Almost the End.

So today has been decent thus far. I don't have anything to complain about or cry about yet, so I'm going with that's a better start to the day then not.

I found out the date of my boyfriend and his friend's deployment: April 15th. Definitely not ready for that to be here as fast as it's going to come, but that's one step further into this deployment being done. I found out also that they can't get extended while they're in Afghanistan. That is pretty exciting news. 10 months with Andrew tops. :) I know that he's still in a lot of danger none the less, but 10 months is better than 12. February of next year could go ahead and start working its way here.

But I can't stress on the days to come. Anyone who knows anything about the military knows that you have to take everything one step at a time, one day at a time. This is probably the most effort I've ever put into a relationship, but I know the outcome will be worth it either by me still being with him or by the lessons I have learned while we've been together.

The past 111 days of my life have been really eye opening. Going through a deployment together just as a couple is a really scary thing, especially for Andrew. I can only imagine what's going to be going through his head while I'm here at home doing my own thing. Just because they deploy doesn't mean life stops. I have a lot of respect for the relationship I'm in and I'm not planning on that changing. Regardless of the news we've gotten about this deployment and the way Andrew has changed since, my feelings haven't changed. I've been there since day 1 taking all the slack and stress that he could throw at me and I'm not planning on being uprooted anytime soon.

SO I'm hoping that this weekend works in my favor. He has three left, including this one .. But he will be home in New York as of the 2nd of next month for 5 days. I wish that I could say that I knew that everything was going to work out, but I guess that's why life is so exciting .. You never know exactly how it's going to turn out or where to go from there.

I guess this is the time where I decided to pick the road less travelled to see where the hell this all is going.

-ld.
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