Still in this hell-hole known as Phoenix. I'm ready to get out of here, omigosh. I'll actually probably go to sleep "early" so there's less time sitting around trying to figure out what to do...y'know? I leave tomorrow morning - very excited. I'm so happy to be getting back to USAFA. Andddddd I leave on Saturday :)

I'm headed off to Greece on 9 July, leaving at 0530 from USAFA. I arrive in Athens on 10 July in the morning and stay there until I head to Varna, Bulgaria on 13 July. I stay in Bulgaria until I take the train from there to Istanbul, Turkey on 18 July. I am then in Turkey until I leave at 8am on 29 July and fly all day/night until I arrive back in Denver at 2134 on 29 July. Where my lovely boyfriend will pick me up and I will see him for the first time in 65 days :) I am sooooo excited for that - 23 days!!

On another note, I have become somewhat addicted to watching TLC in the past couple days being here as there's generally a good show on to watch and it's...relatively clean :) Lots of wedding and baby shows though, which, although fun, can be frustrating when I haven't seen Josh in so long... I feel like one of those lame girls who can't think of anything except their bf hahaha...

We did crossfit while here at Luke AFB every couple days and it generally kicked my butt very nicely. Most days I was still sore a couple days later...fantastic, right? Today, my thighs were still sore from some 80ish squats and 60ish box jumps (jump two footed onto a stool ~24in. off the ground) I did sooooo, I went running. I'm not entirely sure why as I can barely walk now but yeah... My poor legs haha. Probably good for me regardless.

Annnnnnnd that's all. :)

It's been forever since I blogged so I feel like writing today...

The graduation ball was a lot of fun but kind of bittersweet. It was nice getting to go to the dance with Josh but rough knowing that the next time I saw him, he'd be a graduated 2Lt about to head off on his 60 days. But it went well.

Graduation the next day was kinda sad and exciting all at the same time. After the graduation, I went to Josh's graduation dinner with his family. There were so many of them and I didn't really know what to say to anyone haha... It was a really good dinner (at Biaggi's) but it really sucked that when Josh took me back to the hill, it was the last time I was going to see him until 29 July.

Went home for Susan's graduation and commissioning which went really well. I had a great time at home and I'm glad it worked out as well as it did. Unfortunately, I found out while I was at home that I had been switched from CST Evasion Logistics to CST Survival Cadre. I was so upset! However, it ended up being a fantastic experience and I had a great time :)

I'm currently at Luke AFB in Phoenix, Arizona. I'm having a great time and I got to spend the day yesterday shadowing maintenance officers - 21A (aircraft maintenance) and 21M (munitions maintenance). It was fantastic and I loved every second of it. One of the best days ever. Today, we flew in F-16 simulators which was kinda fun but proved to me that I really shouldn't be a pilot - good to know, right?

Anyway...I really miss Josh. I didn't really think it would be possible to miss him this much, but I really do. He's in Germany right now getting ready to come back to the US after about 3 weeks in Europe - primarily Italy. I actually even went so far as to invite him to come to Phoenix to spend Independence Day weekend with me....but I doubt that will happen because it's kinda expensive. Ah well... I get to see him in no more than 35 days... :)

So, end of the year. I finished. I didn't get on ac pro. I actually had a somewhat decent gpa.

And yeah...that's that, I guess...

Josh is graduating soon. I bought my dress and shoes for grad ball and also scheduled my appt for hair/makeup. So excited! :)

Well...5 classes between me and the weekend. I CAN'T WAIT!

Finished Calc 3. Finished English 211. About to finish EM 330 and PS 211. Finish ECE 231 after lunch and I finish MSS 200 and Chem 200 tmrw.

WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!

America!

Obama just reported that we have killed Osama bin Laden! woot! Who's next? :)

Anyway, studying for a couple tests this week and a paper due on Tuesday. Other than that, I'm good. Just need to finish it all up... After Tuesday, I'm done with stuff that's due and I'm focused on studying for finals.

Life is goooooooooood!

So, Josh finished his ruck in 1.5 hours exactly and did quite well too. I'm pretty happy for him :)

We went dress shopping over the weekend and it was kinda fun but I get super annoyed with dress shopping and yeah... He was objective which was helpful but, of course, he couldn't help me put the dresses on so... kinda hard. I'm going to go looking again this weekend because there's another store I'd like to visit. Eventually I'll find something but I'd rather get it done before M&D get here so I don't have to spend time doing that while they're here. It'll be nice to have it out of the way, too. :)

Went to the Harrison's for lunch to celebrate Easter with them. All of my sponsor siblings were there: Colby, Hilary, Tasha and Sarah as well as the Harrison's neighbors. It was pretty fun and I enjoyed the trip overall. Josh was really tired though as he had been up late doing hw...late as in 2am.

He graduates in 30 days! It's going to be absolutely crazy. I found out what I'm doing for CST too - logistics for evasion. I know I'll be in the woods but hopefully not for the entire time. Hopefully I'll be moving back and forth between the woods and USAFA. I don't want to be stuck out there again...lol

Funny story: We're in the car driving to the Harrison's and I was rambling on about the cost of Christmas presents for my family and just going on and on "and then there's Susan's kids and Adrian's kids and Allison's kids and Ian's kids and that's not even including my parents and then my family!" and he's like "and my family!" "And your family and your sister's kids and..." "...or whoever your spouse is..." But it was funny because it was automatically like "and me!" and yeah...strange but interestning.

So, I'm spending this weekend doing homework and such for school and getting ready to start revising for finals because I have those in about two weeks. So much fun, of course.

Josh is spending today on an 18km ruck for the German military proficiency test. The test also included a bunch of stuff like a swim, weight lifting, etc. It's pretty intensive but he's doing really well so it's all awesome.

I want to go to Macy's sometime this weekend so I can try on dresses for graduation. And I'd also like to go to Qdoba cause I really want a burrito. And later, maybe even some sushi. Those are my weekend goals.

And, of course, I need to do homework. Awesomeness. :)