My wonderful day

Today was awesome. I'll make a bullet list of events:

• Woke up at 6:15am to get ready and get on base at 7:30am



• Went to BMT reception center for a briefing on rules/information/attractions/events



• Watched my Airman during a run:



• Hung out at the BMT until around 12pm when I went outside and hoarded a seat in the bleachers near where Ben's flight would be.



• At around 1:20pm, the Airmen began marching onto the retreat pad



• 1:30pm-Coin Ceremony



• Afterwards, I got to go up to Ben and give him a hug and a kiss. Honestly, it was like no time had passed between us and it felt so right just being there in his arms...I didn't want to let go!



• We walked around for a bit, rode the bus to the BX (basically, it's a military mall) and got a weird drink and shared a cinnabun.



• We hung out there for awhile and I got to meet some of his friends. They're all so nice!



• We went back out to wait for the bus and took a couple pictures:



• Came back to the mini-mall and I got a cool license plate cover:



• Ate dinner at Subway and then hung out with some guys in his flight at Starbucks until it was time for Ben to march back to his squadron.

All in all, it was a fantastic day!

I can't wait for tomorrow!

ONE MORE DAY!!!

Yeah, I skipped a day writing in here. Yesterday was entirely too busy to get a chance to relax and play on my computer. Here's how my day went:

1. Woke up early, went to the elementary school for another day of observation/helping the 4th grade classroom. I actually got a TON of really cool beginning of the year/end of the year activities. She's going to let me make copies of what she's got, so I've got to get me some notebooks!

2. Went directly to work until 5. Little boy whose parents are divorced is still really attached to me. I was cleaning the bathrooms yesterday and he came along again. He does this EVERY DAY. I told him that he could go wait for me in the classroom because I had to use the restroom, but he waited right outside the door for me.

3. Went back to my dorms to grab a pair of pants that I had forgotten.

4. Drove to Justin/Jenna's house to hang out with Justin before Jenna got home from work. We went and ate some yummy authentic Mexican food, then went back to watch Silence of the Lambs (CREEPY!!!). We hung around and visited for a bit, and then Jenna got home. She showed me a picture of the dress she might be getting for her wedding. It's SO cute. They're doing a little courthouse ceremony and taking pictures around the city for everything. I think it's going to be awesome. Suits them well. I, on the other hand, want a ceremony where I have a beautiful wedding gown, flowers, and all of my family and friends will be attendance.

5. Justin went to bed, he gets up really early for work, and Jenna and I watched Knocked Up. It's the second time I've seen it, and it was even funnier the second time around! I loved it, Jenna loved it, but it makes me a little scared to have a kid.

6. Went to bed.

7. Woke up at like 5:00am when Justin was leaving for work. He woke me up because I needed to cash a check and he was going to give me the money and just have me sign the check over to him. Unfortunately, he didn't have enough to do so, so Jenna did it for me when she woke up and we got bustling around.

8. Now I'm at the airport watching people go by, closely guarding my things. I can't wait to get on my way and get to Texas. I'll have a lonely night tonight because I won't have really anything to do but watch tv/play on the computer. Tomorrow is the day I've been waiting for since August 13. I'm so freaking excited.

Soon, I will be seeing him....

THREE MORE DAYS!

How exciting! Only three more days!
I did get a call from Ben last night. It was only about 3 minutes long, but I did get to hear his voice. He told me that he wasn't upset that we didn't get to talk on Saturday, but he was glad we got to on Sunday. Ahhhh. I can't wait.

This morning, I woke up to the hot water being off. This is the third time this year that it has happened. I'm pretty sure that all three times have occurred this month. It's very annoying. What the hell are we paying the maintenence guys to do? Honestly, there are enough of them to get stuff done.

That's all for now, I've got to get to my mock interview.


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Well, my mock interview went well. She said that my enthusiasm and excitement was great, but I need to get some more professional clothing...like a business suit. Ummmm, do teachers wear business suits? No.

I'm so glad I don't have to work but 2 days this week...I get a little frustrated at the daycare sometimes. There's just no order there, and it drives me crazy!

