I can't wait till July....military brats reunite...
That seems a bit odd for me to say since it means a good deal of spring/summer softball will be over but give me a minute and you'll see why I can't wait for July. I also can't wait till June when I get to attend one of my best friends' weddings and see her again for the first time in years. Now just a quick note any friends I mention in this entry are back from my military brat days so most of these people I haven't seen since probably 1997 except Teresa who is getting married in June. I saw her in '98 and I think '99 when I went down to visit her for a little bit but even still that's almost 5 to 6 years since I last saw her. See military brats mostly keep in contact with emails and maybe calls here and there but you never feel like the friendship isn't still true. You know those friends are the same people who would do so much for you. I wish I could say the same for most people that I've met outside of the military world but I can't. In fact I think I can say the opposite for most of them. Sure some have proven to be great friends that I know will always be in my life but others...others don't even seem to have a clue as to what friendship is about. It just seems like I remember as a military brat that we were more upfront with each other. If you didn't want someone in your life as a friend then you said so. You didn't waste each other's time because on a military base time is a precious thing. You might only have a year to make friends before you're moving again or maybe longer. But sometimes it's not even a matter of how long you'll be there but how long the other people will be there.
See people in the civilian world I think take that forgranted. It's like oh that person will always be there so who cares really. Or hey they'll eventually get the hint that I don't want them in my life if I give them the silent treatment enough. I think that's why sometimes that I want to get back into that life even if it's as a civilian working on the military base. At least then I could kind of be back into that life. Anyway back to why I can't wait till July. See most of my high school years were spent over in Belgium attending SHAPE High School. Not long ago someone decided to put together a reunion but not of one class...all classes. See SHAPE was a small community so a lot of people knew each other and class lines blurred as it was easy to have friends in the 3 classes before you and the 3 after you just because of the way it is. So really a reunion like this is just going to be awesome because some of your closests friends weren't always in the same grade. Plus what better city to party in and see all these people again then Las Vegas! I'm so excited and I just can't wait even if it's just for 2 days. I know it's 2 days I won't forget and it'll be like all these past years hardly happened because we'll laugh like the old days and just be crazy again. It'll be good to be around all these people who were true friends all the time and that helped me get through the military life and that I helped do the same. I'm not trying to knock any of the friends I have now because they are all awesome but you just have to understand...it was a different time and these are people who have been in my life for a long time now. Plus I don't get to see them every week or that often at all.
So even if I have to miss some softball it'll be worth it. I mean have you ever had people in your life and you knew months could go bye and you didn't worry they would fade from your life? I mean you know that eventually they'll pop back up to say hi and tell you what's new in their life. That's how it is for us. Wherever they move I always know they'll pop back into my life with their hi once in a while. Maybe other people I know and have crossed paths with could learn a lot from the military brats of the world about what being friends is truly about. But it's all good really. In time I'll get over those who for whatever reason have decided I'm not good enough to be a part of their life anymore and want me to fade from it even as a friend. It'll just make me treasure those true friends that much more...the former military brats and the new ones I've met along the way. But oh well...enough of this for now. Just be real no matter what to people around you. If you don't want them around...just say so and quit wasting their time and yours. Afterall life is short enough as it is, why waste more time on people you don't want around? Might as well take the time you have and make sure it's full of people you truly want around.
See people in the civilian world I think take that forgranted. It's like oh that person will always be there so who cares really. Or hey they'll eventually get the hint that I don't want them in my life if I give them the silent treatment enough. I think that's why sometimes that I want to get back into that life even if it's as a civilian working on the military base. At least then I could kind of be back into that life. Anyway back to why I can't wait till July. See most of my high school years were spent over in Belgium attending SHAPE High School. Not long ago someone decided to put together a reunion but not of one class...all classes. See SHAPE was a small community so a lot of people knew each other and class lines blurred as it was easy to have friends in the 3 classes before you and the 3 after you just because of the way it is. So really a reunion like this is just going to be awesome because some of your closests friends weren't always in the same grade. Plus what better city to party in and see all these people again then Las Vegas! I'm so excited and I just can't wait even if it's just for 2 days. I know it's 2 days I won't forget and it'll be like all these past years hardly happened because we'll laugh like the old days and just be crazy again. It'll be good to be around all these people who were true friends all the time and that helped me get through the military life and that I helped do the same. I'm not trying to knock any of the friends I have now because they are all awesome but you just have to understand...it was a different time and these are people who have been in my life for a long time now. Plus I don't get to see them every week or that often at all.
So even if I have to miss some softball it'll be worth it. I mean have you ever had people in your life and you knew months could go bye and you didn't worry they would fade from your life? I mean you know that eventually they'll pop back up to say hi and tell you what's new in their life. That's how it is for us. Wherever they move I always know they'll pop back into my life with their hi once in a while. Maybe other people I know and have crossed paths with could learn a lot from the military brats of the world about what being friends is truly about. But it's all good really. In time I'll get over those who for whatever reason have decided I'm not good enough to be a part of their life anymore and want me to fade from it even as a friend. It'll just make me treasure those true friends that much more...the former military brats and the new ones I've met along the way. But oh well...enough of this for now. Just be real no matter what to people around you. If you don't want them around...just say so and quit wasting their time and yours. Afterall life is short enough as it is, why waste more time on people you don't want around? Might as well take the time you have and make sure it's full of people you truly want around.
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