Jerry Conner:  

I remember myself back in school as more of a loner and being pretty dorky. I got married to a Rebel who recently died from cancer. She was quite the catch. How I won her heart is beyond me. Our wedding picture is posted. I joined the military around ten years after graduation, and served for 21 years. How I pulled that off when so many Mr. Hooah types couldn't is beyond me as well. I have five children, two deceased. I work at Fruit Jar Tech (aka, Ball State University. I am getting what we in the military call "Short Timer's Disease" That is what you get when you are in your last year of employment. I am far from that, but I have a countdown clock on my cell already. Usually with this condition, the closer you get to the last day, the less you care about how good you do. Just enough to stay out of trouble. I suspect many of you are going to get that condition soon, if it hasn't bitten you already. As much as I tended to stay to myself, I am surprised by the number of people who reviewed me here. I am not the person I was back then. A good wife, and the military experienc...Expand for more