So here I am at Great Lakes Naval Station, nearly 6 months into my training, when just 12 months ago I was laughing at the idea of someone wanting to join the military. Life is funny like that, I suppose. Don't get me wrong, I think joining the Navy was the best decision I've ever made... The things that I've been through and accomplished (when I didn't think I could), and the people that I've met, have made this adventure more than worth it. After all, if it wasn't for the Navy, I never would've met the love of my life, Kristen.
More and more lately, I can't help but have Alanis Morissette's "Ironic" stuck in my head, as that seems to be pretty fitting for this situation. I signed up for six years in the Navy... Six years of being told where I'm going to live, what I'm going to do, (and thanks to Don't Ask, Don't Tell, six years of being told whether I can or can't get married.)... So picture my surprise when, not even six months in, I meet the woman I want to spend the rest of my life with.. No doubt about it, no hesitation... This is the real thing, signed, sealed, delivered... The only problem? She's in the Navy too, and currently stationed a smidgen over 2,000 miles away from me. So I signed my life away, then found the one I want to give my life to... Isn't it ironic? Don't you think?
Anyway, as one can imagine, the distance is difficult to endure; but I feel like we're making the best of it. I have never, in all my life, loved someone as much as I love Kristen... And even though I miss her like crazy, and being away from her hurts like hell (pretty much all the time), I wouldn't trade it for the world... Because she's so worth it. So, for the time being, until we can be together again, I'm hanging in there, making it through the day-to-day and spending my nights dreaming of our future :-)
I suppose that's all my ramblings for now... More to come..
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