Now it can be told!

[SteveForever]

...imagine kissing your first born child goodby at the age of 6 months, and then seeing them again when they were 18 months old. Imagine all of the things you would miss out on...First words, first steps, first birthdays, etc etc...If you had your 3rd or 4th child at this point, maybe it would be easier to say goodbye and come back in 9 months...But the experience of a first child is truly one of the reasons we are put on this earth to live this life, and it wasn't something I wanted to take for granted. If nine out of ten people here would have sold out that experience for a few hundred thousand dollars, then that's a true shame, and maybe says something to the state of the world we live in.

Jeremey,
I can tell you that, after almost 18 years in the military,
13 deployments (anywhere from 3-6 month stretches) to the
Middle East and a one-year remote to Korea, NO AMOUNT OF $$$
can replace the time lost from my family. Heck, by the time my youngest is
2 yo, I will have missed 11 months of her life because I am going right
back to Iraq in January... It just isn't worth it.
I can DEFINITELY understand your reasoning...
Good Luck with this endeavor.

Well somebody has to storm the castle...

[jrnychick]

...imagine kissing your first born child goodby at the age of 6 months, and then seeing them again when they were 18 months old. Imagine all of the things you would miss out on...First words, first steps, first birthdays, etc etc...If you had your 3rd or 4th child at this point, maybe it would be easier to say goodbye and come back in 9 months...But the experience of a first child is truly one of the reasons we are put on this earth to live this life, and it wasn't something I wanted to take for granted. If nine out of ten people here would have sold out that experience for a few hundred thousand dollars, then that's a true shame, and maybe says something to the state of the world we live in.

Jeremey,
I can tell you that, after almost 18 years in the military,
13 deployments (anywhere from 3-6 month stretches) to the
Middle East and a one-year remote to Korea, NO AMOUNT OF $$$
can replace the time lost from my family. Heck, by the time my youngest is
2 yo, I will have missed 11 months of her life because I am going right
back to Iraq in January... It just isn't worth it.
I can DEFINITELY understand your reasoning...
Good Luck with this endeavor.

Changing the subject here a bit, but are you freaking kidding, Carl? You have to go back to that hell hole AGAIN?

[RedWingFan]

Jeremey,
I can tell you that, after almost 18 years in the military,
13 deployments (anywhere from 3-6 month stretches) to the
Middle East and a one-year remote to Korea, NO AMOUNT OF $$$
can replace the time lost from my family. Heck, by the time my youngest is
2 yo, I will have missed 11 months of her life because I am going right
back to Iraq in January... It just isn't worth it.
I can DEFINITELY understand your reasoning...
Good Luck with this endeavor.

Damn Carl when does your commitment expire?
I couldn't imagine leaving my 16 month old for much more than a day at a time.
I don't know how you guys and girls deal with the heartache?

[Michigan Girl]

If nine out of ten people here would have sold out that experience for a few hundred thousand dollars, then that's a true shame, and maybe says something to the state of the world we live in.

I feel like a real asshole now.

Is this the FIRST time?

[Carlitto H@kk]

Damn Carl when does your commitment expire?
I couldn't imagine leaving my 16 month old for much more than a day at a time.
I don't know how you guys and girls deal with the heartache?

Changing the subject here a bit, but are you freaking kidding, Carl? You have to go back to that hell hole AGAIN?

Yepper Depper!

If I stay in the unit I am in right now,
I will be right back in Iraq at the beginning of January.
It really starts to wear on you after all these years.
Put it this way:
3 days after my honeymoon in '96, I deployed
to Saudi Arabia for 4 months. Actually arrived at
Khobar Towers one week after the bombing. If our unit
wasn't delayed a week due to airlift, we would've been
in one of the buildings that sustained most of the damage.
8 or 9 folks from Eglin AFB, whom we were replacing, died
in that blast; pretty scary.

I was sent on a 45-day TDY one week after my frist daughter was born.
By the time Bella was 4, I had spent one year in Korea, 6 months in Iraq
and been on numerous 2-3 week TDYs across the country.
She turns 8 this Sunday and I have missed 4 Thanksgivings/Christmas holidays
with her and have been able to take her trick-or-treating 3 times...

