a whole new star in a few years

i have just been thinking recently that my childhood has slipped away vastly in the past year. I now have to worry about grades and my new life in the future and i fear it. I feel that when i leave i may never return to my home. I guess if i do want to join the royal navy i have to accept that i will not get to see my home for a long time. But i will get to see more interesting places, the falklands, gibraltar the virgin islands and many more. so i guess things may work out in the end.