(Wednesday)
This experience was humbling and really put my life in perspective. I wish I could add more than 5 pictures because they don't accurately reflect her beauty. Knowing what the sailors put themselves thru, the responsibilities that the CAPT and Air Bosses were faced with, being away from your family for 6-12 months at a time - an easy way to feel shitty about the accomplishments of your own life. Who am I to say that I have persevered at anything in life? The struggles of the daily grind to operate such a massive floating city, the logistics, the living conditions, flight ops, every single person on that ship over 2,000 sailors with specific responsibilities to keep that thing afloat. I thought I had responsibilities...cha right!!!
I was completely in AWE!! If you ever wanted to feel exactly how an ant might feel on an everyday basis go see the Midway. A real marvel of modern technology and ingenuity. Every step aboard was filled with pure overwhelming information, nothing that one human can hope to retain much less understand within a 10 year period. The amount of planes alone automatically puts you into information overload. The details of the walls within the hallways and staircases would drive an engineer to Arkham Asylum (Batman crazy house). The wiring could wrap around the world 50 times, and how in the hell are you supposed to keep track of that!! I could not imagine the stress, long hours, and dedication it must take for a CAPT to be responsible of all of that steel and all those men. And to land a plane on that deck had to take some balls, with it swaying, wind blowing while all along your relying on a steel rope to catch you so you can stop (@ 4 Gs) before splashing into a watery grave. I stood at the very edge of the deck and almost shit my pants!!
As I look at my life it pails in comparison to some of the great men that spent tours on that ship, but I can only hope that means I have a lot to look forward to...
Come on everybody..."In the Navy, Yes You could Sail the Seven Seas, In the Navy, Yes You could Put Your Mind at Ease!!!"... and so on don't want to make this blog to stereotypically gay with my Village People reference
- Cheers
Later that night I was watching a favorite TV show of mine and it was about Last Words, more importantly the last words that you hear from a person that is close to you prior to their passing. This particular episode was about one character's dad passing and trying to remember what his last words to him were. I don't want to give it away for those who haven't seen it, but it brought me to tears. That is such a powerful responsibility of a person to have, and we all have it... What does it mean? Probably you should really think about every time that you leave an important person presence think long and hard what you want to say to them, cause as we all know we are on borrowed time... I can say that this truth has rocked my world, and is the reason why I included my normal sound off "Cheers" prior to this section, so here it is my readers that I adore, my family that read, and my friends who have supported me through thick and thin:
"You are beautiful specimens of the human spirt. I love each and everyone of you from the deepest parts of my soul. I wish the best for you all with your pursuit of happiness, and that may a higher power grant you what you so accordingly deserve. Thank you for being there and supporting me, and I would not be here without you. I love you!!........
And now I'm going to rub one out!"
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