One Year Later

I've been in Kansas for one year now.  Away from home.  Away from all I have known. I have to say it's the best thing that could have happened. It has removed me from all the drama that is my family. I am away from everything that drives me crazy.  It's quiet here.  It's safe here.  It's small.  As much as I kicked and whined and cried about coming to Kansas you would think I would be looking at one year as a horrible curse.  The truth is I hope we get to stay here a good while after the deployment is over.  I am not ready to leave.  It has been refreshing.   I have had to spend over half of it alone now, but that's really ok.  It has let my anti-social wants be filled.  I love all my friends back home and having contact with them, but I really love not having friends here.  It's easy.   Yes, maybe that is a bit selfish, but I enjoy not having any expectations set that I don't approve of.  My schedule is my own.  I have no obligations to anyone but myself and Aiden.  Skip and I are very much alike in that aspect.

So one year later, I am happy and adjusted.  I don't know that I can ever go home and feel as good as I do now.