Ending to a new beginning

Well this is it.....

tomorrow I will be swearing in as an active duty soldier.

I am seriously the most excited I have ever been.

Don't get me wrong....

like I said before I am terrified.

This is going to be a huge change but EVERYONE gets scared for change.

I am staying in the hotel tonight since I have to be up at 0445 to go to MEPS.

It really hasn't hit me too much yet. I think once i am staying at the hotel it will hit me more.

Also when I swear in and get on the plane it will hit me for sure.

My friend Steve said that is when it really hit him.

I can't wait to meet all these other soldiers.

When I start to get a little nervous I just keep thinking....

everyone else that is going will be going through the exact same thing as me.

I have already met some people who are going the same time as me.

Now hopefully we will recognize each other when we are there since we have just been talking on facebook

hahaha.

Good old facebook!

I am glad that I have family that live so close to where I will be staying tonight.

I just have to check into my hotel room between 1200-1900 and then I can go back out with my family.

The only rule is that I be back at the hotel at 2200.

I really don't think I am going to sleep tonight though.

I barely slept when i was going to MEPS for my physical and that is definitely not as big as this is going to be.

I still can't believe my 10 weeks start tomorrow.

Well it is just reception but still.....

I am not home relaxing so it starts tomorrow  haha.

Let this old chapter end so I can start a better one.

This is my ending to a new beginning

:)

HOOAH!!

ONE WEEK

WOW!

The days have just flew by. I can't believe that it is now

ONE WEEK,

7 DAYS

till I leave! Yesterday was my last day of work at Home Depot.

It was really weird because while I was there at work it didn't feel like it was my last day.

Then I came home and it was hitting me that I was done with that place and I am moving on

to something bigger and better. I was a little sad when I was thinking about it at first.

Mainly just nervous and scared for this new change. I am really excited about

this so don't get me wrong. But seriously who isn't scared when

it comes to new change??

I just can't believe still that I only have 7 days left in the normal life haha

I have SOOO much I have to do before I leave.

I have to pack my WHOLE room up...ugh

Also I need to get my oil changed in my car and clean my car out too.

I am also dreading the day I have to say goodbye to my family....

That is going to be very hard.

I am glad that for my last weekend here in Florida that all of us are going to be together.

My little sister has been in Utah the last month I have been home

so I will only get to spend 3 days with her.

Makes me sad. I know she didn't realize that when she left and I still think she hasn't realized it.

She comes home this Wednesday and I can't wait   :)

I think that for our last family day event thing lol whatever you want to call it,

we are going to either sea world or universal studios.

I have never been to either so I am pretty excited.

oh ya here is my apron from work. When you leave they put out an apron for everyone in the store to sign.

I loved it because There are even more signatures inside the pockets and on the back.

It is nice knowing that I am loved by my fellow Home Depoters hahaha

15 days left

I really can't believe that there is just a little more than 2 weeks left.

I am getting more and more nervous but I know I can do this!

Every day that drops the more real it feels. 

The other day  I had an older man at my work tell me that he remembers when he enlisted at my age...

even tho he was probably way younger than me lol

But anyways he was telling me his stories and I was just in AW about it all.

He was such an amazing man.

The stories and the places he had seen.

I can't wait to experience the things he has. I mean I know it was different back then but still.

The military life is military life no matter what year it is.

My dad isn't very old and he has some good stories too.

I think the day I am at meps swearing in for the last time is when it will all hit me...

this is really happening  :)

This week coming up is my last week at work..its a bitter sweet moment.

I am going to miss some people there...

ONLY SOME  haha

I will have the last week I am home off and it is going to be weird.

I plan on getting most of my stuff all packed up in my room.

That is going to be hard to just think this is the end of one chapter and a beginning of another.

All I know is that it is an honor to serve our country.

New Chapter-HOOAH!

I am getting more and more excited about this new chapter I am going to start!

Seriously if you would have asked me 3 years ago where I thought I was going to be.....

I definitely wouldn't have thought I would be joining the

ARMY!

I mean I had thought about it before in my life but never seriously like now.

I am really glad I made the decisions that I have.

In case anyone didn't know....

I am a 31B, which is a Military Police :)

I am sure you are wondering why I did choose to join and why 31B.

Well one day I hope to become a detective, kinda like the ones on SVU lol

love that show!!

Anyways

I have to have some experience in the field as a "cop"

so I thought well I could be a city cop OR be an MP in the military.

My choice wasn't hard to make at all.

I thought well what not a better way to get my experience I need

while I am serving my country.

It really was a no brainer.

I am just excited for all that is to come.

I know it is going to be hard and those people who have talked me down about how I wont be able to handle it....

Well just know I will shove it in your face EVERY chance I get :)

TRUST ME!!

I know that I CAN do this.

Basic Combat Training is nothing but a mind game

and I know that I can handle it.

