Starbucks story

Yesterday I was in Starbucks and saw something that is a very unfamiliar sight around here - a soldier wearing camo. Of course my eyes went right to him, as I assume everyones did. I felt silly for wanting to give him a "knowing" look, like, "yeah what's up we're in the same club" kind of look. And I could have sworn he had some kind of hat on too and right as I noticed him it looked as if he was taking it off (although he was already in the back of the store and sitting down eating), so I immediately thought - take your hat off! Haha. In Dover, as you can expect from living in any military town, this is a very familiar sight, and people in uniform look as natural as anyone else, be it in Target or the supermarket or wherever. It was not uncommon for Matthew and I to run errands with him still in his flight suit. But here? It's very out of the ordinary.

So this reminded me of the time that Matthew and I were here and heading back to Dover but we had to first make a stop at McGuire AFB in NJ for a class or something. So of course he had his flight suit on. And of course I wanted to stop at Starbucks, and he insisted on coming in with me. I was like, "What?! People are going to look at you funny! Don't put your hat on!" (which he INSISTED he had to do while outside, yeah yeah I know). "We don't see military people around here, they aren't going to know you are a pilot in the Air Force!!" Yeah I was a bit self-conscious, but he came in anyway and I was just hoping that someone would notice his patches and combat boots and realize he's military and NOT a janitor! If you've ever seen a flight suit, they are not the most attractive things and I am not the one who called it a janitor suit!

Anyway, just thought I'd share that.

He's coming to visit next weekend. We are so back and forth, coming and going, fighting and getting along... we are both so f-ing sick of it and just want to be happy and together. And those were his words. So even though we are still broken up, we are taking it one day at a time, no more talking about the future, just enjoy each day. Then, when we are both ready, hopefully we can get back together (again his words). We're planning on doing something special, probably a day in NYC since he's never been. I am really looking forward to seeing him and I know he is me, too.