I ♥ my hubby!

I've been hard at work determining travel plans for my upcoming trip to California. I've run into a slight snag with my hotel reservation. I reserved it with my debit card, but when I arrive I have to pay in full at check-in. Well, I've been using Ryan's debit card numbers online to pay for my flights and had intended to do the same for the hotel...before I remembered hotels don't work quite the same way. Ryan has pretty much all of our money in his account at Navy Federal. Our First Tennessee account, the only one I have any kind of access to right now, is looking a little wimpy. Heh.

Ryan and I aren't sure what the best way to get the money to me is. He won't be able to leave base the night I get there so he can't pay for the hotel with his card that way. And it's so late in the evening that the bus stops running before I could go to base, get cash, and get back to the hotel to pay for it that way. I intend to ask him if he knows all of his routing numbers and stuff because we could use PayPal or something similar our bank here does to transfer the money. If not, I don't know what we'll do. I know he doesn't even have a checkbook for his account yet. Ugh. That boy would've fallen apart long ago had I not been the finance keeper. As soon as I get to base we're adding me to the Navy Federal account so we don't keep running into this problem. Does anyone have any suggestions?

In yet more pleasant news, Ryan's cell phone appears to be dead. He couldn't dial out, send text messages, or receive anything after a certain point last night. It started with many dropped calls. We took a break from all the calling back so he could take a shower. When he tried to call me again, no go. He ended up using a friend's phone for about an hour, but we were both sad because we've falling asleep on the phone so we don't have to say goodbye. ^_^;; Mushy, I know, but we figure we've had and will have more than enough goodbyes in this lifestyle, so why not avoid a few? Heh. So I won't know what's going on with him until after he goes by the Sprint store at the end of the day and tries to get it fixed. Which means it'll be like 9PM my time before I hear from him at all. I'm greedy with my talk to Ryan time. I've liked getting little texts and calls just to say 'I love you' throughout the day. I'm trying to enjoy them while they're available.

But despite all of this logistical drama, I'm in a damn good mood today. I've just been thinking about my life in general and all the relationship crap I've been through. I've been thinking about how lucky I am to have married my best friend. To know I never have to worry about having my heart broken again because this is it: forever. And I don't want to hear any of the pessimistic crap I know this entry could spur. Don't be jealous of my marital bliss. : P Ryan and I are so completely honest with each other, even if it's a blunt, harsh reality. We always work it through. We've faced financial issues and relationship drama from outside influences that most marriages don't withstand in today's society; all before we said 'I do'. If we were going to fail, we would've failed long before we made our vows. Which is why we made them. We knew if we could make it through all the ups and downs the last year and a half has brought upon us, we weren't going to give up for any other reason. We'll love each other 'til death do us part.

And I'm so grateful for the wonderful husband he is. He calls me for hours at night and doesn't care when his fellow Marines make fun of him; he just tells them he likes to talk to his wife - do they have a problem with that? Haha. Cracks me up. I love that other people don't influence the way he sees me or treats me. Sometimes he embarrasses me he gets so mushy in public. ^_^ But I love every minute of it. And I'm not the least bit afraid that it will fade because in the almost two years we've been together, it's only gotten stronger. And the separations we've had to endure as of late only further intensify our mushiness and love for each other when we're finally back in each other's arms. I love my husband, and I can't wait to see him again and be able to shower him with affection and kisses.