Day 1

Today is my first full day with my fiancé being away as he begins basic training for the Air Force. While I am excited for him to begin this exciting journey I'm equally missing him as I woke up in the morning. Over the year's I feel that I have become very attuned to my own inner needs and today those were to have a personal 'sick day' where I relax and watch all my favorite movies and reality tv shows. Nothing is off limits for the day as I do whatever brings me a sense of comfort.  While I found myself sad in the afternoon as the evening draws near I was able to do a good job of pulling myself up from it. A lot of what has helped has been trying to plan out things to preoccupy myself . Here are a few things that I have found to help me so far:

• Decorate my yearly planner and add in a countdown of weeks/days until graduation
• Create a list of goals I want to accomplish before he returns
• Start a fitness challenge
• Restart old forgotten hobbies
• List out unfinished projects to complete
• Reach out to friends

Tomorrow is a new day and I'm excited to start fresh and be one day closer to seeing him again. 

As for the remainder of today I will spend my evening watching 'Secret Lives of Mormon Wives', drinking tea in bed, and knitting.