So, the day has finally arrived, and honestly...it's about motherfucking time.

Tomorrow morning, I'll be driving to the MEPS in Sioux Falls where I'll spend the night before flying out the next morning to boot camp. Today is my last real day of freedom. I've been living life to the fullest in every sense of the word. Last night I partied with my buddies, slept today away, and now I'm about to get ready to hang out with someone for a bit before one last LAN party with some of my closest friends.

It's interesting how my leaving has affected me. I've become incredibly close with people I wasn't close with before, or who I was close with before that drifted away for while. I've made new friends and had reason to see old friends. The other night, I had a going away dinner for just me and whatever friends wanted to show up. I've never been very popular, but I had over 20 people show up. That may not sound like a whole lot, but it was a hell of a lot for me. Over 20 people were willing to go out to eat after midnight on a Sunday, many of them with less than a day's notice. I think that speaks volumes, especially considering that there was some friends who couldn't make it (work in the morning), but immediately hung out with me the next day (last night as of writing this). It just changed my whole perspective of my friends. Even the ones I'm not so close with are amazing friends and the ones I'm close with obviously love me more than I knew.

But I digress. Point of this post is that I wanted all of YOU to know that this is probably the last time you'll see me for a couple months. Boot camp is right around the corner. So yeah.