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and by that I mean I've been checking DArt every day. I forgot about it for awhile. Now that I'm back in Florida and settled in again, all is well. The homesickness is at bay for now and I feel centered. Knock on wood, of course. Navy goals: Make Petty Officer 3rd class by the time I get deployed/ put on a ship Cross over into a Linguist if I stay in longer than 4 years get married by the end of my 4 years I think it's realistic. If you've ever thought about joining the military... don't do it. :)

When I thought of leaving home for good, I always thought I would go to a University. Maybe Eastern Illinois or U of I. I thought I would study Biology and minor in Psychology and become a high school Biology teacher. Two semesters into my plan I found myself standing in front of a recruiter's office, holding my birth certificate, social security card and high school diploma. I had thought about the Navy here and there, nothing committal until I started failing Chemistry 107, which I needed to pass in order to move onto my next path of classes. In January of 2011 I started my enlistment process and on April 19th of the same year, I swore in a

Actually, I just need to sit down and think things through before I do them. Hurr durr... so life in the Navy... let's see... Last week at All Hands (where all 400- something of the girls living in this barracks form up outside and listen to our petty officers talk for a few minutes) AE1 Jardine talked to us about being a female in the Navy. It's still a man's Navy out there and it's going to be hard. Going to the fleet to me is a lot like becoming an adult; it kind of scares me. But here it's more dog eat dog, which was the opposite of what I thought it would be. And I swear anything and everything can get you killed on a ship. Class is g