My Life so far..... :)

Senior year had come and gone and then the real journey began. It has had its ups and downs but Im still here so I must have done something right!! I was reading through my posts on here and I read about how I was going to end up going to ISU and being close to home. Well that certainly didn't turn out the way I thought it would!! Now I am in Missouri which I never thought I would ever be. My journey has taught me alot of things. It started out me leaving home for the first time ever. I had never been away from my family for very long and at first I thought I could do it and I would be just fine but did I learn quick just how much I missed them. I left the world I knew on December 13th 2011. Little did I know how much my life was going to change. I started out of Butte Montana and took a plane to San Antonio Texas where I learned quickly that you just shut up and keep your head down. 8 1/2 weeks later I was an airmen in the United States Air Force. I felt a sense of accomplishment that will never go away. The hardest thing so far right then was getting to see my parents for 2 days and then having them leave again and not knowing how long it would be before I saw them again. Those couple days were the best ever and they were also the hardest. I then moved on to tech school in Witchta Falls Texas which is where Sheppard AFB is. Tech school was kind of a blur new friends and definetly a whole new outlook on life. I realized just how sheltered my life was back home. To see how people from big cities lived and how they acted amazed me. I was grateful that I grew up where I did but then I wasn't because I was lost alot on how things worked. Well tech school ended and I again moved. My next and last stop for now is Whiteman AFB in Missouri. This has been a very up and down place for me. I love the people and the base but it makes me feel alone at times. So far from family makes it hard. My mom always tells me that you eventually have to strike out on your own but I just wasn't prepared for this. I'm getting better at getting out and meeting new people and experiencing new things. This last year was nothing like I expected but it was also the best I could have hoped for I never would have in my life dreamed I would be in the military or even have left Idaho. My parents liked that I had decided on this path in my life and they support me throughout everything. Its hard not being able to hug them or to see them or share crazy experiences but when I do see them it just makes it so much better! :) So for now I am happy with what I am doing and who knows what the future might bring! :)