sgtdub

19 March 2007. This post actually started Sunday night at about 2300 hrs. I had been in bed for a little over an hour and hadn't fallen asleep. Mrs. Dub told me that if you're not asleep in the first twenty minutes you should get up. You know my story. My mind has been racing somewhat over several things, but one in particular I just needed to post about. I'm not really sure why.

About a month ago, I had a dream. Now, it wasn't exactly a Martin Luther King Jr. dream, (and I have heard that recently in another person's blog) but it was close. In my dream, I was running for the office of the Governor. Also running for Governor was Hillary Clinton. I'm not sure why she moved to Oklahoma or if I had moved to New York. Anyway, this was the main part and a subplot was an assassination plot against us both, but I'm not for sure why. Well, I woke up, went to work and checked my emails. (same day) I had received an email from Empress Bee, a very lovely lady living life to the fullest in Florida, (but at the moment has been ill for the last week, be sure and stop by her place and wish her well)

I checked my email from Bee and she had sent me this button.

As you can see, a dream followed by an email. I was stunned. I wrote back to Ms. Bee and told her of the dream. This was her reply.Of course, this made my day and I happily showed my button around to the office. Now this weekend.
Saturday, I was browsing my favorite blogs and stopped by David's site at Out in the Parking Lot. David is another Canadian I like checking on and enjoy reading his reviews for movies, his adventures and chili recipes when he posts them. Well, David did a Blog-rolling review of me to which I was very flattered. And in the middle of it he suggests a write in campaign to have me elected President in 2008.

I find all of this interesting because since I was 19, I wanted to run for office. At the time, and still very much today, I wanted to be an Oklahoman State Senator. My philosophy with the Army National Guard, with my job as a police officer, with the nation for that matter, is that it always seems that those that can make a difference for the better choose to stand on the sidelines and allow others to take the lead. This is one of the reasons I have stayed in the Guard. Now of course, President and even Governor seem like very lofty goals and I have never given much thought to either.

The Guard and the police department both give me the sense that I am making a difference for the better. Now the State of Oklahoma is doing pretty good, but it could do better, and our elected official to the U.S. Congress are some good folks, but could it be better. The question is, Can I do more? Now, I believe I am plenty capable of doing much more, but at what point would you change course to pursue another dream? This is all just food for thought and hopefully cleared my mind enough that I was able to go to sleep afterwards.

This morning at around 1035 hrs we had an IED attack on an Embassy convoy just about a mile down the road. Fortunately, no one in the convoy was seriously hurt and only one had to be transported outside the local area for medical treatment. From the pictures I saw, the crater was rather large. We haven't received a complete count of injured or killed on the Afghan side, the area is considered heavily trafficked by vehicles and local population. Camp Phoenix responded with medical evacuation, security and recovery.

Be safe and have a great day.