Alana Thurston:  

Life ~ Live it without fear! Well since I'm not much for staying in one place for very long~catch me if you can~I live in MD ~ Life continues to be anything but dull & you never know where I might be next :o) I'll stick with that part - I've managed to cover a lot of ground in 25 years and even more since I first penned that opening. My "zoo" is growing, Gabriel is 16 & Glorianna is 14, (wahhoooo! 4 more years til I'm free!) my newest "child" Gracie is a Basenji born 1/7/08, we just brought her home from MA. Also have a chinchilla, Savana Monitor, Mali-Uromastyx and 3 rats. I'm done with the really expensive two legged variety, unless they have feathers. We're looking forward to our road trip summer in 08, most of it getting together with my Marine buddies to swap sea stories, drink and make-up new stories about each other.. We're really good at bending the truth into humerous stories at the expense of each other. Really thick skin is a requirement around these nut jobs as well as the ability to sustain under large quantities of alcohol. I also have a class reunion I'm going to attend as well and will visit the fam out west, but have turned it into a road trip so I won't get stuck cleaning out attics and other chores for the 'rents, my small trunk filled with camping equipment will also deter them from sending stuff home with me. ;o) I'm not sure where the ultimate party will be... toss up between McComb MS and KCMO. McComb; I expect the guys will bring out jugs and jugs of moonshine.. coconut is good. KCMO; We'll just get crazy in my ole stomping ground, I lived there from 1993-1999, Westport is the place to party and I'm sure mechanical bulls and clay pigeons will generate some great stories. I was in the Marine Corps from 1987 to 1991 spent most of my time at Camp Pendleton and had a blast working Protocol for a 2-Star General. He was a very cool guy, even cooler was the first lieutenant I worked for/with. He and I are now, both volunteer docents at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico VA. So on occasion we got out with the other docents, also Marines and have a great time. Besides Camp Pendleton I also spent 14 months on Okinawa (Japan) and I'm considered a war era veteran even though I never went to the Gulf during that time frame. From 2000 to 2004 I worked at the Pentagon, nothing glamorous, I was an executive assitant to a manager and a director who were in charge of various aspects of keeping the world's largest office building in good condition (Facilities). It was a great place to be after September 11th because we were in on pretty much all that was going on to restore the building. Oh... I was running late for work that day... got stuck i...Expand for more