My childhood best friend, my adulthood hero, deployed to the Arctic today.
It’s her second Arctic deployment, and I don’t know who is more excited about it this time around. It’s probably her. She gets to live and breathe in the moment of sailing with the Canadian Navy, something I could only dream of doing myself.
But I get to live it vicariously through her, at least the not classified stuff.
So yeah, Grounded’s on hold until at least late fall. Once she gets back, she’s heading off to Africa with another childhood friend. And then she’s off on a third adventure for a few weeks after that.
Maybe I’ll just fly out to see her when she gets back, for my birthday. I’m overdue for some birthday lobster and oysters!