Inspiration

So. My sisters are all very creative and always have these amazingly inspirational or fun blog posts to read. I've known this as fact for some time but am now still awake at 140 am because I could not stop reading them. So I'm inspired. I'm not sure if it's due to me just wanting to be expressive or due to the fact that I can't have my sisters being more wordsmithy than I am without a fight (yes I know wordsmithy isn't a word, I'm being creative. let it go.). So here I am in the middle of the night (wondering why I hear scampering feet outside my door. Abby already went to the bathroom before I put her to bed) trying to rally some creativity. I may have used it all up on my new word, see above, but I'll try to muster up some more. Here goes.

I have 483 days remaining in the Navy. I mentioned this to my mother earlier and she remarked that it seemed like just yesterday I had 719. She also brought up a good point about my future outside of the navy. Once I am done with my indentured servitude something new will begin.

My Life.

What will I do then? No, not where will I go? Where will I work? The question is, what will I count down to? My life will start and I will have to start counting up was her point. I'm not sure if I agree or not. I think that in everyone's life there are things that they count down to. My Mom counts down until the end of school, my Dad counts down until the next graduation or conference or how long it will be until it's socially acceptable to check his PDA in the middle of a conversation (I love you Dad but it's true). I don't know what my sisters count down to. Maybe their student loan payments or something like that. There is a point to be made. I've spent the past few years of my life waiting for something to end and I'm going to be faced with the task of building a future. I think about this a lot actually. What will I want to do with my life when it is no longer ruled by my profession? We'll delve into that later.