i forgot about this til now

So I went out with and active-duty-for-3-more-days marine last night. She was fucking fabulous. I had only chatted with her briefly over email and text, so when I went to pick her up, I was surprised that neither off us missed a beat. It was like we were old buddies. I took her to a hockey game. When the national anthem started, I stood. I felt really wrong about that. I don't usually stand for the NA, but I felt like if I didn't it would cause conflict. So I stood. I averted my eyes from the flag. That's weird. Like the flag is the boogie man, but I felt so compromised that if I looked at the flag, I would become part of the masses. I don't think she noticed me fidgeting. That's it.