Like I said I know it will be rough but I know I have my battle buddies with me to help me through it all.

It is nice to know that every single one of them are going through the same

things that I will be.

I am excited to meet knew people too.

I have already met some and they are all such nice people.

I have 17 days until I ship to Ft. Leonardwood, MO.

17!! I can't believe it.

The days are dropping so fast.

All I know is that I am waayyy excited and BRING IT ON!!

HOOAH!!!



Big day!!! :)

Today was a really good day!

My dad was promoted to an E8, Master Sergeant.

Words can't even explain how proud of him i am. He has worked sooo hard to get where he is today.

Makes me want to work hard just watching him succeed.

The ceremony was very nice. They said some nice things about my dad

and then  my said some things too.

It is funny cuz his speech was only a couple minutes long and while he was at home was saying

how he had much more he wanted to say and that he didn't say them

because he hates being on the spot and talking about himself.

I laughed because you should hear him at home!!

You would think he was God or something LOL

It is always "dad rocks" or "dad is amazing" haha just stuff like that.

I told him well you sure don't have a problem talking about yourself at home hahaha.

He did great on his speech though and thanked his family the most.

It is true though...

most people don't realize how much military families go through with everything.

Most the time you don't get to see your spouse, dad, brother, sister.......whoever is in the military, very often.

It is very hard but as long as everyone supports each other

it makes it much easier.

But anyways I am just really proud of him.

He is truly my hero and I don't know what i would do without my dad.

I am a definite "daddy's girl" :)

Not complaining either. I think being a daddy's girl is the best actually.

He is and always has been here for me through EVERYTHING!!

I love you daddy!!

Now the other reason it is a good day.......

I am joining the Army!!

My dad and I went and talked to a recruiter today and he signed me up to take the ASVAB test.

I am sooo excited for this change!!

I take my test next thursday and I am going to get a book tomorrow to help me study for it.

AHHH I am seriously excited haha.

I think this will be a very good experience

and to all those people who said they dont think i can do it......

WELL I WILL SHOW YOU!!!!

MARK MY WORDS!!!!!

New chapter :)

Do you ever feel like you are just not going anywhere in life?

I mean i guess I shouldn't put it that way ha I mean you just feel like you want more out of your life?

That is exactly how I feel. I want some major changes and I know the only way to do it is to do it myself. 

I have some big decisions that i need to make for my future and I am pretty sure of what i am going to do. 

I am pretty excited for this change and I hope it all works out like i plan. 

I feel like i have been in this same chapter in my life for awhile...I need an adult job..a career.

I really don't want to be a lifer at Home Depot lol 

Just not my cup of tea :) 

This Friday i am going to find out exactly it is I need to do to achieve this goal of mine and i will do anything

to make sure it happens. 

I have some people tell me that they don't think I could handle it...but guess what...i am definitely 

going to prove you all wrong!  

It is now time for me to focus on myself and no one else

:)

oops....I am slacking big time

Alright...I know I am really slacking because the last time I think that I blogged was I think a month ago...?

OOPS!!!

But since then I have started my Saturday/Sunday classes that are at Mac Dill AFB. My class starts at 1:30 and goes until 6:30 at night...

ya I know long right?

but it really is not that bad because I enjoy this class. I am taking intro to criminal justice and I love learning about this subject.

I recently went to Utah for 5 days and well that 5 days was just enough. I was ready to come home.  It was seriously the trip from

HELL!!

I could not wait to get back to Florida where the sun is seriously always shinning and I don't have to worry about the snow. I thought I have missed the snow...but I was wrong. I have no clue what I was thinking!! I hate the snow now.

I also just talked to my amazing boyfriend tonight. He is still doing AIT and wont be done with that till around the middle of July. He sounded sooo tired when I talked to him. It made me sad. He also thinks he has pneumonia which would totally suck  since they do PT every day. Just having pneumonia sucks bad enough but when you have to physical training...UGH I can't even imagine.

This quote is really true!

Absence does make the heart grow fonder. 

Tay and I have been together for 4 months on the 18th and I seriously love him with all my heart.
People say things like well no wonder why you guys have lasted this long you are never around each other.
But they don't realize that it is sooo hard to not see each other. I definitely would rather be in a fight with him every other week and be able to see him all the time instead of wondering if I will even get to talk to him that night. I mean of course I don't want to fight with him but I was just using it as an example.
I love hearing from him even if our calls are only 5 minutes or shorter.
My favorite is when he calls me just to tell me he loves me. He couldn't talk long but he said he called to tell me he loved me. That made my night to know that he just called to tell me that. I really am a lucky girl to have found someone so great. There will be times when I am feeling way sad because I get to thinking about the distance between us and not being able to talk to him very much and he will say things that will make me feel ten times better. He doesn't realize it but the little things he says can make my day or night that much better.