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Bring Liz home!
7 years ago
But Liz is home! Liz is done with army!
I am doing fine! @u@ thanks so much for all the love people kept sending me while I was in the army! It meant alot to get me through the toughness of it.
It was more like 4 months wasted from my life. But I learned 2 things.
A) always be patient. Some people are just too much. Noone was as bossy or inspiring or as annoying as my mom, so after I thought that, even my commander seemed childish and unprofessional.
B) I had a reality wake up call right in there at some point. My commander noticed that I was polite and told me I shouldn't be, its the army. If something needs to be done, it will get done. For some reason, after coming back home, i find it easier to actually work. I am not sure at what point I matured to this. I feel like a final part of me understood what a responsible adult can and should do.
I sometimes think about what I want to do here and there. I wanna go on a trip and I want to relax, but since coming back to Greece, in 9 days, the only time I had left for me was surprisingly a sunday.
I also lost weight! And I was in a room where 12 out of 20 guys were professional athletes with athletic honors. It was so so so so awkward man! Those guys were 8 or 7 years younger than me and they were like hunks from men's health magazine! Talk about fun!
I am glad to be back!
I am doing fine! @u@ thanks so much for all the love people kept sending me while I was in the army! It meant alot to get me through the toughness of it.
It was more like 4 months wasted from my life. But I learned 2 things.
A) always be patient. Some people are just too much. Noone was as bossy or inspiring or as annoying as my mom, so after I thought that, even my commander seemed childish and unprofessional.
B) I had a reality wake up call right in there at some point. My commander noticed that I was polite and told me I shouldn't be, its the army. If something needs to be done, it will get done. For some reason, after coming back home, i find it easier to actually work. I am not sure at what point I matured to this. I feel like a final part of me understood what a responsible adult can and should do.
I sometimes think about what I want to do here and there. I wanna go on a trip and I want to relax, but since coming back to Greece, in 9 days, the only time I had left for me was surprisingly a sunday.
I also lost weight! And I was in a room where 12 out of 20 guys were professional athletes with athletic honors. It was so so so so awkward man! Those guys were 8 or 7 years younger than me and they were like hunks from men's health magazine! Talk about fun!
I am glad to be back!
All in all, would you say its an important step in life? Even if you feel it was wasted
Even if it was for only 4 months, a part of me feels some pride that I contributed and it made me appreciate my everyday life alot more than I did before! It's admirable to me that people make a living from this. My whole everyday life and comfort is established because some people are going through what I did for 4 months and they do it for their entire life!
But,only 4 months of army?
Why is that may I ask?
I missed you xD
where were you stationed if not greece?
Back when I was studying, my best friend was Cypriot. I learnt a lot of neat things from him, some I still think about today a decade later. He was the only guy I knew that got me a present on my birthday, invited me to dinner for some of his girlfriend's cooking, introduced me to some more of his culture.
I lived with another guy who I very much hated; he supposedly grew up on one of the British bases in Cyprus, which I belive this was a lie. This guy had a rediculous power fantasy because his father was in the RAF and he aspired to do it too. He talked a lot about wanting to kill foreigners legally, hated gays including me personally, and treated women with disrespect.
I have thought of these 2 people, many times over these years, representing peace and war in my mind.
To me, there is nothing worse on this planet than the military, war, and hate. I am glad to see you have come through this stronger.