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Waiting wishes.
I'll admit it. I forget. I forget way too easily. I get caught up with everyday normal things. I hate my job. I'm looking for a new one. I hate my stupid school schedule that forces me to be on campus five days a week, even if tuesdays I only have to be there for an hour. I hate the way my mother nags. About my room. About moving out. About my sailor.
Wait. I've got something to be thankful for. My sailor. :)
But he hardly ever talks to me. He has skype capabilites at Virginia Beach but we haven't in weeks. And the last time we did he pressured me to take things off...but even though that scares the hell out of me, still I'd kill to see his face.
We just im'd a little on facebook. He hadn't spoken to me since last thursday. This is what he said:
i got torn up and spit out and then given a 48 hour shift just to make them smile
fml
- happy damned birthday
It is his birthday today. 22.
Everything that I had been harboring in me for the last few days just melted. Gone. I couldn't even remember what I was upset/sad/frustrated with. All I wanted to do was tacklehug him. So I said, don't worry, it's all worth it already. <3
"remember the rocking chairs and the wraparound porch?" "I do." :)
I think he definitely felt better after hearing that. I just feel so clueless about this whole thing. Everything. From what do I send him in the mail to what state is our relationship in? Man, civilian relationships have it so easy. They don't even know. All I do know is I just want to love him. Whatever that means. Today, that means meeting him where he's at and trying with super supportive words. It meant wiping away my tears and pretending they don't exist because I miss him a whole damn lot. And no one said it was going to be like this.
What's next? Waiting. Waiting. Waiting. This summer will forever be known as "the summer I waited." Waiting for him to come around. Waiting for letters. Waiting for his PIR graduation. Waiting for the "safe and sound" in A school. Waiting for job interviews. Waiting to not hate my new job. Waiting for school to start. Waiting for his phonecalls. Waiting for the brownies to be done. Waiting for my next great DIY idea. Waiting for it to cool down so I can exercise outside without dying. And now waiting for his graduation from A school.
But tonight, I will say an extra long prayer for him.
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