Holy CRAP FOLKS, Is this turning into a Freakin online support group or what? IT IS? Oh...cool...
Here it goes...
I think the single thing I am most proud of is getting myself here, where I am, by myself, And playing a key role in helping my wife get where she is today. I know I know sounds tired but I had a really jacked up child hood, poor, single mother, yadda yadda...Lets just say that Fight Club speaks to me in a real unhealthy manner. But, I graduated High School, Went to College, got married... quit school to pay for hers...
(Hold on now..I was an Art Major with a 2.8 GPA, She was the Math Physics Double Major with a 4.3 GPA or something due to honors courses. Now you tell me who is going to drop out and pay bills...)
I joined the worlds Finest Air Force, served proudly while she was getting her Bachelors and then Masters at Creighton University, She Graduated with a perfect 4.0 in Math. I am proud of that as well, doing the right thing. I was able to provide the stability she needed to succeed. I got out of the Air Force, followed my wife to Tampa where she started her career as an Actuarial Consultant and I got a job at Booz Allen Hamilton, and then where I work now.
I dunno, I just take pride in the fact that I really got myself where I am at, didn't have any help when I was young, I took care of my own and have been a faithful husband to my wife and a loyal friend to my friends (Hell I stared down the barrel of a skinhead's .12 gauge for my Bro Kyler...long story). They are my family and that is all that I need.
Oh yeah and yes she did pay for most of the Hayabusa, she almost doubles my Salary... but I sold my first street bike to pay rent during her third year at CSU, Times were tough...(Ramen Noodles tough) the Return on Investment has been incredible though... Not braggin..well ok on her I am...but we have just come a long way, and we've done it together. We Started with nothing, hand me downs, Salvation Army Furniture, and a 75' Cadillac Coupe De' Ville, and here we are... Feels really good, I thank the Heavens, and my luck for where I am today...oh...and a crap load of hard work...
Oh yeah, Mike...You Damn near had me tearing up...
And if this is a support group where in hell are the Coffee and Doughnuts?