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From Pain to Purpose: Be Present for Yourself · Military Broadcast Radio | MBR Talk

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Welcome to the Propane to Purpose radio show.
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I'm your host Viva Fulton. In this show we explore the
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incredible journeys of resilience, healing, and
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transformation. In each episode, we will sit
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down with individuals good face unimaginable struggles and turn
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their pain into power, heartbreak into hope, and their
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challenges into meaningful change and finding new purpose
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in life. Through candid conversations and
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inspiring stories, we will uncover how pain, whether
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emotional, physical, mental, or spiritual, can be the catalyst
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for profound growth and a deeper sense of purpose.
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So if you are looking for motivation, insight, and real
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stories of triumph over adversity, if you're in the
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right place, let's get started on this journey from pain to
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purpose. Let's give veterans a voice
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through military broadcast talk. Hey.
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Hey, everybody. Little little snafu's there.
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Hair is a mess. I'm I on the road, so I had to
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pull out my equipment. Maybe I need to put a hat on
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this hair. Oh, my God, it's awful.
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It's awful. So sorry.
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Yep, it's a mess. I, you know, it's been humid.
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I'm on the road, folks. I'm on the road.
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So no makeup, hair's not done. It is what it is.
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I, I had to drive into town to get Internet connection.
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I'm doing the whole Wi-Fi for my truck thing.
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Thank goodness I have Wi-Fi for my truck.
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Sorry for the snafu on not being in the right studio.
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When I hit play, when I hit go live.
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It is what it is, guys. I, you know, when you're not in
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your own studio, things just are little crazy.
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Little crazy. So where am I?
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I'm not at home. I am on the road, but I am at
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least at not far from the campground where my trailer is.
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It's nice. It's wooded.
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No Internet there. Yeah.
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No Internet there. It was LTE on my cell phone so
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you know had to come into town anyways and get cash.
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So in case y'all have never seen and I I use I use my
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recreation.gov account because I do have one of those there the
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America the Beautiful pass. If you haven't ever seen here we
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go America the Beautiful pass use these.
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I you know as a disabled veteran you can get the permanent one.
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I highly recommend it. I oops one year and got the
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temporary one. It expires.
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You have to get it annually every year.
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Do the do the process, go ahead and get the permanent one.
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This lets you camp at campgrounds at A at a reduced
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cost. So it'll only cost me $16.00 a
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night at the campground where I'm at.
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I would say it changes from location to location but this is
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the with electricity cost it was cheaper.
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I think it's like $12.00 or $10 a night.
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It's cheaper if you don't need utilities, any electricity, or
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water. They had already rented out all
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of the spots that had water, but I got the last one for
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electricity. I was really blessed that so I
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when I pulled in the so there's always a can't post.
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I go through and tell you guys this because some people just
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don't know what to expect. So you go in, you drive.
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If you don't make your point, your reservation online and
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there is an app for that recreation.gov, it's really
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easy. I didn't quite decide where I
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wanted to camp, so I didn't make my reservation early enough and
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it was a first come, first serve location, which is fine.
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But the caveat is that you know is you may not get a space or
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you get a space and you got electricity, but you don't have
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any water. So when you make your
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reservations online, they will typically be able to give you A
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tag. You hang the tag on your vehicle
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and they will premark your space with it, with your reservation
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and everything. I didn't do that this time.
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So they have these little envelopes at the front entrance.
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If they had don't have a gated this this particular place is
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not a gated where they have a booth for somebody to sit in.
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But the camp post walked in, walked over to my truck, saw
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that I was, you know, I was doing what I was supposed to do
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to check in. And anyways, they have these
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envelopes there and you got to fill it out with all your
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information. Put your, you're going to,
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there's a place on here to put your passport number that
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America the Beautiful pass that I just showed you.
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You're going to put your number there, fill it out with your,
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your license plate information. And they want cash or check.
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I don't carry checks with me and I didn't have any cash, so I had
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to come into town and get some cash.
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Fortunately Walmart's right here.
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So I'll get some water, extra water cause I've got water
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bottles. But you know, I'm only going to
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be here for two days, so that's fine.
