It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.
- Theodore Roosevelt

So, this is it.

Tomorrow, I will be leaving for Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island for three months (hopefully no more, no less). I am scheduled to graduate on February 12, 2010.

My mom will be signing onto my LJ to post my full address at Parris Island here, in case you'd like to send me a letter or two (or five). I'd really appreciate it if you did, but do not feel obligated. Thank you all so much for being my friends over the past few years. Please keep me in your thoughts. I'll see you in three months!

Until then,
- Sarah