books, music, and awesome people
i went down to valencia to get my textbooks (which seriously cost almost half as much as my tuition, and i still need to get one more! geez! lol), and started talking to a really nice lady with two daughters who is going back to school to study nursing. talking about everything really, since there was kinda a long line in the bookstore. my mom and i found out that she has a son (or someone she knows has a son, i'm not sure) that is in iraq with the army right now, and won't be home until next march i believe.
(also found out that my uncle who is an explosives expert in the army has a good chance of being deployed back to iraq again for a year....)
=(
but anyways, my mom and i were telling her about the navy, and how i'm more than likely going to enlist. we started talking about the band and the armed forces school of music. the lady (whose name i can't think of right now, grr) was telling us that her car was pretty much covered in bumper stickers like "support the troops" and things like that which i think is awesome!
besides all of that conversation, she said one thing to me which really just made me feel so awesome inside...
"thank you so much for your selfless act. i wish you only the very best. god bless you"
now...i'm an emotional person, but more often than not i tend not to actually show that outwardly. (you learn that especially as a drum major....you need to control your emotions and know how/when to communicate effectively...i guess i'm still in drum major mode but hey that's a conversation for another day lol). but wow coming from this lady that i've never met before, that was just so awesome that i seriously almost cried.
it's just really nice to hear that. many people are opposed to the war that's going on right now. i think some just forget that whether they support the war or not, it's still our friends and family fighting not just there, but all over the world.
if i do end up going into the service, (hopefully into the music program! we'll see!), that will probably be the hardest choice i will ever have to make. to leave everything that is so familiar to me to serve our country. to me, there's not too many more fulfilling things that that, except perhaps getting married, having children, or finding the cure for cancer lol. and to top that all off, to serve our country by perfoming music?? i mean you can't get much better than that. seriously!!
i hesitate sometimes to think of the fact that i might not see friends or family for long periods of time. the thought of it makes me kinda sad, but at the same time, i know that the people who truly love me and appreciate me the most will ALWAYS be there for me, no matter what!! =) and besides, if i get into the band in jacksonville (hopefully!! with a lot of hard work!!) you all can come visit me anyways, come on jacksonville's not that far haha.
i could write a lot more, but i've already written a lot. almost a book! haha =) so i'll leave you with that.
well, one more thing. i'm still jealous of freedom's field show....it is going to be FREAKING AMAZING and the band is going to kick even more a** then it ever has before!! woo! lol =) letter E is the best. heh.
peace out y'all!