divorce and Serinia has really gotten better in that time. I am hopeful that now she is back to decent VA system with a therapist that doesn't dismiss her.
The youngest sibling is Eric. He also joined the army out of high school then he joined the national guard when got out. He was deployed to Iraq for a year. He got out of the national guard last February and is not cutting his hair or beard for a year in celebration. Eric has been my roommate since he got out of the army 5 years ago but hopefully his house will be ready any time now. I am really hoping he will be out by spring.
I am the oldest. Jens is 21 months younger than I am. He is married to Anne:
Jens went into the army right out of high school which is odd to think about. However, my parents told us they couldn't pay for all of us to go to college so they weren't going to pay for any of us. I got scholarships, the rest got the GI Bill. He used the GI Bill to become a kindergarten teacher in the Minneapolis school district. He is pretty much the ideal personality for a kindergarten teacher but I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't end up on the school board in 10 years because he is the sort that takes action.
Jens has an old house that he is slowly redoing and so sometimes he does things like this which I forgot about.
Serinia is my only sister and as I said my BFF. She also joined the army after high school but it didn't go that well for her. She joined the army, drove big trucks and was stationed in South Korea. She also met her friend/hetro life mate Erica. Things happened and she was medically discharged from the army a month early to keep her from being deployed to Iraq. This also means she is a disabled vet and receives disability from the VA which is good because she has a hard time keeping a job. She keeps trying, which is the important part.
A little over three years ago she moved to Joplin to help out her HLM Erica go through a divorce and Serinia has really gotten better in that time. I am hopeful that now she is back to decent VA system with a therapist that doesn't dismiss her.
The youngest sibling is Eric. He also joined the army out of high school then he joined the national guard when got out. He was deployed to Iraq for a year. He got out of the national guard last February and is not cutting his hair or beard for a year in celebration. Eric has been my roommate since he got out of the army 5 years ago but hopefully his house will be ready any time now. I am really hoping he will be out by spring.
