Who I Am and How I Came to Be - Introducing Myself @multi92

Years of Academy Training Wasted!
I ended up merging my love for track and engineering to attend the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO. A free education while being able to compete at a D1 Collegiate level with a guaranteed job? SIGN ME UP. Little did I know it was not quite what I thought it'd be.

It was the epitome of hard core and it was a cruel mistress. While it was the most fun I ever had it also took its toll. Multiple pulled muscles, developing bulging discs in my back, plantar fasciitis just to name a few. I was never bored as there was always something new to learn and got to compete all over the US. I met my best friend too this day through decathlon and it will always have a special place in my heart for the rest of my life.
Eventually in 2015 I managed to slug my way through the academics, military training and athletics and graduated with my B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering, one of the hardest paths to take also being an athlete.

Married Life and a Doggo
I had met Lila in high school in 2009, and I had fallen in love with her from the first couple of times talking to her and even in high school I had told her that I would marry her no questions asked. She was brilliant, confident, already an accomplished dancer, having been a member of a semi-professional dance company for 8 years and also spent a summer at Alvin Ailey in New York in high school and to top it off beautiful. She was everything I was not: patient, clean, mature, and not afraid to tell you her mind. Unfortunately, we lived across the state from each other and decided a friendship was best because we couldn't do the distance. Time passed and she attended the University of North Carolina Greensboro as a Dance and Marketing double major and me at USAFA. We both dated our freshman year and subsequently broke up with our respective SO's over the summer of 2012. When I was home for my 3 week break in the summer we hung out and it was as if no time had passed. We knew then we would be dating soon. Two months later when we got to see each other again I formally asked her out and the rest is history. One year later we were engaged, and another year and a half we were married. The distance was difficult and at times extremely frustrating, but she always found a way to come see me or I'd have to use one of my few 3-4 day opportunities a year to fly out and see her. It honestly helped strengthen our relationship into one where we don't need to see each other 24/7 and we can support each other fully while still staying separate human beings with our own interests. When we finally got married in July of 2015 (you can be married at any of the Academies so you have to wait until after graduation) the day could not have been more perfect! We said our vows and had our first kiss at the Colony Club in downtown Detroit and it was almost as stunning as Lila that day.

Our dog Hunter was born on our wedding day so we knew he was going to be a special dog to us. Because Lila is allergic to dogs, and we both loved big dogs we wanted to find a poodle mix that met both categories. We ended up choosing a newfoundland poodle cross and named him Hunter.

We knew we weren't ready for kids but this was a bit more than we expected. He wasn't the calm nature of a newfy with the obedience of a poodle that we expected. He got the hyperactivity and intelligence of the poodle and the size and hard headedness of the newfoundland. He grew up quickly and just ober 2 years later he is starting to settle down. He still demands new water in his bowl every so often (even if its full) and will bark at you incessantly to play fetch with him in the yard, but it just makes him, him. We love our little guy and wouldn't give him up for the world. Full size seen below:

Wrapping Up
If you've stuck around this long I applaud you as that was probably more than you bargained for. I hope you have gotten to know me a little bit and I'm excited to post quality content about my love for food, video games (especially Dark Souls), anime and day to day Air Force life to keep you all up to date! Thank you and I'll leave you with my favorite photos of my wife from her college graduation. Cheers!