The beginning

Daniel and I have been married now for 2 months, 5 days. We still have 95 days to go before we will actually be living together, in the same state... for the first time in 4 years. This... is the beginning of my life as an Air Force wife.

We met in 2006, the last few minutes of it anyway. Minutes before New Year's Day 2007.... and we married in the last few hours of 2010 just before New Year's Day 2011. In those 4 years of dating we probably have seen eachother an equivalent of  one year, 365 days.

My concerns aren't the typical persons concerns "How do you do the long distance!?"... they are more geared toward... "How are we going to do seeing so much of eachother!? "We joke about it often and we shall see very soon how we will do actually seeing eachother for more than a few days a month.

Daniel is stationed at Pope AFB.... and I have chosen to stay here and finish out my year teaching. It's interesting how different the distance feels now that we are husband and wife. The strange difference only last while I see him and a few days after I return home to Tampa and then it goes back into the regular feelings of going through the motions and a numbness until we're together again. We recently bought a house in North Carolina and I feel that now more than ever the life here in Tampa is stagnant and pointless. My home is now in NC and no longer here and for now... I feel lost in my time here.

I've recently been introduced to a group of young Air Force wives. The fortunate ones who actually got to move around with their husbands and not work in the meantime. I feel so different from these women. They know so much more about the life of an Airman than I do and act like everything is second nature. They know some of the acronyms, the spouse club calendar dates, and meet up with eachother regularly. I feel so far off from these "seasoned" wives that I am afraid I have a lot of catching up to do. I pray to find friends with common interest who are down to earth and easy to talk to... 95 more days until my new life begins.