OK, first post

Well here it is, my first post on my new page. This is mostly for me to get things off my chest for the next year and half.. You may ask why just a year and half, well thats how long my boyfriend is being deployed for. I'm not much for sharing feelings with people, so I figured if you want to know how I'm doing, you can read this. Today is day one with out Luke. Now, I've been through this a little bit before. Luke went through basic training the summer after our freshmen year of college for 11 weeks. That was 11 weeks of no communication other than snailmail..and me, I cant seem to write anything funny, so they were mainly what was going on or mushy letters. Now again this summer he went to AIT for the Infantry. If you dont know what the Infantry is, shame on you, google it. His AIT was about 9-10 weeks long and again only snail mail. I'm used to not having him around, but it is still lonely. He is in training for the next 6 months in Mississippi living in a tent, literally a tent, but at least I'm getting phone calls...so far. He will have time off for Christmas and New Years, back to training, then off to Iraq. This will no doubt be a tough time for anyone who knows Luke and is close to him. He is a great guy but is still scared about being deployed, I've never met a more patriotic person than my boyfriend. Support the Troops!