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Changed the blog big time...got tired of seeing the blue. Wanted something that was more geared towards my life at the moment. Well I think I hit that nail on the head. I will probably change it 50 more times in the future, but oh well its fun and something to do.

41 more days until Daniel comes home...seems so far away, but he left October 4th...that was a long time ago...I can't believe how fast time is flying. The phone calls and letters are helping tremendously.

I am looking forward to my next time goal...Thanksgiving... for a couple reasons. One, I get to keep Hank one of my favorite dogs on this earth. Love him. 2nd, the food. Nothing beats thanksgiving. Of course all that family stuff thrown in there...haha...I know I am heartless.

Also, Thanksgiving means all of my friends will be home for break. These are the times I enjoy the most because my friends mean the world to me, and I really miss them when they are off at school.

I wish Daniel would be here for Thanksgiving, but since we have been dating I don't think we've spent one Thanksgiving together anyways, just because we have different family events going on. So hopefully I won't be to down because of that. A phone call would be nice though.

I am so ready for this basic training thing to be over with...it seems it's all I focus on 24/7. And if I get lucky, I can concentrate on something else for a couple hours.

I am definetely going to give Daniel one good punch when he gets home for all the worry and tears he has caused me during this. But then smile and say I love you, because that's what couples do. Well this couple anyways...

I wouldn't trade it for anything else, that is something I am sure of.

I am sure many people think I need to get a life and find something to do...don't get me wrong. I am working almost full time, and going to school. So I am not wasting away at my computer every day or waiting at my mail box for a letter. I do get on with life, in my own way.

This new experience causes me to focus heavily on it, because its new. It is like when you get a new purse or a new pair of jeans. You want to wear it or carry it constantly, because it is new...

I am trying on and carrying this experience with me until it feels no longer new and I can find some normalcy to my life...normalcy...wouldn't that be great.