What the summer has in store for me

This summer is a time of huge changes for me some exciting, some bitter sweet, some come with relief and some come with worry.  I started off the summer with a trip to Vegas with Dave, as we walked until our feet were raw and drank until our wallets bare (which doesn't take long in Vegas)  I couldn't help but wonder about the finals I had completed just hours before our plane departed.  Finally I got the phone call from one of the girls in my class.  And As the volcano at the Mirage erupted so did my excitement, I passed both all three of my classes!  I ended up with a 94 in nursing clinical, a B in nursing theory, and a C in physiology (which was by far the hardest class I have ever taken.)  Dave to say the least was  bursting with excitement too.  He no longer  would have to endure to boring physiology lectures I gave him in order for me to understand the topic at hand.    I now only have to worry about working this summer and growing my garden instead of repeating a physiology class.  The next big event will be traveling to Mississippi for the celebration of Owen's 3rd birthday and the birth of my first niece!  I can't wait.  About a week after I return home I will be meeting Dave's parents and youngest brother!  Another even I am extremely excited about but definitely nervous.  I can't imagine I won't enjoy the experience, I just hope they do.  While they are here I am closing a huge chapter of my life, I am getting out of the guard.  I made this decision a few months ago, after toiling with it for quite a while.  It is time for me to travel a different path.  I have no regrets with my career in the guard, and I will forever cherish what I am taking with me.  I have stories, and experiences that most could never imagine being part of, lessons that will forever be a part of who I am,  and a respect for those who serve and our country that will never falter.  I have fulfilled the calling to serve my country and now I have a calling to serve the sick and injured here at home, and to serve my family, and the family that one day God willing I will be blessed with.