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Maybe I'll get a bottle of wine, I don't know.
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So that's kind of the process. And it was just park.
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So I, I was very blessed. Like I said, the parking, the
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spot that I got, man, it was like one of the easiest spots
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I've ever had to back into. So that was one.
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And two, there was an older gentleman and his granddaughter
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happened to be riding their bicycles.
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And he, he was like helping me. I mean, it was like, it was
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neat. It was really nice that this guy
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was volunteering to help me and, but, and he's disabled, but he
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was like, yeah, go ahead. And you got this, You got this.
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And he was telling me goes, you know, normally it's a guy, it's
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a man that's driving and he's never, cause I've never seen a
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woman Back in RV. I was like, OK, well, here I am.
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Dad taught me well. So he was helping unhook
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everything and just, you know, yeah, it was such a blessing.
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And as we were finishing up, there was a a neighbor that of
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course I had. I'm just getting there, folks.
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I hadn't even gone to the bathroom yet.
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And this then there was a neighbor.
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She came over to talk to me. She actually dragged me over to
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her campsite and wanted to show me this little pop up, you know,
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little mini. I want to say it's like a it's
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like a she called it an extra living room that but it just
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pops up so easy. That will be so helpful just in
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case it rains or, you know, just want to sit out there and
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mellow. Just be mellow.
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You know it. It's like a yeah, it's a little
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8 by 8. I think it's about what it is,
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maybe a six by 66 by 6 little pop up, you know, awning thing,
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but it's netted so you don't have to worry about the bugs
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flying around or anything. I don't know.
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I was like, sure, yeah, OK, what a blessing.
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I just was like, OK, this is the this was all God.
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All right, So I've been, I left the house yesterday morning at
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2:30 in the morning. I took one, one pit stop.
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No, I took one pit stop, just that Texas side of just this
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side of Texas before I moved into Texarkana area and I took,
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no, actually I went over into Arkansas and stopped at the
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first rest stop, got some ZS 'cause that was a long haul
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already. That was nice to do.
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I think I got like, you know, an hour for that rest and then I
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took another rest yesterday afternoon.
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God, I was probably about an hour, so maybe 2 hours before I
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got to the campground where I'd stayed last night.
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And that was really good timing for my having pulled off just
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getting so, you know, my eyes rest.
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You know, when you're driving like this, you get you get a
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little hypnotic on the road. When I got back on the highway,
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traffic was pretty stopped because there was an accident in
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front of us. And I feel very fortunate that
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maybe my little pulling off of there saved me from being in
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something else 'cause it was just it was starting to sprinkle
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a little bit. I've been very fortunate with
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the whole rain thing so far because some of the roof repair
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stuff that I did on the very front of the trailer did not
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take it. It, yeah, it did not take it
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didn't stay. So I'm a little frustrated, but
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it's it's it's OK. I know what I need to do.
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The problem is that I don't have a ladder with me to get up on
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the roof again and fix it. So I'm just, I'm just praying
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that there's no rain and maybe I can get up there in some way and
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spray some stuff. I do have some spray, a rubber
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sealant that might be able to help because I'm afraid that it,
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I had to get up there and fix it to begin with because I knew
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that I had some, some openings there.
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And now so far the rain has avoided the RV and I'm parked
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under some trees that will help protect it if it rains again
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tonight or tomorrow. So I'm at a campsite for two
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days. It's really kind of nice to be
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able to do that and just kind of unplug a little bit.
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I have some things that I can do with writing on my PhD.
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I've been woefully behind schedule on doing some of that
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stuff. So, you know, but it's
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important. I've been, I've been prepping so
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hard to get ready for this trip and making sure that I had, you
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know, some things ready for the trailer that I have neglected
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some of the other things that I was supposed to do.
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So isn't that funny how life works like that?
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But then I'm gonna have these two days to just kind of chill.
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I'm looking, I'm really looking forward to that 'cause even
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though my work location at the house, you know, has improved,
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I'm still working the 10 hour days and and I've still been
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trying to hustle on the trailer and everything else.
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So I know I get it. Some of it's been pressures I
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put on myself. But I want to talk about that,
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right? Aren't we?