I'm supposed to be packing, but all I want to do is lay around for awhile. blah. I've got stuff layed out, I just need to get it packed!

4 MORE DAYS!!!

Ok, so I've figured something out.

Yesterday when I found out that I had missed talking to Ben, I started feeling sick to my stomach. It wasn't anything big until around 10:30 when Chip and Chelsea picked me up to go to our diner. Well, I was feeling sick there, but I miss them a whole lot...and I wanted to visit with them. Well, we have a nice chat there and then we walk out to the car to leave. I start feeling really woozy and think that I'm going to throw up...I got into the car and shut my eyes. Chip started pulling away and we didn't get but maybe 70 yards away from the diner, and I said, "Chip, I need you to pull over." He immediately did and I got out of the car, tucked my hair into my jacket and bent over. Chelsea came out and held my hair for me and I proceeded to throw up like 5 times. It was disgusting. I felt better afterwards, and thanked them for being understanding. I went home and had another little episode in my bathroom. Felt better and went and had a talk with my brother. I told him what had happened and said that I felt like how I did the night before Ben left for the hotel to go to basic. My brother looked at me and said, "Well, then it must not have been food that upset your stomach the last time. You were worried about him and afraid for him and it upset your stomach. Same thing is happening tonight because you missed the call from him. Your nerves are making you physically sick." Wow, I had not put 2 and 2 together. It seems so obvious now, and I've never had thsi problem before! I've never been physically sick from being upset. It's really weird.

I'm taking it easy today. I woke up incredibly sore (lower back and legs) but a hot shower helped a bit. I took some IB profen and that's made me feel a lot better. I just hate feeling like I don't have control over my body.

I only have to make it through the next 4 days....only 2 until I spend the night with Justin and Jenna, 3 until I leave for TX, and 4 until I see Ben.

Mom told me that Ben said that we get to hang out on Thursday too! I'm so excited! I hope his graduation doesn't take too long. I'm totally ready to go out and about with him. I hope I see some people get engaged at the graduation! My friend Ryan said that at his graduation, there were a few proposals. It'll be neat to see all that!

I'm off. I need to quit being a bum and get ready to go back to school. (blech.)

FIVE MORE DAYS!

Oh boy, I had quite a day yesterday. I woke up at 6:55am, went into the bathroom for my nice hot shower to help me wake up...and the water was icy cold. No heat... My hair was crazy, so I had to do something about it. I ended up washing it in freezing water...not a good way to begin my morning! So I dealt with it and headed to an elementary school in town to teach a science lesson to a class that I had not prepared for. My group and I taught the lesson, and it actually went really well. I really enjoyed it.
After that, I went and got some coffee and headed in to work. I went in and worked for about 5 hours...then the drive home...and work at my job here in town. Luckily, my friend Michael was working, so it was a nice night. Unfortunately, this weird old lady was working, and she kept saying the weirdest stuff! It was totally bizarre and Michael kept giving me these looks like, "Who IS this lady?!?"
So I went home, after a 14 hour day and basically passed out.

This morning I woke up early to go to get to the bank and deposit some money (mom still has not given me her's and Alex's phone bill money from last month...kind of frustrating!). I then headed off for Justin and Jenna's so Justin and I could get out to Worlds of Fun. His friend Amanda came along, and she's a lot of fun. We rode some rides and walked around until about 2:30ish and then Amanda had to leave. Justin and I rode a few more rides and then decided to call it a day. We went back to his house and decided to go see a movie. We went and saw Halloween. It was actually pretty good! Rob Zombie is a creepy M-Fer and it was cool to see the background info on Michael Myers. I left after the movie and checked my phone. Chip and Paul had called me and left voicemails, so I checked them. The first one was Paul telling me to call him back (whoops, I never did) and the second was NOT Chip. It was...

BEN.

Yes, my phone had not registered him calling, and just went straight to voicemail.

I freaked.

