fall creek
so today was a pretty big day. sad, but a day i will never forget. today we had a 'cookout' for my friend adam. his birthday is soon, but more importantly he's leaving tomorrow to back to camp pendleton in california, then he's leaving for iraq. he's in the marines and he will be going to ramadi. i don't know if any of you watch the news, i know i don't. ramadi is the one of the hottest places you can be in iraq. and i don't mean temperature wise...
see also: where the most deaths occur
i've known this boy since i was 5 years old... we grew up together, all of elementary school, all of highschool and most every summer in between. he tought me how to knee-board at lake norman over 7 years ago and he was my boyfriend in the 6th grade :P he's going to be gone for somewhere around 14 months. i've never had someone i know personally leave for the war. it makes a little pit at the bottom of my stomach and it sorta just sits there.
so today we all hung out... most of the people we were friends with in elementary school. adam, me, morgan, brittany, drew, meagan, and bj. cody couldn't make it off work. sad :/ we decided we all needed to hang out tonight so me, morgan, brittany, bj and adam all went bowling. it was an AMAZING time. regardless of how much time we spend apart... we always come right back together and everything seems to be the same. except, we can drink legally, and we all smoke, annnnd... we're taller than we were in the 3rd grade :) we bowled two games and then had to leave cause the place was CLOSED. there will be PLENTY of pictures soon enough.
if when he comes back, he's gonna have about 80,000 dollars in his pocket and is SUPPOSED to get 30 days off. SUPPOSED to get it. :/ might not. i think we are going to plan on taking a trip to california to see him as son as he gets back. it would be way worth the money. regardless... he looked sooo handsome in his dress blues today. he grew up right, that's for damn sure. i want to go see him off tomorrow... i could never see him again.
regardless of what any of your thoughts on the war are, i, personally, couldn't be more proud of adam and what he's doing. and he's still the goofy prankster he has been since day care. if you pray... keep him and all the soldiers and their families in your thoughts.
on a lighter note... i talked to rachel more about the house today. it's seeming like living on oak island is going to be perfect AND affordable. i'll get to see the place tuesday :) get stoked!!
i fucking love life right now
morgan and i are going shopping tomorrow.
i fucking love morgan. she's another one who has been there my entire life.
since i was 5 years old. she's seriously one of the best people i have ever met.
i couldn't ask for a better friend.
her lil sister's [bailey] 5th birthday party is sunday so i hope i'm back in time for it.
she gave me a hug a kiss goodnight and i asked her what she wanted for her birthday...
"something special..." she said