Arlo flew out here last night and will be just off base until Tuesday next week. I slipped out to spend a couple of hours with him before duty, and it really put my mind at ease just to have spent a little quality time with him. We ordered anchovy pizza, which is one thing we bonded over in the first place, and watched the newest Bedfellows, which coincidentally was about anchovy pizza! We got a great laugh out of that and enjoyed our little precious time together. Between tomorrow and Tuesday we will have a whole lot more time, thankfully! By the time he departs, I'll only have 56 days left in training. We won't be living together for a few years because of our jobs, but we will live close enough we'll at least love together on the weekends.
Last weekend, I gathered the courage to finally tell my mother that I would be marrying my boyfriend after I graduated, and I got a very anticlimactic, nonchalant "where are you two going for that?". So, that off my chest and getting no family objections, I'm ready to keep on keeping on with our plans. Our future keeps looking brighter, and I'm regretting less and less giving up my home and old carefree lifestyle.