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My Everyday Life
Each one of us is dealt a unique set of odds. Follow Jon, Emily, Alex, Molly, and Rachel as they navigate the odds of their everyday lives.
TUESDAY - 29 ACROSS: DESK FAIRY
At some point during the early summer it all became abundantly clear. My problem was not that I was an inherently lazy and disorganized person. The problem was simply that I didn’t have a desk.
MONDAY - THE RE-EDUCATION OF JON PITTS-WILEY: THE MAN-MAN CHRONICLES
The Pitts-Wiley residence. A biodegradable diaper liner. Stuck in the toilet. Not biodegrading.
FRIDAY - MAKING ROUNDS: GUNNER-ED DOWN
Gunners aim for the top grades, residencies, best-looking cupcake on the plate, whatever. God help you should you be standing in their way—these med students will cut you down without flinching to get what they want.
THURSDAY - KNOCKED OFF BALANCE: BLINK OF AN EYE
This morning Eliza was so excited for her first day of kindergarten that she was ready 15 minutes before we had to leave, which never happens.
TUESDAY - 29 ACROSS: DARK AND STORMY FRIDAY MORNING
One needs an excuse to begin drinking at 1 pm on a Friday. My excuse was that my fourth nephew had just been born and I needed to toast his existence.
WEDNESDAY - LETTER FROM AFGHANISTAN: NEWBIES
It is an intimidating thing to come into a new unit. You are the "Fucking New Guy" or FNG. I was at one time an FNG, only people had to call me "sir."
MONDAY - THE RE-EDUCATION OF JON PITTS-WILEY: RINGING ENDORSEMENT
For a guy who was whatever about wedding rings, I flipped like I was turning State’s evidence.
THURSDAY - KNOCKED OFF BALANCE: ROLE MODELS
In talking with my mentor and others like her, I realized that not having a strong model to copy has actually freed me to consciously select how I want to go about building my family rather than simply recreating what I experienced or just avoiding what was negative or harmful.
WEDNESDAY - LETTER FROM AFGHANISTAN: THE PERSPECTIVE FROM HERE
As an officer I am bound by my position to never express a political opinion outside that of the US Army's public affairs message. But, given my anonymity on this blog, I am free to express a few thoughts I have been having.
Archives
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2010
- September
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August
- Tuesday - 29 Across: Dark and Stormy Friday Morning
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: Ringing Endorsement
- Friday - Making Rounds: Is It Worth It?
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: Role Models
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: The Perspective From Here
- Tuesday - 29 Across: My Own Private Adolescence
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: Gassed Up
- Friday - Making Rounds: Fear
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: Guilt Trip
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: Going In Blind
- Tuesday - 29 Across: It's a Date
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: To Sleep Perchance to Breathe
- Friday - Making Rounds: Growth Spurt
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: Girl Power
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: The Breaking Point
- Tuesday - 29 Across: Yellow Light Means Caution
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: There Will Be Art
- Friday - Making Rounds: This Ain't No Video Game
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: Judge Not
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: Baptism by Fire
- Tuesday - 29 Across: These My People
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: The Great Red Hope
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July
- Friday - Making Rounds: Time of Your Life
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: Racing to Labor Day
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: Rescue Mission
- Tuesday - 29 Across: Jellyfish Lunches
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: She's My Favorite Girl
- Friday - Making Rounds: Together Again
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: Mommy Blogs
- Wednesday - Letter from Afghanistan: Thinking Ahead
- Tuesday - 29 Across: Waking Up Six Inches to the Left
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: The Problem Problem
- Friday - Making Rounds: Harmonized
- Thursday - Knocked off Balance: Potty Talk
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: Harley Fever
- Tuesday - 29 Across: Ode to a Car
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: 30/30 Vision
- Friday - Making Rounds: Boob Job
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: Birthday Hell
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: Sitting In My Chair
- Tuesday - 29 Across: Every Good Love Story Should Be Written Down
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: Forgiveness Isn't Fun...
