He got the call...

I've been avoiding this but I guess it's time. I found out 2 weeks ago that Jeff was pro rec'ed for intel. Now, I'm not down with all the navy lingo, but from my understanding, this means that he's not IN - in, but that if everything goes smoothly, there's a 99% chance that he's going to OCS in August. He doesn't have a date yet, but I'm counting down the months. So far, when people hear the news, their reaction goes something like this: "wow, 2 years on a ship, thats a long time." or "that's gonna be hard." - as if I haven't thought about the fact that my best friend's leaving for a prolonged amount of time, or better yet, as if I think I'm going to have a great time with him gone. I know that they all have good intentions, but that doesn't change the fact that it's going to suck - a lot. The running joke is that we don't talk about it when I'm in his presence. When I walk up, conversation about the navy ceases. I haven't processed it much farther than that yet. I dont know what I'll be doing in the mean time - working, going to school, hanging out at camp, working with my church here. Right now there are a lot of options. Whatever it is though, I'll be trying to keep myself busy.