Day Thirty-One.

It's been a busy day! My mind is so full and my emotions are on tilt!

First off, I got to video chat with my boyfriend. He said that his day was uneventful, as they have been the last couple days. I asked him to be more specific, like did he do ANYTHING or really did he do nothing. I told him I needed to have something to report!

He said he worked at the FARP last night. They only had four helicopters come in the whole night. The night before he removed four 50-cal machine guns from whatever equipment they were attached to, and cleaned them. Other than the four helicopters last night, he watched movies on his computer.

Today he has an armament meeting. Not sure what that will entail, however, he will have to stay up for his meeting during the time he would normally be sleeping. I'm not sure if we'll be chatting tomorrow because of this, or if we do, it will be brief I'm sure. They have an inspection by the Commander on Friday so they have to pack up all their stuff and clean their CHU's. It sounds like they will probably leave their stuff mostly packed up because they will be moving to their new "housing" (I use this term lightly) on the 23rd or 24th. This means that our chat time will decrease tremendously after the move. I know I've said this a hundred times, but I am not looking forward to that.

I had my first day of class today. It is a lot different than I thought it would be, but I do believe it will be good for me. It will force me to think outside the box of creativity that I am used to and hopefully develop new vision and skills that I can't wait to put to use!!

After class I went to the store for groceries and other odds and ends. I attempted to read some of my assignment, but after about 14 pages I was just too distracted to focus. Tomorrow I will have to read quite a bit, but it will be okay.

This evening I have been listening to songs that are inspiring, and other songs that make me think of my soldier. My heart is full, as well as my mind!

There is an Army spouse that is having a rough time today. We have only just begun to get to know each other, so I'm not sure that she is comfortable spilling her guts to me quite yet. I wish there was more I could do to help. I sent her one of my "inspirational" songs, hoping that it would be helpful to her as it is to me.. (the song from the Glee soundtrack: Keep Holding On, I'm not a fan of the show, but I do love their soundtrack!) I know our situations are somewhat similar, and I know how I feel some days.. It's just hard to be having an "up" day, when you know someone else is having a "down" day and there isn't much you can do about it. I wish I could package up a piece of my positive feelings today and share them with her, and set some aside for my next "down" day.

I have a to-do list for tomorrow a million miles long, so I hope I wake up with a positive and motivated attitude, or else I'm going to need a lot of caffeine!!