He's got these brown eyes that drive me crazy...

I just got off the phone with Justin!!! :-D We got to talk for a whole 13 minutes and 37 seconds!He now has a cell phone which is AWESOME! I'm not going to count on the fact that he'll be able to call anymore often, but still...
He asked me how many days til his graduation, I guess to check and see if I'm still keeping up with it. lol I knew the answer, of course. 57 days til graduation...56 til I see him again. *Sigh* I miss that boy like crazy and I'll never be able to sleep tonight, but I'm so happy! :-)

Time flies when you're having fun...

So...the picture above is what I want to see more than anything! lol It was taken last summer at Soldier Creek, where we spent pretty much every weekend. I'm just a country girl and love to get muddy and nasty on the back of a 4 wheeler. :-) We're going the first Saturday he's home!!! Tomorrow means that it is officially less than 2 months til J gets home! This past week has been amazing. J was on pass between BCT and AIT so he used a buddies cell and called! I got to talk to him Saturday night...and then he drunk dialed me at 2:30 Sunday morning. Apparently, they had a case a beer and he had a big box of Cheez-Its...so he was practically in heaven. :-) After they got back on base they got to keep cell phones, so he called Monday, Wednesday and Friday, plus I got text messages and a letter on Thursday! I didn't know what to do with all that contact. A friend and I decided that I'll probably pass out from excitement when I actually get to talk to him and SEE him at the same time. lol
Anyways...the tattoo I got last Friday has healed really well. I had the word Faith put on my left hip. It's pink and there are three small, heart shaped music notes above the h. I love it and can't wait to show J. I told him about it, but I've still managed to keep the pierced belly button a secret somehow. ;-) I just feel awesome right now...I know I'll have more rough days before we're through with this separation but at the moment things are looking up. :-D

Just for a moment...

Today came out of nowhere. I've been doing really well the past few days and thought that I'd made it over the hump. I guess not...
Gretchin and I were close to Justin's parents house this afternoon and she wanted to see what it looked like, so we drove past. I was fine before that, laughing and telling her little things about this place and that place. Then we got past the house and I looked back at the driveway behind the house. His truck was sitting there and for a split second I forgot he's gone. My heart dropped to my stomach and I thought...."Justin's home!" Just as soon as the thought came, though it was gone. I remembered that he's not home. Hasn't been in a few months and won't be for a few more months. I never expected it to affect me the way it did but it really upset me.