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We do a lot of things, we put pressure on ourselves.
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But then there is a purpose in this, right?
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I mean, this, my show's called From Pain to Purpose.
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Think about it. These are some pain steps that
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I've gone through to get things ready so that I can help do the
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purpose side of things. And, and I'll be broadcasting
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live next Saturday at Dominion Raceway with Rally for Vets.
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So that is exciting. You know, last year that was so
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cool. I got to get in the Miata and
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race around the race track. So if you haven't ever done that
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and you're looking for an adrenaline rush, that is super
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fun. Yeah.
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I, I like going fast. I can't help it, you know, maybe
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it's in the blood. I, my parents especially dad
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was, you know, Dad did Jeep racing when I was young, and
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that was, that was a lot of fun. Yeah.
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Going fast is good. I don't know that I want to do
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it all. It's an expensive hobby.
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And obviously I can't race my truck around a racetrack.
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Don't think I didn't think about it, but I know what my truck can
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do. But I have to be able to drive
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it and get back to Texas, too. So yeah, there's that kind of
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think of what else you know, but in some ways the whole point
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like no matter whether you're participating in something like
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Rally for Vets, some of the other nonprofits that I have
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gone out with and done things Deep Sea Valkyries, the one take
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away. I let's let's think about it.
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The one thing that I think really, no matter whether you're
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hunting, and I haven't gone hunting yet, that's happening
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for me at the end of September, whether you're fishing, and I've
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done the fishing before, fly fishing, love to fly fish.
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It's cold, yes, I'm out there in the water.
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I've caught the trout, love it. It's a great feeling to, you
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know, reel it in is that and and when you're scuba diving, you're
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down there in the water and you see all the rest of the creation
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that God created all the thing that the the theme between all
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of those events is being in the moment right there.
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I want you to think about it, whether you're on the racetrack
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and you're having to take that concentration and, and it's
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about, you know, your torque and turning and this, that and the
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cantilever of what the vehicle's doing making, you know, you got
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to, you got to think about all those things.
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The same thing happens when you're racing.
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You got to remember to breathe too, because, believe me, you
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get so focused on where you're going.
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I got to breathe. I was just even, you know, even
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when I was driving for the past two days pulling the trailer, I
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and I here I am listening to you know, I, I binge listen to you
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know, a shows on Netflix. You don't really watch it, but
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you listen to it. But here I am driving.
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You got to remember to breathe. And I know that sounds crazy,
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but you have to like just, I have to relax my body and I have
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to remember to breathe and calm everything down.
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You have to remember to be in the moment of where you are and
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what you're doing. And what does that matter when
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you get anxious, when you get depressed, when you're feeling
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like a little ah or you're in a group, in an environment to be,
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you got to be mindful and be present, right?
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And just settle yourself down and remember to breathe,
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remember to just relax. You know, I mean, that's part of
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just, I was remembering that as I was driving for the last two
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days to, you know, shift my hips, relax my shoulders and my
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neck. When you, when your body starts
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doing some things, you gotta remember to just just relax and
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breathe through it. I was very mindful about that.
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You know, like when I've gone scuba diving, you get excited
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about chasing, you know, a fish you get, you know, you, you get
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caught in the current or just, you know, you see the turtle
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swimming by or a shark and you tend to want to breathe faster.
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And that affects your buoyancy. Same thing is going to happen
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when you're on the racetrack and you're turning those corners.
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But you got to remember to breathe and you got to remember
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to relax. You get anxious about whatever.
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You got to remember to breathe and relax.
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I don't care what you're going through.
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And sometimes we have to remember to remind ourselves of
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these things, to breathe and relax.
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I've seen some people posting lately, but they're on edge on
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things. Remember to breathe and relax.
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Go and find some green space. That's why I enjoy getting out
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and enjoying recreation.gov. Go out there and enjoy the green
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space. There is something about the
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green noise. You hear the if you just close
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your eyes, right, you sit in your little chair, You're out
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there in the woods. Maybe you want to lay on the
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ground. You know I wouldn't it's wet,
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but I wouldn't lay on there right now.
