Military Life: Part 1 Here today, gone tomorrow

I haven't been so good at blogging, even though there's been a lot I could write about. I blame it on busy work schedules and being lazy! lol. So I've decided to start something new... blogger: military series. I'll try to make one post about military life every once in a while in addition to my other posts.

This week's theme is "Here today, gone tomorrow." I never really realized how difficult military life was and the sacrifices our brave men and women have to make until I joined. It's not so bad for me right now b/c I'm not settled down yet and I don't have any kids but leaving my life and my family behind and going to a whole new area where I knew nobody was not easy. One lesson I've learned pretty quickly is not to get too attached to anyone because being in the military, one of you could be moving away at the drop of a hat. I made some awesome friends at Officer Development School and grew pretty attached within 5 weeks but after graduation, we all went our separate ways. We keep in contact every now and then but it's not the same. I've also started making new friends here too and really enjoy working with a lot of my "shipmates". Unfortunately, 3 have deployed and I already know within the next 6 months, we'll have mostly new faces around. It's hard not getting attached and constantly having to change and adapt, which brings me to my next point....

I wouldn't usually write about this but what the heck. My next point is finding love... ok maybe not that deep but at least dating and having a stable relationship. How is that possible in the military with the potential of deployment/PCS looming over your head? It's not easy! Ok ok, you're probably wondering why I bring this up and I guess I ought to confess... I've finally met someone cool! We've been dating for just a little while but we have a lot in common, one of which may not be a good thing... we're both in the military. I'm a Naval Officer, he's a Marine officer. Yeah, I know what you may be thinking and I never thought I'd go for a Marine either but he's different from all your other Jarheads. We get along well and always have a good time together. Unfortunately, he's deploying next month =( Just my luck, when I finally meet someone cool that I can actually date (b/c as officers, we're not allowed to date enlisted members). Bah-hum-bug!

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Been a while since I wrote, and a lot has been going on lately. I'm not gonna lie, when I first moved here, I was extremely terrified and it was lonely for a very long time. I got used to being by myself a lot of the time, cooking for myself, eating by myself, going out to eat alone, going to the movies alone, going shopping alone. But like anything, things have changed with time and I am totally in love with life right now. =P

This past weekend, I got to go to an awesome party with some friends. It was so refreshing to meet other people, especially men! I've been surrounded by too many hormonal women at work with all these mommy's and babies. The party was hosted by one of the doctors at work who lives in a mansion with a bunch of other Navy and Marine officers. It was an awesome time ;-)

The next day, I went to the beach to go boogie boarding. It was such a beautiful day and the sun was out and shining. My co-worker and I were talking about no matter how stressful work gets, how could it get any better, living in a place where people come to vacation?

And on Monday I finally got to take my surfboard out for the first time! The sun was setting and it was getting dark, but we decided to hop in anyways. The scenery totally takes my breath away...





Now I'm preparing for what's gonna be an awesome week with some of my guhs coming to visit! Will continue post later...