
After the Final Countdown
I’m not sure how early I started mentally counting down to the end of various things. I distinctly remember doing so toward the end of my senior college, eager to get done with the last round of finals and out into the “real world.” But, then, my first stop in the real world was flight school, and I had a countdown to the end of that, too. Photo by Manasvita S on Unsplash I kept a mental count down to the end of each seagoing deployment – and this time, I wasn’t alone. EVERYO