Today I turn nineteen. This is not as exciting as it sounds. I don't gain any privileges or rights, and now I'm not eighteen (duh). I liked being eighteen. I felt young and full of purpose; I was eighteen and in the Navy, ready to go out and do great things. I had left home with nothing but the clothes on my back and a Bible in my hand- and now I turn nineteen. Whupdy-doo. I ordered myself some Chinese food, and my friends and I are probably going to play Scrabble a little later.
My cousin is getting married today. I wish I could be there, but as Jefferson said: "Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom". The needs of the Navy come first, and right now the Navy doesn't need me in Arizona. It's alright, though; I'll be webcamming with people at the reception.
Not much else has been going on. On thursday I classed up, I'm in tcno (pronounced "techno"), learning more about computers than I want to. I'm on night classes, which is pretty sweet. we muster at 1800 and end at 0000. At least, that's the official schedule; our instructor said if we stay on top of stuff he will generally let us out earlier.
Tomorrow is the 109th annual Submarine Birthday Ball! I'm on the color guard. I'll be sure to write about it in the near future, probably sunday.
-The Albatross
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I felt the exact same way about turning 19.
ReplyDeleteWe've totally talked about this before.
Hey at least you rock at scrabble.
-Anna
I wish you could have been here too - we missed you! :)
ReplyDelete-Rachel