Be Yourself!

My grand plan of being "more Army" to attract more attention from the very Army to the core, SSG Newsome was faltering (and dumb). It's like I needed Genie from Aladdin to take on the form of a bee and buzz into my ear, "Just beeeee yourself."

Just be yourself, Melissa. You see, I wasn't hard core Army but I was a solider. I didn't need Airborne school or to toughen up. I didn't need to be anything other than myself and so my attempts to be anything other than that were futile (and stupid). I just wanted to be me; Melissa from Chicago serving overseas with the Army. That's it. And as soon as I gave up trying to be what I wasn't, even Little Miss Airborne didn't bother me anymore.

And with this new revelation I also discovered I really had no desire to impress one certain Stagg Sergeant. Staff Sergeant Newsome, that is.