A-School and Coping

Now we're ready to rock!

   If you have read my previous posts you're now all caught up with my journey as a Navy girlfriend thus far. Now I'll start posting at a more regular pace, probably once a month or every couple weeks. Any who, it's been exactly one month since I said goodbye to Anthony at the airport in Illinois. He is well under way in A school, studying for hours and hours and cramming for tests like a real college boy. He has his cell phone so he calls me everyday like he used to when he was home. I love hearing about what he's learning, what hes doing in is free time, and the friends hes making. 

   We have the luxury of texting each other pictures which has been really fun. We've sent self portraits when we miss each other a lot, and we've sent pictures of what we're doing, to get a feel of what's happening in each others lives. He tells me about his adventures around town on the weekends too. He has told me a few stories of when he's out and gets looks from girls. I always get offensive but he assures me that he wouldn't do anything to hurt me. Time will tell whether that will hold up or not, and it better! We talk about how much we can't wait to live together and go wherever the Navy takes, though we've been talking about that since before he left. Anthony's being away has also helped to motivate me to do better things with my life. If Anthony can do what he's doing and have the complaining down to a minimum than I should be able to handle my life with no complaints at all.

   It's very tough to be apart from each other and we're both still adjusting. Our entire summer was consumed with the stress and changes of our new lives. We still have good times, don't get me wrong, but it's a little depressing enjoying yourself when you know your partner is suffering emotionally and mentally. You feel like your cheating them out of a good time but you can't let that dominate your life. The best thing to do is keep busy. As soon as I had some free time, meaning a whole day of no real plans or jobs, I started to get depressed and just lay around. Being occupied 90% of the time keeps the motivation rolling so I can wake up each day feeling good. I've been doing a lot of odd jobs around the house that have been sitting around for a long time. I feel good about how I've been dealing with the separation so far. We both do have our moments where we want to be together so bad it hurts, but so far, I think we're doing pretty good.