Act the part and you will become the part.

After taking some time and rereading my first two blog posts I came to the realization that my blog really had no true focus but was merely me rambling on about my life. I am sure my life is entertaining to a lot of people, but for the people that want to get a little more than my life story out of this blog I figured I would come up with a focus! While discussing this matter with the lovely Miss Leslie, I came to the idea of starting each blog by posting a daily tip (or 2) for Marine girlfriends, fiances, and wives. Even though I am myself a young and new Marine girlfriend, I figured I've gained some wisdom over the past 73 days Aaron's (my Marine Recruit) been gone! So today we shall start with our regular tradition of providing a helpful tip!

Join an online forum or support page! The day after Aaron left I found myself googling "Marine Girlfriend" compulsively trying to find someone to talk to that understood what I was feeling. Through an online forum I was able to find a wonderful girl named Lauren who actually has a boy in the same Company as Aaron. Lauren and I are very similar in age and have a lot of similar interests and personality characteristics. Lauren has been my rock through this whole boot camp experience. We were able to keep each other strong on our "bad" days and geek out together when we got our first letters. I honestly couldn't imagine having gone through this experience without her. Since joining that forum, I also found a facebook page called USMC Love. The girls are this page are the most supportive and wise girls, ever. There's girls in virtually every stage/position of the Marines so it's a great resource when you have a question or just want to vent! So that is my tip for today: find an online forum or facebook group and ACTIVELY participate in it. It makes everything easier!

Now, back to my normal rambling about my life! :) This morning I finished my last midterm for this "round" of midterms. I could not be happier about this. I truly feel like I am now able to relax and take a break. Tonight I think my roommate and I are going to have a few adult beverages. It is much overdue! For now I am compulsively watching for the UPS man. The TOMS I ordered are currently "Out For Delivery." I have a hard time with delayed gratification and as soon as I order anything online I feel as if I need to have it in my hands RIGHT THEN! It's honestly a problem. Earlier today I had my routine yearly eye exam. I learned the same thing I do every year: I'm blind, seriously. This year I finally hit the -7's. Woo! I actually had to switch my type of contacts because the kind I've wore since 7th grade doesn't make contacts in the strength I need because it's too strong. Ha! All I have to say is, thanks mom and dad for giving me the worst vision, ever, but more importantly, thank you to whomever invented contacts so that I don't have to wear glasses every single day of my life. You are a true scholar! Tomorrow is Thursday. I always look forward to Thursdays because I've been pretty consistently getting letters on Thursdays. For now I need to get my stuff together to work on my MHR Group project at 5:00pm. 

Until next time, Semper Fi.