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Happy Friday!! 

Wednesday afternoon, I arrived in Jacksonville to see my honey while he works on another store opening for his company. Luckily, this store is only about two and a half hours from where we live so I was able to come see him on my day off! 

While I am waiting for him to get off,  I realize some things. He and a friend of his who helped him get on the team have only been doing this working-away-from-home lifestyle for about 3 months now. It hasn't been the easiest of transitions for me but we've survived and gotten stronger, each trip gets easier. I have come to learn about the other guys on this team through him and come to find that most of them are single. I realize as I think about all this that not every couple can survive this kind of lifestyle. It makes me proud and scared for us. Proud because we have grown together during all this, but scared because I know that there are always insecurities lurking around the corner. I am so proud of babe for all the hard work he does on the job to get these stores ready for grand openings and for helping me through all of this. I am not the best at changes, actually, I'm probably the absolute worst! Not even going to try to sugarcoat that one! God definitely sends us people that will help us through the hardest times in the way we need them to, not the way we want them to. I got to witness all the blood, sweat, and muscle that goes into an average work day for him. I believe that a girlfriend/wife should be able to do what I got to do; see what their guy does for work, it was very eye-opening!!

Thankfully, I have a man who is focused on creating a better life for us and supports me no matter what. He may not be the most sappy, romantic man in the world but he's the kind of man who will work hard for me and for the little family we have become. I think I'll keep him around! Now, this post has been pretty sappy. Hey I'm a girl! You can't blame me, that's my excuse! It is okay to dote every now and again! 
 ..xobb

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