My youngest, Abby, was 2 months old when I left last August for this most recent trip.
In November, I will be deployed to a state-side base for 30-days of pre-Iraq training.
I will probably be getting ready to come home from Iraq when she turns 2 next May 24th.

Jeremey DEFINITELY has his priorities straight.
He coulda banked millions from Journey but
he still couldn't "buy back all that time lost."

I hit my 20-year mark on October 1st, 2010.
If I choose to retire, I will be 40 yo...
Depending on where I am stationed and what I am
doing, I don't if I will retire then or stick around longer.
Whether or not I am deploying constantly will play a MAJOR factor
in my decision.

[piecesofeight]

Damn Carl when does your commitment expire?
I couldn't imagine leaving my 16 month old for much more than a day at a time.
I don't know how you guys and girls deal with the heartache?

Changing the subject here a bit, but are you freaking kidding, Carl? You have to go back to that hell hole AGAIN?

Yepper Depper!

If I stay in the unit I am in right now,
I will be right back in Iraq at the beginning of January.
It really starts to wear on you after all these years.
Put it this way:
3 days after my honeymoon in '96, I deployed
to Saudi Arabia for 4 months. Actually arrived at
Khobar Towers one week after the bombing. If our unit
wasn't delayed a week due to airlift, we would've been
in one of the buildings that sustained most of the damage.
8 or 9 folks from Eglin AFB, whom we were replacing, died
in that blast; pretty scary.

I was sent on a 45-day TDY one week after my frist daughter was born.
By the time Bella was 4, I had spent one year in Korea, 6 months in Iraq
and been on numerous 2-3 week TDYs across the country.
She turns 8 this Sunday and I have missed 4 Thanksgivings/Christmas holidays
with her and have been able to take her trick-or-treating 3 times...

My youngest, Abby, was 2 months old when I left last August for this most recent trip.
In November, I will be deployed to a state-side base for 30-days of pre-Iraq training.
I will probably be getting ready to come home from Iraq when she turns 2 next May 24th.

Jeremey DEFINITELY has his priorities straight.
He coulda banked millions from Journey but
he still couldn't "buy back all that time lost."

I hit my 20-year mark on October 1st, 2010.
If I choose to retire, I will be 40 yo...
Depending on where I am stationed and what I am
doing, I don't if I will retire then or stick around longer.
Whether or not I am deploying constantly will play a MAJOR factor
in my decision.

A few things cross my mind as I read your rescent post' here. I have several family members who have served and are serving..I appreciate what you do for us.

Even though some people might say..so what..it's your choice..no one forced you.. I get it.

After reading what you have written..and with what I have been going through lately..it makes me even more so want to be how I have always felt..appreciate what you have..don't bitch about what you don't..enjoy the small things..don't bitch about every darn little things..especially that which you can't control..don't argue with people about every little frickin' thing..

Anyway..KUDOS to you..

[journeypower]

best of luck to you jeremy. seems like a lot of people are getting their share this year. what a good year it is.

[ScarabGator]

see ya at Club LaVela buddy!!!!!!

[RedWingFan]

Yepper Depper!

If I stay in the unit I am in right now,
I will be right back in Iraq at the beginning of January.
It really starts to wear on you after all these years.
Put it this way:
3 days after my honeymoon in '96, I deployed
to Saudi Arabia for 4 months. Actually arrived at
Khobar Towers one week after the bombing. If our unit
wasn't delayed a week due to airlift, we would've been
in one of the buildings that sustained most of the damage.
8 or 9 folks from Eglin AFB, whom we were replacing, died
in that blast; pretty scary.

I was sent on a 45-day TDY one week after my frist daughter was born.
By the time Bella was 4, I had spent one year in Korea, 6 months in Iraq
and been on numerous 2-3 week TDYs across the country.
She turns 8 this Sunday and I have missed 4 Thanksgivings/Christmas holidays
with her and have been able to take her trick-or-treating 3 times...

