My First Post

I decided to post the first post on this blog when he went to MEPS, which I'm not too sure what it stands for, but it's to make sure my boyfriend physically and mentally able to join the Air Force, if I recall correctly. I got impatient so I posted early, but he leaves for MEPS tomorrow morning.

I'll start by introducing myself. I am Brandi, and I am 20 years old. I turn 21 on December 27th. I was born and raised in Fresno, CA, and live with my mother, two sisters, aunt and uncle. My boyfriend, who is joining the Air Force, is Joshua. He is also 20, he turns 21 before me (I won't say his birthday because I don't know if he wants me to post it).

Joshua decided to join the Air Force because Fresno has a horrible lack of jobs. We will be married sometime after he finishes his training for what he'll do in the Air Force. We were planning to get married before he went to BMT (Basic Military Training), but the recruiter told us if he got married before, he could be disqualified. Still don't have a positive answer as to why, but we think it's due to not wanting Joshua distracted at BMT.

My feelings for him joining, since I will follow him where he goes, are these: I am anxious, proud, eager, and sad. I am anxious because of the fear of him going into combat and me losing him. I am also anxious, and I know this is an irrational fear, of him changing into a completely different person in BMT. I know he'll be more mature, but I still worry of more drastic changes. I am proud because he's going into military, and that he got a perfect score on the ASVAB (he was beaming the entire day of the test). I'm eager because it means him and I are starting a life together soon. We'll be out of our homes, being independent, and travelling. I want to visit places, but I'm also sad for leaving our families. My mom keeps saying "I'm going to miss my grandbabies growing up." I really want to try to have the grandparents, and great-grandparents, not miss out too much. Skype, phone calls, pictures, and visits to and from are what I want to do. And when he's deployed, I may very well move back to Fresno. Or if I cannot go with him to where he's stationed, since some of them are in combat zones.

This blog will be mostly about my experiences of becoming a girlfriend to a military wife. I may post various other things, like my day, or something bugging me or I am really excited for. But it will be about my experiences as Brandi (thus the url).

I'm going to try out Google's AdSense. The ads shouldn't be too bad. If I get a lot of complaints, I'll remove them.

But this is my first post!