I saw some of my old friends from school last month, and its messing with my head. I miss some of my friends from school terribly. I thought I wouldn't; I moved around a lot in my early life, and got quite used to friendships that last 2-4 years and then disappear. But I'm not the type that makes close friends easily, and there were 2 people in particular (one boy, one girl, for those that are curious) that I actually connected to. It almost doesn't seem fair to call them friends, even family isn't quite it. For the last 8 months, they've been 1000+ miles away. There are a lot of vets out there who say they'd never go through school again. See, vet school is pretty rough. You barely sleep, you eat whenever you can, and you try your damnedest to cram an impossible amount and detail of information into your head, so that you can remember (when they ask, and they WILL ask) the third word on page 108 of the 500+ pages you read today alone. It was misery, it destroyed my health, and it made me a person that I'm not yet sure I like.
For two people, I'd do it again tomorrow. Without thought or hesitation. And the fact that we will grow apart now, as I know from all those years of deployments that we will, makes my heart die a little.
