As you guys know, I went down to Lackland to see Daniel graduate from USAF BMT this past week. I arrived Tuesday night around 930pm, and was there until about 140 yesterday (thats when my plane left San Antonio). can you say BEST WEEKEND EVER?!? I definitely think i am one lucky woman to have scored such an amazing husband. Valentine's Day was the first day I saw him--and omg. Yeah, i cried. not as much as i thought i would, but quite a bit. I was shaking like a leaf though. haha. i kept picking invisible lent off his ABUs while we were walking just so i could touch him and make sure I wasn't dreaming. We kept attempting to hold hands then we'd remember its not allowed in uniform... lol. oh AF, how i love your rules! lol actually, its just because it is seen as "unprofessional" and stuff. I understand. He wont be in uniform 24/7, so i can live with that. But yeah, i was up BRIGHT AND EARLY (oh around 245a) on Thursday, had to be at the BMT Reception Center for an orientation at 7, so I was there by 545 (with a line of people already standing outside).... then we watched the Airman's Run around 8a, then i went and sat in the cold-a** bleachers for 2.5 hours. My butt has never been so sore. I wish I would have taken a stadium seat. haha. or a blanket. It was alright though, I was sitting in the PERFECT spot to see Daniel and his FLT get their coins, as well as I had some pretty entertaining folks sitting around me, which made the wait a little easier. At the end of the coin ceremony, they played retreat and the national anthem, after that... HE WAS FREE. I made a beeline for him (i was so close, i could see him the entire time during the ceremony so I had my plan all plotted out--lol) I stood in front of him and waited til he made eye contact then i basically jumped him. haha. not really, but in my mind, thats how i remember it. he actually had to catch himself cuz he tried to kiss me longer than a peck--which is a no-no in uniform as well. haha. he said he wasn't expecting me to tap him out by kissing him on the lips...he thought i was gonna go for his cheek. LOL. brings back memories of our first kiss. hahaha (only in that instance, it was the other way around!) so after all that, we made a beeline for the car amongst the thousands of people (there were 856 grads, so you can only imagine)... made it back to the hotel room and had the most amazing valentines day ever. I cooked for him, which is something i missed extremely. I love cooking for him. :) When it came time to drop him off at the end of the day (he had to be back by 630), I was feeling overwhelmed, but in a good way. It was so good to see him.....
Friday was the graduation parade and squadron open house AND town pass. :D I met his parents at the graduation parade field, we sat in the cold bleachers for 1.5 hours, and then his mom and I went and tapped him out on the field. It was fun. We then made a beeline for the squadron so he could show us the dorm he has lived in for the past 8.5 weeks. It was a lot smaller than i thought for 40 guys. geez, it had to smell in there sometimes... lol. Afterwards, Daniel and I dropped his parents and brother off at their car then took the rest of his ABUs and Blues to get his stripes sewn on. Then we went back to the hotel and chilled for a few while we figured out what we wanted for lunch and i fixed my hair (the wind had thoroughly screwed it up). After that, we met Daniel's parents (after an hour of driving in the middle of nowhere trying to find their hotel) at Chili's and ate lunch. I have never seen him eat food so quickly. LOL he must have enjoyed it. Must be better than the chow hall.... i guess. lol. after that, we went to his parents' hotel and chilled for a couple hours then went back to our hotel and rested until it was time to drop him off.
Saturday he had town pass ALL DAY. :D i picked him up around 9a and we went back to the hotel to figure out what we wanted to do. We ended up going to a shoe store to buy him new boots, then went to the Riverwalk--omg so pretty. We ate lunch at an amazing mexican restaurant (The Originale or something like that), and even got sung to by a mariachi band (well sorta, they sang to the airman at the table next to us, so we got the show without having to pay! lol) so much fun! then we walked around some more and ended up going to the Ripley's Odditorium there--that stuff never gets old. We went to one in Gatlinburg on our honeymoon, how fitting to go to one then! lol it was like 2x the size of the Gatlinburg one too. it was fantastic. We then decided to head back to the hotel and just chilled. I cried quite a bit Saturday night. I was sad that the weekend was coming to an end, and i was nervous about our future. I dropped him off and bawled the whole way back to the hotel. I just couldn't stop. I tried. ended up crying myself to sleep around 830p.
Sunday, I woke up feeling kinda....blank. I don't really know how else to describe it...I guess drained? I got up, went to starbucks, and then went to pick him up. I was biting back tears the whole morning, but i finally got over myself. lol. We had a very nice day. We hung out at the hotel, then went to eat at cheddars (where we haven't eaten in probably 2 years--it was fantastic!), then we went back to the hotel and spent the remaining 4 hours in bed listening to music and just snuggling. BEST DAY EVER. what i would give to go back and just hit pause. i loved being wrapped up in his arms and just snuggling. listening to each other breathe, just enjoying every second of each other. it was nice. When it came time to take him back, i was hesitant because i was nervous that i would cry...but i didnt, surprisingly enough... i went and grabbed me some dinner and some extra large ziplocks to compress clothes with, and went back to the hotel. I packed, ate, packed, and packed some more. I ended up getting everything home (including the stuff Daniel left for me to take home... on top of my already full 4 bags--lol)... so thats good. yesterday was just all flying and i got home and CRASHED.
now for the part you all have been waiting for--Our Future.
Daniel was given his job and his orders. His orders are ACCOMPANIED (meaning I can come with him) to Keesler AFB for 20+ weeks for his job of RF Transmissions Systems... I'm not really sure what all of that means just yet, but I'm sure we'll find out. I know that I am authorized to move with him, and that we are both going to do everything in our power to get me down there. He has briefings all this week, so we should have more information in the next week or so. I am looking forward to moving down there, but I'm also hesitant. I am enjoying being able to save some money, but I'm also ready to be back with my husband and get back to some form of normalcy. I know with the military, nothing is ever "normal," but there is some form of normalcy that can be had from just living together again. God I miss being with him. This weekend was amazing, and I just can't wait to be with him again. for good. After his tech school, we'll figure out where we are PCSing to (where our first base will be for the next 3.5 years)... we have a lot of good choices. :) I can't wait to see what the AF throws our way. lol.
My thoughts? As long as Daniel and I are together, I will be fine wherever the AF may send us. Be that Japan, Italy, Germany, UK, Alaska, Hawaii, Florida, or the-middle-of-nowhere-North Dakota, I'll be fine. As long as we're together. I'd rather not go to some of these places, but I am behind my husband 100% and will move wherever the AF shall send us. :)
I can't wait to see what the future has in store for us. :)
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