Celebrating an Accomplishment with My myLot Money

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Every now and then someone will post a discussion asking what plans we have for our earnings. I tend to allow mine to accumulate in my PayPal account (seriously, how much can you buy with five bucks today?). Recently my brother came over to my house to pick some things up. We were reminiscing about our duty stations. After he left I was thinking about my last duty station, which was in Pearl Harbor. By and large, I didn't really care for it...there's only so many times you can drive around the island, and I only saw three concerts there (Willie Nelson, the Pretenders, and R.E.M.). I had that "Alcatraz" feeling. Despite that, there were some cool things to do and see while there. The most notable thing that I accomplished was hiking to the top of Diamond Head. Now they tell us there's "no such thing as an extinct volcano," but "back then" (this was 1984), Diamond Head was listed as such. Despite my asthma I was able to make it to the top. Sadly, all of the pictures I took were with one of those cheesy 126 cameras, so they don't scan very well. Still, the view was STUNNING. Beyond "stunning," actually. The blue of the water and the sky was simply amazing. Yesterday I used my myLot earnings to buy myself a t-shirt that says "I Hiked Diamond Head." I know I could never do it now, with my body parts screaming at me when I walk on level ground plus my asthma much worse than it was 34 years ago, but I did accomplish it. And now I'll have a shirt to celebrate that accomplishment. Here's a video of the beautiful state monument