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But sit in your chair and you want to just hear the green
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noise, that space, right? The leaves are rustling.
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And chances are you're not going to be surrounded by all of these
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frequencies, the all the electronic frequencies, right?
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The RF frequencies because there's there's no cell signal
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down there, right? Or at least where I'm at for the
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next two days. It's, it's, it's at a low point
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by a Creek and the, there is no cell service down there.
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There's, I'll be lucky if the antenna works 'cause where I was
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last night, the antenna didn't work.
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And that was actually near a dam.
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And maybe they have something turned off and you can't get,
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but it was down there at water level below the dam.
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So, you know, maybe maybe they had it.
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It's getting cold in here now. Maybe they had.
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Sorry, somehow I accidentally muted myself, but I got it.
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Enjoy. You got to remember to enjoy
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life. The world gets a little crazy
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with all of the news and just things going on.
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And I get it. School just started, lots of
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people planning things for the fall.
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You know, it's a time where people start getting ramped up
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with different clubs that you're in and stuff.
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I want to remind you to just make sure you don't get so
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wrapped up into being busy for everybody else they you forget
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to be present for you. That's really important.
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It was, you know, I was on Amanda Moore's show the other
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day and there was something that, you know, she, it was sad.
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I remember her posting about a month or so ago that she stepped
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back from an event that she, you know, a hobby that she really
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enjoyed doing. And how many of us get wrapped
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up in in doing, Let's say it's a club.
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You get so wrapped up in doing the life of the club that you
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forget to be present for who you are, taking care of your needs,
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taking care of your family needs.
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We have to remember that we don't let life run us.
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We are supposed to be present for ourselves and remember who
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we're serving. I serve God, yes, I know I'm on
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this mission. I can't I drove 1000 miles week
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in advance to be able to to come and do this, you know,
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commentate on Raleigh for vets, but I believe in the mission.
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I, you know, it's just such a phenomenal opportunity too
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'cause it's one of those rare events where all 5 branches are
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represented and I get to call the race and that is, you know,
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that sounds exciting to me. I love the challenge of it and I
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committed to doing it last year. So I am a woman of my word.
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I was not going to let it fall through the cracks and say, you
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know, sorry, I'm in Texas now. I can't do that.
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I could have, and nobody would have faulted me for it.
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Yeah, I don't think anybody would have faulted me.
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I mean, things happen in life. Now, if I've been sick or
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something else, that would be a different story.
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And certainly I could have done this with just my tent.
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And that's not preventing me from traveling before with just
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me in the tent. But I wanted to be able to get
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the RV, you know, to I I've been renovating it, getting it Rd.
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worthy still have some TLC to give it when I get back.
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So hopefully I like somethings. Maybe it's light.
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Yeah, just light. I I want to make you know what
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this is a rolling studio. I think that's, you know,
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something that God's been kind of pressing on me to take, you
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know, to take the mission that from pain to purpose and
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revivalist mission to the people.
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If maybe the people are not coming on the show or listening
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to show, let's take the show to the people.
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So that's that's what I've been doing.
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Yeah. I know something a little silly.
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I don't know. I'm just curious.
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Is anybody, is anybody feeling called to do something?
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I would love to hear if you are, you know, if you have something
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that you're working on, what is your new mission?
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And let's share, you know, share those opportunities.
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What are you doing that I I, what is your pain to purpose?
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I mean, it's, it's fun listening to people who are expanding
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their horizons. Maybe you want to start a radio
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show to reach out. Hey, I'm not always, not always
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in studio with the makeup on, looking prim and proper.
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This is the this is, you know, sometimes it's just where the
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rubber meets the road, literally, right?
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What are you? You know, what are you doing?
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There are lots of people who have a from pain to purpose
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story who are likely looking for some inspiration and need to
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hear what you were doing. What you know what what, what
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are you doing in your life? Let me tell you where this gum
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Oops, oops, sorry. Let's see, I know part of it is
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I'm hungry. I am thirsty.
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I did eat a Bucky's burrito this morning, and I didn't have
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nearly as much coffee as I normally do.
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So yeah, I'm actually kind of under nourished today.
