Seven Days Left

Seven days from today I will witness my fiance become an Airman. He will no longer sign his name as AB [Airman Basic] Joshua A Taylor, it'll be A1C [Airman First Class] Joshua A Taylor. He will be a United States Airman, instead of trainee. There's no way I could fully say how proud I am to be marrying him.

I wasn't sure if I was going to blog today, or when the day before I see him, or after I say goodbye to him again. Because of getting mail from Joshua today, I've decided all three.

Last week I was a little worried about Joshua passing his PT, since he was struggling in WOT4. This week, I wasn't worried at all. He could only get better, and the Air Force puts a lot of money into their trainees (I read somewhere about $60k per trainee), so they REALLY don't want people to fail. Sheri was worried, though. I got two letters today, one was pure sap with some good information. The information being he got green belt (passed running requirements) and only needed 3 more push-ups. Nothing about sit-ups so I assume he passed that already. But Sheri and I are no longer worried.

I had to stop reading a few times due to emotions. I first stopped reading at "Dear Neurotic Lady Who Stole My Heart." I just stopped and waited to calm down. I didn't want to cry, I didn't cry, but if I had continued right then I very well might have. Then immediately after "Give it back? Bah, keep it. I love you." I stopped again. It's like he wants to make me cry! In one of his many P.S.'s, he added "I love you!" again. He ended the letter with "Goodnight, beautiful."

The second letter didn't have as much sap, but he was excited because he is so close to being done. I got my two questionnaires back, and he teased me in one of them. In our relationship, we don't call each other 'babe' or 'baby.' We just say 'love.' He does go "Okay dear," if I'm nagging him about something. But over the course of his BMT, mentally I think 'babe' about him. Like if I imagine talking to him, I call him 'babe.' I told him this. So in one of my questionnaires, I said "I love you! I ran out of questions lol."

"I love you too... 'Babe.' " I just stopped reading right there and blushed. I had forgotten that I told him that. I was embarrassed. I've been with him for four years, and he embarrassed me. Gah! Distance is a funny thing.

But I am just so excited. This next week will be slow. But yesterday was a busy day for me. I went to get my hair done (aka trimmed and got some red hair gloss that makes my hair look red in the sunlight), and then went to David's Bridal with Sheri and my mom. I picked a wedding dress. I have a wedding dress! It feels like we're getting married. Still not 100% on the date. March-ish. Depends on when he can get leave. Hoping on Spring Break so Brian doesn't get crap from his work (he's a teacher).

But yeah! Expect another blog post in 6 days!