So I am getting down to the last months of my Navy career, well not really I got about 8 months left to go but the time could not go any sooner. A lot of my friends and my family keep asking me why I do not stay in and make a career out of it. For one it is not for me, I do not like the micromanagement thing. If I was married that may be a different story and I might reconsider. I do get paid a little more than the average Joe because I have a daughter, but I am not married, me and the old lady broke up before I had joined, and I have stayed single since and it has been a blast.
I am getting exceptionally good at shooting pool, and that will be the thing that I miss most about living here in Virginia. The other day me and Paco were shooting a race to 10 playing nine ball, and I managed to clear two racks from the break. One of the racks I had ran the entire table, the other one I sunk the nine ball off of a combo. By the time we were on our way to our second race in nine ball, I was getting kind of tipsy, like I had said in a previous post that they have waitresses there at Q-Masters and they are very friendly, they do a good job of talking me into getting and buying drinks, and for some reason I am a sucker and I always give in to their charm.
We only have one short cruise left, well, me and my career as a sailor I will only have one cruise left. That will only be for a couple of weeks, and I cant give the details of why we will be going out on this cruise, they do not tell us lowly petty officers a lot of information, I really don’t care either way because I know that I am a short timer and my time clock is ticking, I am almost there and I almost made it.
When I get out I plan on going to school full time, I will have about 6 months off through getting unemployment and I will use all of that time by taking classes. I will not have to pay for tuition nor will I have to pay for any books, because the navy offered me the Montgomery gi bill which will pay up to 30 grand for college. I want to go into something like internet marketing, that way one day I can work for an seo company and make tons of money. I may change my mind though, I do like to mess with computers so whatever I decide to do it will definitely be computer related.
I do not regret making the choice of serving for my country, it has made me a better person and has shown me a lot more discipline than when I was younger and just a normal citizen. I still have quite ways to go though and I will enjoy that time by staying in the gym and working out, and of course playing some pool with my homie Paco