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So I'm anxious to be able to get back to the trailer and fix some
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dinner. Yeah, because I haven't had
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lunch. Didn't snack on anything really
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in the truck today when I was driving.
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I don't even need any pistachios.
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I did have some chocolate M&M's, but I haven't had any lunch.
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So I'm a little malnourished today.
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It's probably why I'm feeling like this.
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Got some crackers, but I got some crackers and cheese.
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Maybe I'll snack on that on the way back.
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Yeah, So what else is going on? I'll be in the, I'll actually be
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working in the office this week and I'm camping at Fort Belvoir.
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So I most of these posts have an MWR facility and some of them
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have campgrounds too. So I'm actually going to be
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camping at Fort Belvoir this week.
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So that's why I'm at my camp spot today and tomorrow and I'll
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check out Monday morning, hit the road and go to Fort Belvoir,
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which is really nice 'cause it's not very far from the office.
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I can just, I could either drive or metro over to get to the
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office. So that's pretty, pretty
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exciting, a little different. And that way I didn't have to
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take any leave to go do this. I didn't want to drive.
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You know, I could have flown. I get it.
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I could have flown, probably would have with the gas that
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I've spent, I probably could have just flown in.
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But I don't know, you know, I enjoy the challenge.
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I guess I enjoy the challenge and testing the RV and
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everything, but I love the opportunity.
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Get out and you know, see the woods, see the countryside, get
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the green air. You can't get the green air in
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the airplane. So I, I laugh at myself
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sometimes about some of the things, you know, some of the
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things that I do. But I, I'm going to enjoy the
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green space, like I said, and just, you know, unplug, do some
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writing for a couple of days. And yeah, I think I might, I, I
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brought some of the improvement projects with me, so I can do
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some of that while I'm parked in one space too.
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I can put some more of the ceiling up.
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I can do some more of the flooring and pray that it
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doesn't rain and kept gushing inside because of because of the
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roof stuff. But I don't know, maybe I can
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figure out a way I can stand on the I, I I've been trying to
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wrap my head around what if I stand on the truck and get up
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there? Maybe that could work.
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We'll see how, how ambitious, that's the word.
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Maybe I can try to be ambitious and spray the rubber stuff up on
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the road, up on the roof, up there.
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We'll see. So anyways, so get back to the
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MWR. I've stayed at other MWR places
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as well. If you know that you're going to
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go somewhere, you know any of the forts post naval bases,
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whatever, chances are they have they have.
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You can stay in RV's motorhomes, go online and look.
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And that's exactly what I did last year.
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I stayed at a naval place on, not on the Eastern Shore of
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Maryland. It was on the West, was on the
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other Bayside. That was a nice little
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campground. So that's all I did at at Fort
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Belvoir is I looked up there MWR and they had a campground and
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made reservations. You can prepay.
31:19
This one's a little pricier than most, but actually I'm going to
31:24
get a Bayview. So I'm pretty excited.
31:27
I get basically I am right there on the water.
31:32
So that will be in, you know. So yeah, sometimes you're gonna
31:38
pay a little bit more, but compared to some of the
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commercial marketplaces for RV, it's becoming a little bit more
31:48
competitive because there are more people who are living in
31:51
RV's than were just traveling. Something else to consider, You
31:57
know, I know that there are is a movement for people to do expat
32:02
traveling internationally, but there are a lot of people who
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also live in their RV, travel across the they travel across
32:15
country, but there are there is a way to stay at campsites for
32:20
free, go to volunteer.gov. Maybe I need to go ahead and
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type that in the? Type that into the comments
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volunteer.gov and there are places that you can be a camp
32:42
host. So I didn't so there.
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So there are a variety of different federal government
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campgrounds hosted by the USDA. Some of them are Corps of
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Engineers, let's say. You know, I think the DODODOD
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ones through MDOBMWR are different, but the volunteer.gov
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ones, you can be a camp host. You don't necessarily have to
33:11
have an RV because sometimes they have cabins, They have a
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housing facility available, like maybe they have a cot.
33:21
Sometimes they're lighthouses. They need somebody to stay on
33:26
property and you are the ticket taker.