My youngest, Abby, was 2 months old when I left last August for this most recent trip.
In November, I will be deployed to a state-side base for 30-days of pre-Iraq training.
I will probably be getting ready to come home from Iraq when she turns 2 next May 24th.

Jeremey DEFINITELY has his priorities straight.
He coulda banked millions from Journey but
he still couldn't "buy back all that time lost."

I hit my 20-year mark on October 1st, 2010.
If I choose to retire, I will be 40 yo...
Depending on where I am stationed and what I am
doing, I don't if I will retire then or stick around longer.
Whether or not I am deploying constantly will play a MAJOR factor
in my decision.

Dude, stop before you make me feel bad about that assbeating we're giving your Penguins! I'd like to enjoy tonights game, thank you.

[ProgRocker53]

I got to thinking...

...was it not possible, in any way then, that Jeremey perhaps could've gotten his own tour bus for his wife and kid to come along on tour with him on? That way he couldn't miss out on much and always have his beloved at his side.

[Carlitto H@kk]

I got to thinking...

...was it not possible, in any way then, that Jeremey perhaps could've gotten his own tour bus for his wife and kid to come along on tour with him on? That way he couldn't miss out on much and always have his beloved at his side.

Yea, sure...
Schon and Cain would've gladly fessed up
the extra cash for that to happen...

[ProgRocker53]

I got to thinking...

...was it not possible, in any way then, that Jeremey perhaps could've gotten his own tour bus for his wife and kid to come along on tour with him on? That way he couldn't miss out on much and always have his beloved at his side.

Yea, sure...
Schon and Cain would've gladly fessed up
the extra cash for that to happen...

Haha, indeed.

But six figures is quite enough to buy a personal bus, I'd imagine.

[Tito]

I got to thinking...

...was it not possible, in any way then, that Jeremey perhaps could've gotten his own tour bus for his wife and kid to come along on tour with him on? That way he couldn't miss out on much and always have his beloved at his side.

Yea, sure...
Schon and Cain would've gladly fessed up
the extra cash for that to happen...

Come on, man. Why do you always have to bash Schon and Cain.

[RedWingFan]

I got to thinking...

...was it not possible, in any way then, that Jeremey perhaps could've gotten his own tour bus for his wife and kid to come along on tour with him on? That way he couldn't miss out on much and always have his beloved at his side.

Yea, sure...
Schon and Cain would've gladly fessed up
the extra cash for that to happen...

Come on, man. Why do you always have to bash Schon and Cain.

Dude, it's not bashing if it's true!

[ProgRocker53]

I got to thinking...

...was it not possible, in any way then, that Jeremey perhaps could've gotten his own tour bus for his wife and kid to come along on tour with him on? That way he couldn't miss out on much and always have his beloved at his side.

Yea, sure...
Schon and Cain would've gladly fessed up
the extra cash for that to happen...

Come on, man. Why do you always have to bash Schon and Cain.

It's not bashing at all.. it's a very realistic statement.

Why do you always have to worship Schon and Cain whilst downgrading accomplishments of other members, and throw around numbers like magic argument-winning pixie dust?

[ScarabGator]

I got to thinking...

...was it not possible, in any way then, that Jeremey perhaps could've gotten his own tour bus for his wife and kid to come along on tour with him on? That way he couldn't miss out on much and always have his beloved at his side.

Yea, sure...
Schon and Cain would've gladly fessed up
the extra cash for that to happen...

Come on, man. Why do you always have to bash Schon and Cain.

It's not bashing at all.. it's a very realistic statement.

Why do you always have to worship Schon and Cain whilst downgrading accomplishments of other members, and throw around numbers like magic argument-winning pixie dust?

Careful man....you dont wanna be mistaken for a Gator.....

[ProgRocker53]

Perhaps Jeremey could share why he couldn't have a personal bus for his family?

[ScarabGator]

I got to thinking...

...was it not possible, in any way then, that Jeremey perhaps could've gotten his own tour bus for his wife and kid to come along on tour with him on? That way he couldn't miss out on much and always have his beloved at his side.

you try raising a newborn on the road......

