Doolie Day Out and the Birthday Ball

In just five more days, I will get to talk to Cody on the phone. This is really exciting, and I can't wait for the 20th. It is really tough to have your communication reduced to only letter writing. I am so blessed that Cody takes the time to write me every day, but even that just isn't enough sometimes.

I have been planning my trip out to Colorado for the Birthday Ball in September, and I am incredibly excited for that. It will be the first time that I see Cody since he left for the Academy, and it'll be my first military ball. I have heard that the Birthday Ball at the Academy is very boring because the whole purpose of it is to teach 4th class cadets proper ball etiquette, but I still think that it'll be interesting. I am a little bit nervous about it, though, because I've never been to anything like it, and I don't know what to expect at all. My biggest fear is that I'll do something extremely impolite on accident and embarrass Cody, but I think that I'll be able to tell from watching other people what is and isn't acceptable.

This is also a big time for me because I've been getting all of my financial stuff ready for SLU. It's hard to believe that I'm signing loans for college already. It seems like I'm not old enough for this yet. I know it'll seem so unreal when I go to SLU in the fall, and I can't wait. This will be a great adventure. Saint Louis is an amazing city, and I am very excited to live there.

Well, here goes...

I suppose that since this is my first ever blog post that I should introduce myself.

My name is Caitlyn, and I graduated from high school two months ago (approximately). I am headed to Saint Louis University in the fall to get a BA in psychology and a secondary certificate in legal studies. I am a pre-law scholar at SLU.

My boyfriend's name is Cody, and he is a basic cadet in the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. He plans to study electrical engineering as of right now, and he hopes to go to pilot school and be a pilot for the US Air Force.

On June 25th Cody left early in the morning for Colorado, and on June 27th he started Basic Cadet Training (or BCT). BCT will last for six weeks, and the basic cadets are only allowed to have their phones for one day in the middle of it. Having our only contact be reduced to letter writing has been really tough, especially because I live in Illinois, and it takes about four to five days for mail to get to Colorado from here.

So far, I have received three letters from Cody, all on the same day. It was really great to get those letters, because I miss him tremendously. I'm hoping I'll have more tomorrow, but it's dangerous to get too excited over it.

I plan for this blog to be mostly about what's it's like to be the girlfriend of a student of the USAFA from start to finish, as well as my journey through college. I'll try my best to keep up with it and write regularly.


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