So, my boyfriend got switched from riding on the bus back home to riding on the Convoy. He'll get to leave a few days earlier from the base, but it might take him longer to come home. If he took the bus, like he took on the way down there, he'd be back within a day. The Convoy broke down multiple times on the way down there and left a few days earlier than the guys riding on the bus, yet showed up a day after the guys on the bus. It took the Convoy 5 days, including the day they left, to get down to the base.

Gotta love budget cuts.

I really hope he comes home when he's supposed to come home because his leave from work only pays him for 15 days and he's supposed to go to work the day after he gets back. Plus, I'm supposed to go down to his house when he gets home, but since we don't know when he's going to be home, I don't know when I can go down. He said he "would like me to be there when he gets back," which means he wants me there the day he gets back, preferably waiting for him when he gets home.

I'm hoping that when I do go down there, that I can stay for a week since he's off for 2 days during the week and I'd like to actually get free time with him, since last time I went down there, he only had one free day. The other days he had to report to Armory so they could get everything ready. We barely got time together. After he got released each day, he came home and took naps.

I mean, I'm glad I got to spend a little time with him, since he was supposed to be on the Convoy on the way down too, but they switched him last minute and I was able to spend the weekend with him until he left. I hadn't been able to see him the weekend before that because my dog passed away, so I didn't see him for about two weeks. But, I still felt like it was nothing. The weekends prior to that, we barely had time because he was at the academy for his corrections officer training, then he started the job and his schedule has been 2 - 10pm at the prison. He'd wake up around 11am - 12pm, get ready, and then leave for work. Then, he'd come home, eat, and go to bed. So, to me, it felt like nothing. Almost like he was there, but not there...?

Lately, we have barely been able to talk because he's so busy at the base. A few text messages (very few) throughout the day, and then he seems to go to bed around 10pm - 11pm. The bulk of the messages start around 9, and they're very spread out. I'll get maybe 4 or 5 text messages total.

I don't mind being away from him, as long as I can talk to him. It kills me when I can't talk to him because I'm so used to talking to him all the time. Plus, when he's working at the prison, he's not allowed to have his phone on him at all. So, for 8+ hours, I don't hear from him and can't contact him. If he gets asked to do a double shift, while he's working, I wouldn't know, unless I don't hear from him within 2 hours of when he was supposed to be relieved from his post. So, one day while I'm at his house waiting for him to come home, this is going to happen. Though, I'd rather he take that double shift because it's all overtime and the money would be great for him.

Boo. I miss that butt head of mine.