33:29
Remember, like the guy that I was telling you that the guy
33:32
came out from his RV, The the Campos, they stay for free and
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typically they want to get a book maybe four to six months to
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stay there. And you're not very far.
33:49
This was only 10. Let's see, I'm trying to think
33:53
about how far. I'm like 10 miles from the
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campground and I'm in, I'm in a town that's got Lowe's and
34:02
Walmart and plenty of stuff here.
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Dunkin' Donuts is right there. So you can, you can stay as a
34:10
camp post for free. There was my first time going
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across country. There was a young veteran with
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his two daughters and he was homeschooling his daughters and
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he was a camp host. He loved doing it and he he only
34:33
had the cost of his RV and he had a truck and he was planning
34:37
on being there for at least six months or so, which is perfect
34:42
for the school year. I he probably, you know,
34:46
extended longer, but he could go wherever And you know, it's a
34:53
it's a low key way of keeping your expenses down, staying
34:59
someplace for free utilities. They typically also offer Wi-Fi
35:07
for the host because you got to be able to connect to download
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what the reservations are and they fill out the little stub
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and put it on the campsite. It's it's really minimal work.
35:23
You really just kind of that face person for what you're
35:27
doing and answering questions. And you know, that guy was
35:31
really nice and told me which spot was open, that it wasn't
35:38
booked 'cause I told you it was first come, first serve.
35:41
Told me where to go ahead and park.
35:43
I got the electricity. Don't have water.
35:45
That's fine. I always keep spare 2 gallon.
35:49
Yeah, one of those two gallon waters if I keep spare water.
35:54
I didn't fill up enough water in my tank, but that's OK.
35:59
I took a shower last night, washed my hair and everything.
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It's why it's all frizzy and I'm not doing anything for the next
36:07
two days. And once I get to Fort Belvoir,
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I'll be able to hook up my water and be fine.
36:12
But I've got enough water to do any dishes I have to make my
36:17
coffee in the morning. And the minimal, right?
36:21
The minimal, Yeah, 'cause I know I don't have enough water in the
36:24
tank. I didn't fill up, but I wasn't.
36:27
I don't like if I can help it, I don't carry the extra water in
36:31
the tank because that's more water that I am having to tow.
36:38
So I just try to avoid the extra water when I'm traveling like
36:43
that. Anyways, lesson learned.
36:47
Yeah, it's a lesson learned. I'm OK Lesson learn on things.
36:51
I was just trying to keep it minimal.
36:54
And, you know, we can second girse ourselves all the time,
36:58
but it's all right. But at least last night I was
37:01
figuring out how to get the TV hooked up 'cause I had installed
37:06
a new antenna. But I think where I was camped
37:11
last night, it was too far. It was too low in order to, you
37:15
know, to be able to get any kind of antenna service.
37:19
Which is fine 'cause guess who was smart enough to bring some
37:23
DVDs? I have, I have a DVD player.
37:26
I have DVD's will travel no problem.
37:30
And that's OK. You know, I'm unplugging
37:33
anyways. So the only thing I need to do,
37:36
like on my computer is start doing some of the, doing some of
37:43
the writing I need to do for, for my PhD.
37:48
And I don't need to connect to the Internet for any of that
37:51
because it's all in my head and part of the report that I have.
37:57
So I just have to, you know, sit down and focus and do that.
38:01
And, and, and in a lot of ways, I'm cutting out all of the
38:06
distractions. How many of you ever purposely
38:09
do that? Cutting out distractions 'cause
38:12
I think in many ways we get caught up with distractions
38:20
like, you know, the whole hey, there's a squirrel, there's a
38:23
squirrel I'm we see too many squirrels in life.
38:29
Sometimes we get caught up with chasing the squirrels and we
38:35
like what I was saying while I go.
38:36
We don't stay present for where we're supposed to be.
38:44
And that causes extra anxiety, right?
38:47
That causes extra challenges that we don't need.
38:54
It causes extra anxiety trying to meet everybody else's
39:00
expectations. And we have to remember to be
39:04
present for ourselves. And the expectation is only
39:09
really about making sure that we're doing what we're supposed
39:16
to do for God, for and taking care of ourselves.
