Closing the distance date= T minus 7 months!

Talked to the boy today- its amazing how much a stress reliever his voice is!- and we discussed moving in together again! I LOVE those conversations! We talked about what kinds of things and I found out some new things about our finances. I always thought that we had a lot more money than I did, but it turns out that's not the case. I actually have double what he has in the bank. Not that it matter's to me, but he feels bad about it.

He'll be living off the GI Bill and a part time job when we both get out of the military and since I'll have to work for the first year, since the GI bill doesn't cover out of state tuition, I'll be trying my hand at working at a civilian dental office. Dental Assistants make a good penny and with my military training and being certified (I'll be taking my test this summer!), I should do quite well financially. I'm hoping that one of the docs I work with now knows someone who has a clinic in Indiana, preferably close to where I'm going to live, so I can have good chance of getting a job right away! With an average salary between 22k-32k , it looks like I'll be bringing home the bacon!

While I'm proud of that fact, my SO is less than thrilled that he won't be the bread winner of the relationship. I don't really care who's taking care of whom, I just don't want to worry about money! I understand for him its a pride thing, I would never want to hurt his ego. We were both raised in families where the man was the provider for the family.

We have agreed to open a joint bank account when we move in together, and we are going to put in percentages of what we make into it. Its going to be kinda one sided at the beginning, with me working full time and him working part time, but you have to understand that it's his GI Bill that's going to put a roof over our heads.

In fact, we won't be moving in together until his GI bill goes into effect. He is going to live with his parents and I'm going to live with mine for the time being. But regardless of who's paying for what, I know we're going to have some growing pains.

We've both lived alone for the past 4 years and when the times comes, its going to weird and awkward for the first couple weeks or months getting used to each other's habits. He has this weird thing that he wakes up every two hours some nights and has to walk around or getting a drink before he can get back to sleep. That is going to drive me crazy before i get used to it. Also, I'm a total bed and blanket hog and I grind my teeth at night.

I know that we love each other, but I can't help but think of moving in together as a final test of compatibility.

Also, he is a alternate to deploy. But he'll be deploying to somewhere where I could possibly visit and he'll be wither in my time zone or at least an hour or two difference! I know that if he leaves, he will not be happy at all, since he'll lose all the work he's been doing on a couple of his side projects, but I'll be so happy that I can talk to my baby more!!! Aww, I'm so selfish!