[Carlitto H@kk]

Perhaps Jeremey could share why he couldn't have a personal bus for his family?

Come on, Prog.
Do you really think negotiations ever got that far?
And do you really think that Jeremey, sitting in
a room with a bunch of lawyers and the Legendary
Schon and Cain, would've even had the gumption
to say, "Hey, I know I'm the FNG here but...
any chance I can get my OWN bus with a play-pen,
and a 9-months supply of diapers?"

[Rhiannon]

"play-pen,and a 9-months supply of diapers?"

If that was all that was needed, he could've hitched a ride with Jon Cain, pianist extraordinaire.

[ProgRocker53]

Perhaps Jeremey could share why he couldn't have a personal bus for his family?

Come on, Prog.
Do you really think negotiations ever got that far?
And do you really think that Jeremey, sitting in
a room with a bunch of lawyers and the Legendary
Schon and Cain, would've even had the gumption
to say, "Hey, I know I'm the FNG here but...
any chance I can get my OWN bus with a play-pen,
and a 9-months supply of diapers?"

You never know.

Maybe it's just the resin speaking again.

[Carlitto H@kk]

I am SHOCKED no one else has picked up on this little
tidbit from Jeremey concerning the tour that was in the works
when he was in negotiations with the band...

...the tour being discussed at the time was a 9 month endeavor starting in Feb 08 and ending in November with Carlos Santana.

Anyone know if this is actually going to happen?!?!?!

[7 Wishes]

I got to thinking...

...was it not possible, in any way then, that Jeremey perhaps could've gotten his own tour bus for his wife and kid to come along on tour with him on? That way he couldn't miss out on much and always have his beloved at his side.

Kids need to be raised in a stable, loving home. Consistency is the most important component of this. You couldn't get that living in different hotel rooms, on the road all the time.

[mistiejourney]

I got to thinking...

...was it not possible, in any way then, that Jeremey perhaps could've gotten his own tour bus for his wife and kid to come along on tour with him on? That way he couldn't miss out on much and always have his beloved at his side.

Ahem, I do believe a previous lead singer of Journey's tried that very thing with a significant other. It went over with the guys like a lead balloon. I think the story was in "Behind the Music".

[Luvsaugeri]

Perhaps Jeremey could share why he couldn't have a personal bus for his family?

Plus doesn't he have other child/children?? That are school age??

[Tito]

If nine out of ten people here would have sold out that experience for a few hundred thousand dollars, then that's a true shame, and maybe says something to the state of the world we live in.

I feel like a real asshole now.

Is this the FIRST time?

Yes.

[NealIsGod]

I got to thinking...

...was it not possible, in any way then, that Jeremey perhaps could've gotten his own tour bus for his wife and kid to come along on tour with him on? That way he couldn't miss out on much and always have his beloved at his side.

Kids need to be raised in a stable, loving home. Consistency is the most important component of this. You couldn't get that living in different hotel rooms, on the road all the time.

They say that the road ain't no place to start a family.

[ScarabGator]

I got to thinking...

...was it not possible, in any way then, that Jeremey perhaps could've gotten his own tour bus for his wife and kid to come along on tour with him on? That way he couldn't miss out on much and always have his beloved at his side.

Kids need to be raised in a stable, loving home. Consistency is the most important component of this. You couldn't get that living in different hotel rooms, on the road all the time.

They say that the road ain't no place to start a family.

BAM!!!!!!

[larryfromnextdoor]

. Sabrina and I celebrated with lunch at Abuelo's. ...

we have an Abuelos in lubbock.. great food ,, AND a good first date place.. get her a Swirle.. whole bunch of liquor frozen.. ....chicks dig that for you youngsters... hahha.. oh well..

my buddy does all the band bookings for the local place.. well .. he has had to fire us before .. so we dont play Abuelos... .. but ya know.. that place aint a big enough venue ..

[G.I.Jim]

Perhaps Jeremey could share why he couldn't have a personal bus for his family?

Plus doesn't he have other child/children?? That are school age??

No, this is their 1st child. I couldn't be happier for them right now!