I'm back!

So I'm home from North Carolina! It was a lot of fun down there. Very sunny though. On the first day there, we all decided to go to the beach, slathered on sunscreen and went in the water. Of course, all the sunscreen came off and we all received sunburn for our efforts. Of course, some of us received it worse than others. My brothers were both red and my younger sister, who has very pale skin in general, was so incredibly burnt that she could barely move. And she even has blisters on her nose. I, luckily, was barely burnt. I feel so sorry for my younger sister. And my older sis was somewhere between the boys and my younger sis. It was incredible burning, lol. But, luckily, us girls all got lovely new shirts out of it - to avoid touching sunburn...lol. It's wonderful.

Tomorrow is my meeting with my Academy Liasion Officer. I'm kind of nervous about the meeting because of the questions I know he will ask (but I just have to think of answers, lol). Other than that, I think it should be a relatively smooth meeting.

Speaking of the Academy, I've decided to apply to Annapolis as well, just in case. We drove past the campus on our way home and my dad was like "so this is where you'll be going for the next four years". lol. Both my 'rents are much happier with my going to Annapolis over the Academy because it is "closer to home" and I could go home on breaks, and not have to pay for incredible airline prices, lol. I'm not sure if I mind either way. Whatever.

I've decided to stop thinking about a potential love life because it requires too much thought and takes too much time away from other things - such as physical fitness tests for ROTC and the Academies. So, on that subject, I think I have nothing more to say. Now, to quote "A Chorus Line":
"Kiss today goodbye,
The sweetness and the sorrow,
Wish me luck, the same to you,
But I can't regret
What I did for love, what I did for love,
Look my eyes are dry,
The gift was ours to borrow,
It's as if we always knew,
And I won't forget what I did for love,
What I did for love,
Gone, Love is never gone,
As we travel on,
Love's what we'll remember,
Kiss today goodbye,
And point me t'ward tomorrow,
We did what we had to do,
Won't forget, can't regret
What I did for Love"

Not that I did anything for love but still - lovely song. I love it. I also love "Tell Me On A Sunday" and "On My Own". I'll post the lyrics to "OMO" because it pretty much describes my life right now. And that's it.
"And now I'm all alone again
Nowhere to turn, no one to go to
Without a home, without a friend
Without a face to say hello to
But now the night is near
And I can make-believe he's here

Sometimes I walk alone at night
When everybody else is sleeping
I think of him and then I'm happy
With the company I'm keeping
The city goes to bed
And I can live inside my head

On my own
Pretending he's beside me
All alone
I walk with him 'til morning
Without him, I feel his arms around me
And when I lose my way,
I close my eyes and he has found me

In the rain
The pavement shines like silver
All the lights are misty in the river
In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight
And all I see is him and me forever and forever

And I know it's only in my mind
That I'm talking to myself and not to him
And although I know that he is blind
Still I say there's a way for us

I love him
But when the night is over
He is gone
The river's just a river
Without him, the world around me changes
The trees are bare and everywhere the streets are full of strangers

I love him
But every day I'm learning
All my life I've only been pretending
Without me, his world will go on turning
The world is full of happiness that I have never known
I love him
I love him
I love him...
But only on my own... "