...I figured I might as well introduce myself too, instead of just lurking about and commenting on random threads!
I've been a military brat for most of my life - I was born while my father was in flight school and some of my first memories are of running around various bases, getting into hangars and climbing into helicopters and pushing all the buttons (which I'm sure I
really wasn't supposed to do) and even just watching my dad shine his boots. He retired from the Marines when I was 14 and I was sad to see that part of my life begin to vanish. We still went on base to go shopping or to the beach, and I still carried my military I.D. with me, so I didn't feel like too much had changed.
Then in August 2010 I went to get my I.D. renewed, they told me that when I turned 21 I would lose my dependent status and my I.D. card with it. It was a small thing, but as we drove around base (I'm talking about Camp Pendleton, if anyone is wondering) afterwards and I looked at everything that had been so familiar to me all my life and felt a bit of panic. I went home and called my fiance and told him about the feeling, and joked that he was just going to have to join the Marines so that it could continue to be a part of my life.
So five months later when he came to me and said he
was joining the Marines, he didn't even have to ask whether or not I was ok with it! (Although he's not joining just because I told him he should!)
It's been a long process since then, as I've mentioned on a couple of threads. He first talked to a recruiter in January and is only now closing in on finalizing everything. He's hoping to get into the Marine musicians program and has one more audition before he finds out whether or not that's happening. As of right now, it looks like his chances are very good! I know this is the beginning of quite a journey, and I can't wait to see how it goes
Anyway, that's my story! Since everything is so up in the air with where he'll be stationed, and since I'm just about to graduate college and go to grad school, we're probably not getting married until 2014. But there's no harm in lurking about here until then, right?
