Ever Forward

Well it's my second to last Friday evening in Virginia Beach and I'm in my hotel sipping on a hot cup of mint tea & reading a good book. I was stressed out early on in the week but ultimately found peace by remembering an old maxim: focus on what you're able to control, disregard what you cannot. Two weeks from now I'll have finished one of the hardest pipelines the Navy has to offer and be departing for Colorado. A month from now I'll be back in Arizona. Two weeks after that I'll be leaving to Japan & beginning my next great adventure. Life is good. I'm excited to see where it takes me.



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