It's been what two months now? I'm currently in tech school, but I can't say what I'm doing or where exactly I'm at. Operational Security you know.

My games collection has been increasing now that I actually have a steady paycheck now, but I never have time to play them. :lol:

So much has happened in such a short amount of time that it feels as though my life is on fast forward.

I'm so busy everyday that the day is over before you know and you spend weekends juggling studying and maintaining relationships.

Speaking of relationships, I now have a boyfriend, an Army boyfriend, who I met only a couple weeks after coming to tech school. We're in tha samecla$$ which is seven hours a day so we spend quite a bit of time together like it or not.

So far, it's been great. We're always happy together and we've never argued because well, we don't have anything to argue about.

Other members of the military around us, namely those in the same cla$$, knew we were becoming close before we did.

I remember the first time I spoke to him. First day in cla$$, I bumped into to him while making my way to my seat. Being just out of Basic Training, I called everyone around me "Sir" or "Ma'am." Following my instincts, that's what I did.

"Uh, excuse me, sir."

"Sir? You outrank me!"

I am one pay grade higher than he is. I am an E-3 while he is an E-2. He gets paid more though after deductions are accounted for.

We ended up sitting at the same table since during the first week cla$$ we were divided into groups for group work.

From there we talked, then a week later exchanged phone numbers and from there we ate together in the dining facility and spent cla$$ breaks at each other's desk. Even the NCOs in our cla$$ commented about it.

Going to study hall one evening, I asked his friend where he was. He looked at me and responed, "I don't know where you're boyfriend is!"

"Wha-! He's not..."

From there everyone saw what was going on. After talking in front of his barracks late at night, he asked me to be his girlfriend after discussing his concerns about a relationship. Namely that if it didn't work out, we would still have to see each other in clas$$ every day for the next year or so making class very awkward.

"We won't know until we try," was my response.

So here we are. Happier than ever, pulling each other along offering each other moral and emotional support through the rigors of adjusting to military life.

Right now, I've been a bit on edge. I talked with a Chaplain today. (Every Chaplain I've ever seen or met except for one has been a Captain.) I've never talked with a Chaplain before. Then again, I've only been in the military for a few months.

I don't know if I'm ready to talk about what is going on right now here, but I will eventually. It's been crazy with so many first times for everything. First time away from my parents. (BMT doesn't count cause my parents were like an hour and a half away.) First time in a relationship and all the things to come with it: first time on a date, first kiss, first time....well, uh, my "first time." :lol: First time having a job. First time being able to buy things on my own.

It's a lot to take in, but I'm making it so far.