Day three of EMV (haha that rhymes)

Day three.. what can I say. It is as i expect it to be. Little communication. Only get a handful of texts during the day (if i'm lucky) and a 1-3 minute phone call at bedtime. Guess its a way to get use to no communication at all. So instead of waiting around for a text that I may not get I have been trying to keep busy. Yesterday, I went out to lunch with my best friend who came home from Cali (for now). I haven't seen him since July so it was soooo good to finally have SOMEONE. And today I continued with my scrapbook. I started it during the summer before I started working and figured I would pick it back up. I don't want to toot my own horn but I think it's coming out really good =)

Tuesday starts March, which I have mixed emotions about. It makes me closer to predeployment leave but the big bad D word comes after that. It feels like its coming on so fast when I have known about it for almost a year now. I remember when Kyle told me thinking "we still have forever". Well forever is closing in.

I guess it is a good thing that I started writing on this because it is a way for me to get all my feelings out. I dont like to talk to kyle about it because I have this feeling that I should be the strong one and show him that i'll be just fine when hes gone. But in reality i'm starting to freak out. It is hard not to know what the next year is going to bring. I also am not the type to dump my problems on other people. As a social worker, I have been taught to listen. Listen to everyones problems, struggles, and good times but I am never the one that just has someone listen to me. I would rather hold it all in until i find someway to deal with it.

Well this is my new way of dealing with it, hopefully it works. It has been  thus far!

I haven't done this in years...

So the last time I did a "blog" was back in middle/high school when Live Journal was still around. Actually found it the other day and thought it would be good to start it again so thank you Ashleigh for getting me started!

So a little about me... I am 22 years old. I graduated from college with my bachelors in social work and currently work as a social worker in a nursing home. You would think that I have my life on track but unfortunately the most important thing in my life is missing. My boyfriend is a United States Marine and our entire relationship has been long distance and that distance will be even longer as he is getting ready to deploy. Since this blog will mainly be based on my feelings during our first deployment, I will give you a little background to us.

We met in September of 2009 at a party. Noticed him when we got there and thought that he was a freshman and that was why I had never seen him before. Later on in the night, a mutual friend (his bestfriend) introduced us and I guess you can say the rest was history. Our relationship has been based mainly on Skype Dates, which I love. Of course its not the same as being together but it is all I can get for right now. This deployment will be the first as a couple and also his first. It feels like it is right around the corner which makes each day harder. So if your following, get ready for the good, the bad and the sad because I can only imagine what this deployment is going to bring!

Enjoy,
Colleen