- Friday - Making Rounds: Stumble and Fall
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: Before Six
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June
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: What I Carry
- Tuesday - 29 Across: The Temptation of Taco Bell
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: Swearing In
- Friday - Making Rounds: Facing My Nemesis
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: The Princess Wars
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: War of Words
- Tuesday - 29 Across: In Transit
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: The Untouchables
- Friday - Making Rounds: Self-Examination
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: To the Dads
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: Shaken to the Core
- Tuesday - 29 Across: Mama's Glass Half Empty
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: Juice on Delivery
- Friday - Making Rounds: How I Got to This Point
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: On Friends and Other Dilemmas
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: The Platoon Family Unit: Pappies, Mommas, Kids, and Clowns
- Tuesday - 29 Across: Casual As Can Be
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: Bent Spoons
- Friday - Making Rounds: Burnout
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: Milestones
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: What I Miss About Home
- Tuesday - 29 Across: What's in a Wrinkle?
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May
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: Get Off My Lawn!
- Friday - Making Rounds: Identity Crisis
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: Time for Dinner
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: Desensitized
- Tuesday - 29 Across: Between Health Care and a Hard Place
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: How Many of Us Have Them?
- Friday - Making Rounds: Time to Worry About Myself
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: Anatomy of a Tantrum
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: Things Have Changed
- Tuesday - 29 Across: New Kid On the Block
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: Sock It to Me
- Friday - Making Rounds: Loss
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: Moving On?
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: Staying Connected
- Tuesday - 29 Across: Crossing Paths in Mumbai
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: A Thousand Words
- Friday - Making Rounds: Is It Worth It?
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: The Hard Truth
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: The Perspective From Here
- Tuesday - 29 Across: The Ups and Downs of Being Alone
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: The Nature of Dreams
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April
- Friday - Making Rounds: Parents and Doctors Don’t Always Agree
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: The Yeller
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: Guts, Glory, and Gummy Bears
- Tuesday - 29 Across: Once Upon a Bloody Spring Dawn
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: If I Could But Forget
- Friday - Making Rounds: Life? What Life?
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: Deep Thoughts
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: Running in Circles
- Tuesday - 29 Across: This Just In: It's Not Easy Being Green
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: One Month Later
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: Never Enough
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: "Sir, We Have Something"
- Tuesday - 29 Across: “You’ll be a Bette Davis in Boston.”
- Monday - The Re-education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: The $64,000 Question
- Friday - Making Rounds: On
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: Goodbye Big John
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: Killing Time
- Tuesday - 29 Across: The Other Women
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: Great
- Friday - Making Rounds: Do No Harm
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: Molly, Master Painter
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March
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: The Path Not Taken
- Tuesday - 29 Across - Gotta Hit the Sauce: Tales of a Crossword Addict
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: Right on Time
- Friday - Making Rounds: White Coat Imposter
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: What Mothers Give Up
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: Sphincter Control
- Tuesday - 29 Across: Crazy Enough
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts Wiley: Can I Holler?
- Friday - Making Rounds: Baby Steps
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: Nature or Nurture?
- Wednesday - Letter From Afghanistan: Skirmish—Avoiding The Hurt Locker
- Tuesday - 29 Across: Let's Call Him Oliver
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon-Pitts Wiley: Controversy
- Friday - Making Rounds: Lookin' for Specialty Love
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: Cold Feet
- Wednesday - Letter from Afghanistan: The Burden of Leadership
- Tuesday - 29 Across: The Daughter
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: The Well of Woman
- Friday - Making Rounds: Class Rank and File
- Thursday - Knocked off Balance: Guilt—a Way of Life
- Wednesday - Letter from Afghanistan: Baptism by Fire
- Tuesday - 29 Across: Happy Birthday to Me—Twenty-Fine
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: Juicy Fruit
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February
- Friday - Making Rounds: My First Time
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: Jockeying for Position
- Wednesday - Letter from Afghanistan: In Country
- Tuesday - 29 Across: Plus One
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: Lessons of a Feather
- Friday - Making Rounds: "It's Just Like Grey's Anatomy!"
- Thursday - Knocked Off Balance: Doing Time
- Wednesday - Letter from Afghanistan: Flashback
- Tuesday - 29 Across: The Reluctant Bostonian
- Monday - The Re-Education of Jon Pitts-Wiley: The Odds of Me
