So, I think I may have mentioned this already, but it’s my blog so I’ll repeat myself if I want to :P My brother is arriving on Sunday! My brother is two years younger than me. He joined the Navy right after he graduated. It actually really sucked at the time. He enlists and they give him the day when he is supposed to be there, which was mid October, and then what happens in September? Yep, the Twin Towers. 9-11 happens and my brother is supposed to go off to basic training like three weeks later. We were all freaking out. Our freaking out was in vain however, since my brother actually ended up getting to play in Amsterdam for a few weeks and then Japan for six months before he scored his cushy gig in Hawaii, where he has been for the last two years. I know, rough right? I’ll have to see if I have a picture of him to post here :)
Ahh, yes, here is his place, his house is circled:
Anyway, I haven’t seen him in almost two years. The last time he was here was August of 2003! That is way too long!
It’s strange how someone you quarreled with incessantly as a child can mean as much to you as he does to me as an adult. I miss him terribly now that he is in Hawaii. And now my sister will be flying off to Oahu with him on June 8th. What the fuck am I supposed to do with both of them gone? Makes me want to cry. I have been talking about Ruthie leaving with friends for a while now and may have even mentioned here a time or two. She graduated next week and then that’s it, readers. She is eighteen, all grown up and ready to move on and start her life. Which means that she will inevitably be moving out and on. She had been a part of my day-to-day life since she became a teenager and now she is just going to leave.
Fuck, I am going to have to be committed when my children actually start to move out and on. Ten years. That’s how long until Amanda will be eighteen. Yeah, ten years sounds like a long time but how long is it really? She is turning nine this year and it seems like no time has passed at all. Half way to eighteen.
Ok, getting all mushy here! Sorry! So, my brother is flying in on Sunday! He will be here until June 8th and I am so fucking jazzed :)
Try and get something else on here today to make up for Wednesday!
But just in case I don’t, you guys have an awesome weekend!
~Kate