39:23
You know, I was talking with somebody other day and they were
39:26
like, I don't really feel good. Well, what are you doing?
39:30
You know, I, they, they are so busy doing so many other things,
39:36
not eating the right food, not getting enough exercise, not
39:44
being probably all anxious about things and not being present for
39:49
themselves. And, you know, I'm like, I'm
39:53
looking, I'm looking in the camera and trying to look at you
39:57
guys. And I'm like, well, my eyes feel
40:00
like they're bluer Today. My hair is looking more blonde.
40:07
My daughter told me the other day she goes, you're looking
40:09
really tan. And that's, you know, I don't
40:12
have any makeup on. I'm not having to wear makeup.
40:15
I don't think, you know, that my skin feels healthier.
40:22
I don't know. I just I have had more energy.
40:24
I have felt so much better being back in, being back home, being
40:30
back in Texas. And I'm not, I'm not struggling
40:35
mentally when I was working such crazy hours with the commute and
40:44
everything that's I, I had to get my work life balanced back.
40:50
And you know, yes, I know I have this week.
40:54
It will challenge because I haven't, haven't done this
40:58
particular commute, but it's not too bad.
41:04
And then I'll have the drive all the way back again and I'll be
41:09
home for a few weeks and then I'll be headed to Wyoming.
41:12
Now, when I go to Wyoming, I'm not taking the trailer.
41:16
It is just a week, but I'm, I'm going there for a whole
41:21
different purpose. At least I'm not planning to
41:23
take the trailer. I, I, I think because I, because
41:30
of the roof, until I can get that roof, all I've got to hurry
41:34
up and get that taken care of. But I didn't finish getting it
41:38
taken care of before I left Texas because I did not get the
41:42
materials that I needed in time and it was too hot.
41:47
When I read the instructions about putting the rubberized
41:51
roof sealant on, it was too hot and I didn't want to mess with
41:58
trying to do all of that hard work and it be too hot to take.
42:02
So I'm just I'm having to wait so when I get back then I can
42:08
probably spend it as it gets a little bit cooler.
42:12
But before I go to Wyoming, I'll get the roof done and but at
42:17
least it'll be cooler and I'm not going to be fighting that
42:22
heat up there. That was that kind of was
42:25
bothering me too, just doing so much of that roof work and it
42:32
was so hot outside. I mean, it was 103 one day when
42:35
I was out there. So this, this is OK.
42:40
When I go camping, when I go hunting, I should say, it'll be
42:44
camping at a trailhead. And so the situation is not
42:49
going to be like it's at one of these recreation.gov locations.
42:55
It's at a trailhead. So you know, it'll be just
42:58
parking with my truck and I've got a tent and I'll take all of
43:02
that stuff, which is OK. I'm equipped for all of that.
43:06
It'll be pretty. It'll be exciting.
43:10
So Brave Souls United is, is the nonprofit that I'm doing that
43:15
with. I'm actually building the the
43:20
female veteran program, which is pretty cool.
43:24
So I'm learning it all from the ground up, which is good because
43:29
I don't have any pre biased to go in and say oh, no, Oh, this
43:39
is pants. I got the camo shirt.
43:50
I got an extra jacket just in case.
43:53
Fortunately, I have my hiking poles are ready.
43:58
I've got let's see. Oh, of course.
44:03
I've got my boots. So I've got those.
44:07
Yeah. It should be pretty good.
44:10
Yeah, should be. I don't have a camo hat.
44:13
Gotta hide the hair. Yeah, I have to get a hat.
44:15
I have to. May I have to go find a hat.
44:19
That's something to think of. I'm trying to think of what
44:23
else? Busy, Busy.
44:29
Busy. I don't have any guess, I don't
44:33
think I don't have my little calendar that look, we're I
44:39
think my backpack in the back seat has my calendar.
44:43
I don't think I have any other guests booked in September.
44:47
So if you want to be on my show, make sure you reach out to me.
44:52
I'll have those couple of weeks. I don't think I have anybody.
