Her eyes have been on a ticket to see me for a while now. I feel sorry for us sometimes. I want us to be like the ‘old us’, but it just can’t be that way right now. We’ll be together again one day, just wait babe.. we’ll get there!

You’re graduating. Congratulations babe. You made it. High school comes to an end. High school is where we our attraction for one another started. Lets hope it doesn’t stop there. love you babe.

I don’t even know how to start. Around this time last year, there was excitement in my eyes awaiting to graduate. The text messages keep coming in from my girlfriend. “I’m still out with my friends. I have grad practice. We can talk because I don’t have school tomorrow.” It’s crazy how what she’s groing through fills me with nostalgia. It’s been kind of slow, but I’ve been there. Reading her text messages make me miss high school. The timing was way too off for me to leave home.

Who ever would’ve thought that I would be a part of a military, let alone the United States Navy. It’s been a crazy 9 months so far. I’ve been to a few different places within the US and hopefully I’ll get to see more countries within my 4 year contract.

I’m 19 years old now and I’m making a steady pay check to support the lifestyle I want to live. I bought a used car and I’m kind of proud of myself for doing so. Insurance is a bitch to pay, so good bye to another part of my earned allowance. I’ve been feeling guilty for dipping into my savings just to pay for monthly expenses, but I’m settling down here in Virginia pretty well now. I live in what they call ‘PPV’ in the military. It’s pretty much off base housing for single members. It’s kind of like an apartment.

Despite the fact that my main group of friends from high school are miles apart, we still keep in touch. During my leave on Guam, I met up with Chris and I got to catch up with Paul at a city called Albany in New York. Jordan is just chillin at Japan, but I hope to see him soon. We all used to talk about who would be successful in high school. Apparently we’re all still working our way to get that 6 figure salary.

As far as my education goes, I have a CompTIA A+ certification and I hope to obtain more certs in the near future.

I’ve been taking life one day at a time. Everything has been going smooth and I plan on keeping it that way.