Ok, so it's been a little over a month since my last post. Sorry for
the delay, Hilary!! hahah... Anyway, so I've realized a few things in
the last few weeks, and I'll explain each in turn. 1) Chipping paint
isn't the worst idea I've heard of.. yet too many people seem to think
I'm too smart for that. 2) Some people just shouldn't be part of the
military. 3) This place can feel like prison, and yet, it's not that
bad.
Ok so begin explanations, now: 1) Chipping paint. This little phrase
is something most of us on this base tend to link to the undesignated
people. If you're undesignated, you have no set job when you hit the
fleet, you're at the mercy of every superior you come into contact with.
More often than not, you're given the worst jobs, chipping paint,
cleaning things no one else wants to, etc. I got extremely frustrated
about a week ago and told my instructor to just send me to chip paint,
I'd survive! He disagreed, and told me to try again. Needless to say, I
eventually figured out what I was doing wrong, but still wanted to go
chip paint. Let me state this here, however. I will be in some from of
school for the first nearly two years of my naval career, which, after
nearly six years of college, is a little daunting. So the fleet will
remain a mystery for the next year and a half or so, much to my dismay.
Eventually, I'll get to do my job instead of sitting in front of a
computer screen teaching myself about electronics, so there is still
hope.
2) Some people shouldn't be in the military. Ok, so this one just
pisses me off. You signed the damn contract, you knew they were going
to control your life, get the hell over it and stop trying to bring me
down with you!!!! So this one person I know, who shall remain nameless,
has decided the "navy" has ruined her life. She didn't get what she
wanted, she hates her job, she doesn't want to be here blah blah blah.
First of all, you knew what the job was when you signed the contract,
ADVANCED ELECTRONICS. So don't give me that crap about you hate
electronics, you've never liked them. So why did you sign in the first
place?! Secondly, of course they tell you what to do, and when to do
it. It's the Navy... a branch of the military... uh, yeah.
Furthermore, if you want out that badly, I'm sure there are ways to get
out. Granted, none of them will look good on you for the rest of your
life, but still. So if you don't like being told what to do all the
time, following simple directions, or accepting things you cannot
change: DON'T JOIN THE MILITARY. Thanks.
3) Base is like prison, even though it's not quite that bad. Honestly,
this all stems from being cooped up on base for too long. It really
isn't that bad, but between double duty days and lots of school, I've
been stuck here for far too long. There's everything I need here, food,
entertainment, places to run, etc. But there's still a damn fence,
haha. I just want to be on the other side of the fence for awhile!!!
Otherwise, not much is going on around this place. Classes are going
relatively smoothly, I'm well on schedule to graduate on time. I've
recently discovered that A school is a lot easier than ATT, so that
makes me happy. It will all work out in time, hopefully. Well, that's
all I've got for now, later!!
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