The American Adventure so far

It's been a while since I've posted in my Bama blog so here I am :) it's been over 2 months since I moved to the states.

So let's put you guys all up to date:

• I have an ID :) yay I no longer have to carry around my passport.
• I got a cellphone
• Met my recruiter
• Took the ASVAB

At the moment I'm waiting for my school paperwork to be verified by a non-profit agency the AF requested me to send my HS diploma to be reviewed by, once they mail it back to me I will meet again with my recruiter and schedule my MEPS visit.

Deep Sea Fishing @ 5:30am. Destin, Fl

Other than that, well my gorgeous nephew is getting cuter and cuter as the days go by! I've never been quite a baby person myself and well I haven't around many babies other than the ones related to me and back in those days I was to young to be trusted around a baby and as well traditionally back home it's rare for a teenager to be allowed to babysit your nephews/cousins or anything really.





I'd only babysat once before and it was more like sleepover it was last year the day before Easter with my two other nephews (one of them was 6 and the other one was 4, i think) and my mom and sister were helping me so it shouldn't really count but that was really my only experience before moving to Alabama.

So when I came here it was a whole lot of learning about babies, but I wouldn't have it any other way my newest nephew has me wrapped around his little fingers just like everyone else here, he's just unbelievably charming and I guess anyone out there might just think the same way about their own kids but it's true, so I'm sorry I'm gonna stop talking about my amazingly gifted nephew and move on to a different subject.

Our Catch! Red Snapper and Trigger Fish :)

Adaptation is the name of the game right now and at times I feel like I fail at it and sometimes I feel like I'm part of sociological study of transculturization, in a way I regret not thinking about this sooner and though I understand the reason why my mom never suggested in any way serving in the military as an option for my future (I was the kind of teenager that would always go against my mom's wishes) I think I would have been ready to go for this option a long time ago maybe not straight out of high school but maybe about a year and a half ago but it is what it is and I'm trying to make the best out of it.

That includes enjoying a lot of firsts:
Like waiting for the ice cream truck to come around the block while sitting in the front lawn with my cousins, driving 6 hours to go to the beach (a highly different trip from the 30 min trips I was used to back in ES to go to the beach), fishing, quarter-sized hail,visiting an Air Force Base (which I was able to do thanks to my awesome uncle and it made me feel a lot more happy and confortable with the decision I've taken), going to Destin, Fl (gorgeous emerald green water and white sand beaches ♥), making s'mores, tornados and tornado watch, severe weather sirens (these last two I don't really enjoy of course).
I know I'm probably missing a couple more things on that list but that's ok, I feel incredibly lucky to have been able to experience all of this and as well the opportunities that lie ahead of me, I'm forever grateful for all of the support my family both here and in ES has given me so far.

Destin, Fl ♥

That's all for this post, hopefully I'll be back here soon with more uninteresting stories to tell you but ever eloquently doing so.




♥, Alice