I called my mom and she told me that he had called and she had talked to him for a bit and told him where I was and he was very understanding. I feel awful. He never calls on Saturdays though, so I definitely wasn't expecting it! Geeze...my stomach just feels awful over all of this. I really hope he gets to call again tomorrow. My phone will not leave my side.

I only have a few more days until I get to see him....I need to keep my spirits up.

I'm meeting up with some friends at our little diner tonight, so hopefully that'll cheer me up.

xoxo

ONE WEEK!!!

Yes, in one week, I will be able to hug my darling and kiss him right on the lips!

I confronted the girl at work today in a very professional manner. She acted like a child. She kept saying, "Okay, okay, okay...." whenever I would talk. It was very immature. Apparently afterwards, she cried. I'm definitely not intimitating. I just wanted to fix the situation because I was tired of people coming up and telling me that she was bad mouthing me behind my back. Whatever, she's having problems with several people, so I know it's not me. She needs to grow up...stop playing with her cell phone and do her job, stop coming in to work with a hangover, and get off your high horse and quit bossing people around!

Anyway, tonight is karaoke night, and I stayed in. I have a 2 hour 8am class tomorrow, and then I work for 12 hours. blah. I have to get up a bit early on Saturday...I'm going to Worlds of Fun with Justin. That'll be fun. It might end up just being us 2 because his fiance has to volunteer somewhere. It'll be alright though, Justin and I don't get to spend quality time together very much.

I'm off to bed. Hopefully I'll be able to stay awake tomorrow...


ONE WEEK!

EIGHT MORE DAYS!

This time next week, I'll be lying across a king size bed in a hotel room waiting anxiously for the next day when I get to see my darling.
I can't freaking wait. This is going to be amazing.
This is going to be awesome!

I need to rent a car. Ben told me he'd take care of the cost of that. Thank goodness! I've spent enough already! I know it'll be kind of pricey, but we'll need it when we have our town passes!

I started my Frankenstein paper. I had to return my book today, so now I don't have any way to quote it or anything. I'm going to have to borrow a book from someone...I can't just use the quotes off of Cliff's Notes! haha...that is what I'm using though!

My cough will NOT go away. It's KILLING ME. I've taken a benadrill (not sure if that's how you spell it), so I think I may stop working on my paper because they always make me really tired.

Today was an EXTREMELY stressful day at the daycare. We had 2 people call in, so I got stuck cleaning the kitchen, 4 bathrooms, AND my classroom while watching 30 school age kids. Luckily, my friend Jessica who works there, took my class outside so I could get my cleaning done. I was rushing about trying to get stuff done by 5 when she had to leave and no one else was helping me out. There are 2 teachers in the two year olds room and neither one of them stepped out to help. In fact, this bitch M, actually told me (after I had taken out the trash) that I needed to come back later to check the diaper trash again because she wasn't done with diapers. Hmmm, no bitch, you're going to take it out yourself. Get off of your cell phone, stop talking about your soriety and do your freaking job. So I was just stressed. This is strike 3 for that girl with me...next time she tells me to do something, I'm going to go off. A few days ago, I was taking out trash and she goes, "Take the diaper trash" Ummmm, I know. Does she not realize that I've been there longer than she has? Then yesterday, B told me that M was complaining that I hadn't taken out the trash on Friday and it was left all weekend. Funny...I left at 1 on Friday. Trash isn't taken out until around 4:30/5:00ish. So who was supposed to take it out? Not me...but she blamed it on me. I swear...she doesn't know who she's messing with. No one at work has seen my mean side, but she's about to unleash it and it's not going to be pretty.

Anyway...I just looked up some information on my hotel that I'm staying in. I think I'll be able to keep myself busy...they've got an outdoor pool AND an indoor hottub! So when I'm there without Ben, I can go swimming and relax. I guess I should bring some magazines or a book with me to read. That'll be so nice!

I'm looking up wedding dresses right now. I really hope I can find the PERFECT one. I'm incredibly picky...and it's going to be even worse while I'm finding a wedding dress!

I'm off to go browse the internet. Hopefully this cough won't kill me tonight.