Adam's Departure

   I know...it's been a while since I have posted, but better late than never.
   Anyways, here's a little update on my life.
   Adam, 18, my brother has officially left for basic training, and I miss him....ALOT!
   I never thought I would miss him this much, but I do.
   But I guess some context about the situation would be of much help.
   For starters, Adam just graduated high school and is going to Purdue University next year to study engineering. The original problem is that we can't really afford taking out five billion dollars in loans (sarcasm) for him and I to go away to school, but Adam had a plan.


Adam's graduation ceremony, June 5, 2013

   Adam's plan was to join the National Guard and ROTC so that he could go away to Purdue since the state of Indiana will pay for his tuition. I don't exactly know all the details because it can be a little confusing, but long story short, he has to go to basic training for the summer.
   Adam left on June 10th to take a plane down the Atlanta, Georgia. For starters there was a hour and a half delay since there was severe weather in Atlanta. Luckily for him he got to meet some WNBA players while he sat in the airport. Anyways, when he finally got on the plane and finally landed in Atlanta he went to go get on the bus that was supposed to drop him off at Fort Benning, but it wasn't that easy. He waited for the bus for FOUR HOURS!!! He wasn't nervous that he missed it since there was around one hundred other soldiers waiting to catch the same bus with him.
   He finally arrived at Fort Benning for infantry training that night of June 10th. We haven't really heard from him yet besides a couple little tiny weeny letters and a couple of two-minute phone calls.
   It has finally hit me that he is gone and I hate it. I never thought I would miss him this much but I do. I was always used to him being gone since he was always with his friends, but this is completely different. I cannot see him in the mornings, I cannot see him after school, I cannot text him, I cannot call him, I cannot see his tweets, and I have no idea what he is doing!
   When he graduates basic training and finally arrives at Purdue, I will try to visit him alot. And even though he might not admit it, we are actually pretty close siblings. For god sakes, we are only 13 months apart!