full circle

so my first year at the academy has come full circle now.

im here where i stayed at the night before in-processing. and ive got all of these uniforms and whatnot my brother left for me, which at the time, were pretty much irrelevant but are now very useful.

kinda crazy.

kinda crazy to be somewhat apart from the academy right now, when we just had dinner at red robin.

dinner at red robin... good times like the first time we went out for dinner with erin and shit. then the other time when we went to eat there with erin, ross and all them and then saw "the men who stare at goats". and then that other time when we just went out to eat with hunter and cony and ks. and that other time when it was me ks and erin not too long ago. the time she spilled water all over ks.

then you look across the street and theres chick-fil-a which is fuckin delicious. and all the times we had there.

yet still somewhat apart from the academy. like the fact that today was the last day im gonna see my peoples in my squad be in my squad again. like the fact that all the history left in those rooms 3d14 and 3d22 and sijans room is gonna stay in that skeleton building.

the year has come full circle. and im here anticipating going home for leave instead of anticipating going to the academy for basic.

and it was at basic where the spirit of hip hop still prevailed and i had to rap on the 4th of july for all my peoples. and that day where i just happened to be filling sandbags and erin just happened to be helping me. and we had our first real conversation.

but now im here. this time, instead of fate thrusting me into an arduous adventure, its pulling me away into a quiet summer sleep. like the rhythm of breathing where i was exhaling. now im inhaling.

relax.