Getting to know you...

Getting to know you. Does anyone really take the time to get to know you? Close friends might depending on how close you are. Significant other had better or that ship is gonna sail quicker than you might like. Well if you are reading this post, or anything on this blog, you are getting to know me.

I was on Facebook today and I have been seeing a lot of things that I think qualify as "Who am I?" posts. From Zammy Ickler(pronounced Eye-ckler) sharing his key yo-yo moments to Jensen Kimmitt throwing out personal videos and words that for some are amusing at best and for others are inspiration and answers to their own lives. I want to take  a quick post, which might not prove to be quick at all, to lay out some big things about me that people may or may not know.

Who am I?

Well, for starters my name is Kyle Maxwell, not of the Maxwell House Coffee Maxwell's but even though I think their coffee sucks we can still be civil. My parents are Randy and JoAn Maxwell and even though we have a lot of bridge building to do between us I love them and respect the hell out of them.

I am a Gemini in every way possible. I would go on with this further but my other side is telling me to cut it short and get to the meat.

I have been yo-yoing since 1995, which for those who may not have a good perspective of that date I will let you know that it is over 15 years ago. This whole blog is about my yo-yoing so I will just leave it at this. "YO-YOING SINCE 1995!"

I graduated high school in 2001. I attended Northeast High School in Lincoln, NE. I had 4 really good friends that I treated like crap and a girlfriend that I held above all else. I don't really talk to any of them now which is a bummer but I deserve it.

I joined the Navy right out of High School where I spent close to 10 years of my life doing what I was told so others could do what they wanted. I am proud of those years and what they represent. While I was in the Navy I learned more about "the real world" than any TV show or guest motivational speaker could ever teach. You could call it a school of hard knocks but I really grew up during this time.

I was married for 8 years while I was in the Navy, not to the girl from high school, and we have an absolutely brilliant daughter, Grace, who just turned 7 today. We are now divorced and slowly working our way towards friendship.


Now I am a full time student studying Computer Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. I got out of the Navy and found that employers get huge boners(I don't think literally. I didn't do too much looking.) over actual work experience but that piece of paper still keeps doors closed. So now I am a 28 year old freshman with almost 70 credits earned while in the Navy that aren't worth shit, thanks Navy for at least paying for it.

I live with my girl friend and her two children. I love them like my own and worry about their futures. I have the best relationship I have ever had with another individual and I am grateful every day that I get, even the difficult ones.

I have dreams for the future and they grow and change and strengthen all the time. Where will I be tomorrow? Does anyone ever really know. Who do I want to be when I grow up? Definitely me.

Thank you, perfect stranger. Thank you for hearing a very small piece of the story of who I am.