Well, it's been a while since last I posted so I figured I'd do a little recap of the last few months.
Stopped liking that one girl I was dating.
Started up a new campaign in a world I've been thinking about a lot lately.
Started reading again.
Oh yeah... thanksgiving -- and the stupidest thing I've done in a long, long time.
Origami
Followed by the plane ride to Washington for Christmas and the girl I met on that flight.
The medical exam
Swearing in
And getting a date.
Yeah... that last one is even more exciting than it sounds, I promise. I'm leaving Provo... finally. I started on the whole Coast Guard thing last January well... really it was when I was in Washington last year that I decided it. A chance remark by my brother, we were in the car driving somewhere and the subject of where we thought everyone was going to be when we got older... back when we were younger. Andy said he thought I'd be in the military. Little did he know at that point I'd already decided to join the CG (a day or two before). So now I have a little over a month before I am IN.
Next, I would like to mention the girl I met on the flight to Washington. I'm not in the habit of using real names in public places, well, without permission, so we'll call her... Shara. Over the past month and a half I discovered that I had grown very fond of Shara. I value her insight, her opinion and look forward to the time we spend together. That makes it sound so dry, it's not dry really... I just don't know how to express emotions very well. The other day she decided that she didn't intend to exclusively date me before I left. And in what is beginning to be far too common a circumstance, only after this point did I let myself feel.
Some things hurt, and I can handle them... the thing that hurt the most was that she said I didn't make her want to be a better person. And I know why... I've stopped trying really, my life has been in a stasis this past year... and I need to come out of that shell. To that effect I have created a list of goals. Not new years resolutions... but things I can and should do. Time to get on those.