44:57
I've talked to some people, but we haven't set dates on things.
45:01
So if you want to come on the show, make sure you reach out to
45:05
me. Be a guest.
45:10
I'll add this. There we go.
45:21
I put that. Yeah.
45:24
Want to be a guest? e-mail me.
45:27
So I put that out there. There's my e-mail address.
45:32
Eva at MB Radio dot US here. Is that website volunteer.gov.
45:39
That's the one I was telling you about.
45:44
If you do, you know, I've met some really nice camp posts
45:50
there, quite a few veterans who do the camp post thing.
45:53
It's a win win guys. And you know, some of the camp
45:58
posts that I talked with when I was traveling to Texas the last
46:03
time, they, they were making their way across the country
46:09
visiting different kids. And they would stay at, you
46:14
know, stay at one location for a couple of months, which was nice
46:20
because they, they, they could trade off with other people when
46:26
they wanted to. So let's say because they, they
46:31
become a network, you can text or e-mail, you know, some of
46:34
these other camp posts and say, hey, I want to go to Florida and
46:39
you could go camp post in Florida.
46:47
I know people who can't post in Hawaii.
46:50
That was the Internet connection guy.
46:52
Sorry, I I am in the truck. Can't help it, but it looks like
46:57
it came back OK. And yeah, I'm sorry, it's a busy
47:03
parking lot. It's nothing but cars going all
47:06
over the place. I'm trying to think of what
47:12
else? It's just a busy time.
47:21
I don't know somebody's, I guess they're going to carpool or
47:26
something. It's always funny to watch what
47:31
what people are doing. They park in the parking lot and
47:36
then they go carpool with somebody else someplace.
47:40
So I don't know. When I first got here, there
47:45
were some people back there and somebody with a motorcycle and
47:48
they were yelling. I don't know what was going on.
47:52
Just interesting. Just interesting.
47:56
Oh, I know. Well, I think people are getting
47:59
ready for football games and stuff like that.
48:02
So yeah, that's what they look like.
48:06
They're. Yeah.
48:10
You know, I was in Tennessee earlier and they were all
48:12
wearing the orange shirts. I think they were headed to, you
48:16
know, a football game. It is Saturday.
48:18
So these people look like they're probably headed to a
48:21
football game to different colored orange shirts.
48:25
But it's not the same as 'cause they they get Virginia tag.
48:30
So anyways, it's football season, so hopefully everybody's
48:36
out there enjoying and having fun.
48:41
I don't know, you know, this is I think the whole point of it is
48:46
many ways is just enjoying life and remember to breathe and be
48:51
present and reach out. And you know, that's the other
48:55
thing though, reach out to somebody and and ask him to go
48:59
out with you. Go go camping.
49:02
Get out there. It's going to be great weather
49:04
this fall. Get out there and enjoy the
49:08
great outdoors. There's lots of opportunities
49:12
and don't let don't become a hermit and just sit at home
49:18
going nowhere fast. Get out there and enjoy life.
49:22
Get out there and see different terrain, go visit different
49:26
parks. There are things to do.
49:28
You know, most of these states, like even when I was in Florida,
49:36
veterans, you can go camping. I think they have the camping
49:40
pass for free. They have a the state itself has
49:44
a pass that you can go camping for free.
49:48
Pretty sure Texas has one too. I don't have Texas pass.
49:53
I need to go visit one of the grounds and get that pass.
49:57
So you know, you, you can look up the resources in the state
50:04
where you live and get involved. Go out there and, and, and live.
50:10
Many of these trails have hiking friendly trails.
50:15
Go get some hiking sticks and get out there.
50:18
Take some water, take a buddy, go have some fun.
50:21
So anyways, next Saturday I will be at Dominion Raceway with
50:27
Raleigh for Vets and it's going to be fun.
50:31
I will be commentating the race and maybe while I'm in here in
50:35
Walmart I'll get some crayons for the marine.
50:38
So anyways, y'all have a fantastic week and follow me
50:45
next Saturday 'cause I like I said I'll be I'll be on most of
50:50
the day and it will be a hoot. OK so y'all have a fabulous week
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