Military Life

It all started in June...or did it?
A year ago today, I was excited. I could not wait to get out of the house and most of all high school so that I could be in the military. The year went on and my focus remained on making sure I got all of my work turned in to Mrs. Beer(My Senior English teacher who could make even Saddam Hussein cry), spending weekends with friends, and well my girlfriend Anah. To say the least I lived a normal 18 year old high school life, but everyday that passed I sinced this growing excitment and anticipation of going of to be a soldier (airman). Everything just seemed to craw by until finally it was the night when I stepped of that bus in Texas. A sheltered ohio boy who's biggest trip was to Canada. Texas was, to say the least the beginning of it all. Yeah its safe to say that it all started in June.

I have found now that I am having a blast in the military, but it is becoming increasingly harder to stay in contact with the friends that I valued all through school. Even now that I have virtually every freedom that I had before entering the military, it is hard to talk to them because yes I have changed. I have the head of a seasoned soldier on my shoulders while they are still enjoying for the most part the High school mentality(Some College). I almost miss working at Best Buy and going to Bens to play video games or Pats to just unwind and have a good time with the guys. It is truly amazing how I went from talking about discustingly hillarious porn lines (any guy who says he did not is a damn lier) to talking about the effects that radiation poisioning have on humans, how many rounds an M-16 can fire, and the debate over war.

Torn with my self, I find myself yearning for that boyhood dream of little to no responsibility, hitting on girls, playing video games, and making jokes about how we used to dump piss on the old woman's car across the street(don't ask) or about how we had to push Justyn's car out of the street when it broke down after curfew. I miss that!! Who would believe that I miss such dumb ass stunts as those that I did with my high school friends. I guess there really was truth behind it when our parents tell us to enjoy our childhood because it is short. Its true. At the age of 18 I was playing pranks, thinking about girls, and hanging with the guys. I am now 19 and I am playing war, thinking about the next time I may see my home (and girls), and hanging with other soldiers. In esscence I went from being a dumb teenager to being a paladin within six months. If my friends are reading this, Im sorry guys.

Current Mood: indescribable
Current Music: Evanesecene: Wake me up inside

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