I’ve been enjoying some days here in Illinois with my Mom this week. As you know, I’m on leave before I head for Afghanistan and then have zero time off at all. Even better, my son is here with us, scooped up in Continue reading
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Posted in Afghanistan, Awesome, Family, Food, Humor with tags blog, family, food, humor, mom, mowing on April 5, 2012 by BrainRantsThe Adventures of Fred
Posted in Army, Family, Fred, Travel with tags Afghanistan, frog, mom on June 5, 2011 by BrainRants
Fred
How did I happen to gain a tiny, poseable, plaid-shirt-wearing, smiling stuffed frog to travel with? Story is, my Mom sent Fred to me while I was deployed to Afghanistan. According to the note she included in the box (which also contained snack food – thanks, Mom!), Fred was apparently sent to make sure I was ok. My instructions were to make sure Fred came home.
Once that mission was successfully completed, Fred and I had a conversation, and decided that he’d hang out with me whenever I travel:
Me: “Hey, Fred, you wanna keep going everywhere with me?
Fred: [merely smiles]
Me: “Should I take that as a ‘yes’?”
Fred: [continues smiling]
Me: “Dude, you’re not much for conversation, are you?”
Fred: [still smiling]
Thus was born our partnership. Fred enjoys the role of being a small green Waldo (as in, “where is Waldo?”) as you can tell from the smile he has. I enjoy people walking by me on Army installations and random cities around the country wondering why a 42-year old man would be taking a picture of a tiny green stuffed frog that is wearing a plaid shirt (and no pants). I prefer to remain mysterious.
Thus far, Fred has been to: Afghanistan, Kuwait, Germany (stopover), Ireland (stopover), New York, Washington (state), D.C., Virginia, New Jersey, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, Alabama, Georgia, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, Wyoming, South Dakota, Kansas (duh), Missouri, California, Oklahoma, and Colorado. Tomorrow, we head to Fort Campbell, where Fred will be able to knock out both Kentucky and Tennessee. A well-travelled dude.
Up until I created this Blog of the Truly Random, I’d only click a picture with my BlackBerry and send it to my Mom, who gets a real kick out of Fred’s adventures. Today it occurred to me that this fit well within the bounds of Truly Random, so here you are. I’ll try to update with other posts capturing the places we’ve already been, and will keep everyone updated as to where we have just returned from.
Enjoy…
BrainRants 