Oh How I've Missed Your Face.

Skype Date :D



I Wish I Had You Here With Me.

Well I have had a great couple of weeks. You would be suprised how much can happen, from being told one thing you don't like to being told something you LOVE. I AM GOING TO CALIFORNIA (in 20 days) TO SEE DYLAN. He bought my plane ticket for me for valentines day so we can see each other.

But on top of that, he told me not to long ago that he didn't know where he would be stationed, and then he said there was a big chance for it the be in Japan. Which I would and would not like because he would be so far away from me, but he wouldn't be deployed so that would have been a plus. But he called yesterday and told me that he was going to be stationed in Cherrypoint, North Carolina!!! Which is only eleven hours from me which is amazing for me, I could drive there.

Also his dad had mailed him his laptop and Dylan got it yesterday and told me he had a suprise for me and it turns out he had signed up for Skype so we got to have our first Skype date last night and got to see each others face, it almost felt like I was there. I sometimes get overwhelmed with how far away he actually is from me. But at least he is not one of the many men who are overseas right now and in danger, and I can go to sleep at night knowing he is safe.

Hello World, How You Been.

I have been meaning to start this blog a couple months ago but as you know everyone gets busy. But I'm Sierra Laughren Holt and i made this page for my boyfried Dylan Barnes who is in the Marines. I guess I kinda made it to whine and complain, but thats ok. Dylan has been in the Marines for six months now, he left for bootcamp on August 15th 2010. That was a terrible day for me and his family, but also for him. I never knew what it was like to have such a distance between someone ever in my life besides death. And honestly it almost felt like he was never coming back home. But the letters I got in the mail made it easier and gave me a reason to smile every other day. I was the girl who stalked the mail man and the mail box.

Than he graduated from bootcamp on the 12th of November and that was an awesome experience for everyone. And a very emotional one at that. Seeing him after three months was the best feeling in the world, and that was a very proud moment for me because I knew how hard he had worked to get to graduate that day. He also got to be home an extra two weeks which spoiled me a little because I got used to him being around me all the time.

But than he left for North Carolina agian and got to call home about once a week, which was great to me and worth that week in between calls, and I made sure my phone was near me at ALL times of the day and night. And now he is in 29 Palms in California, and there are alot of miles in between us, but we still manage to hold it all together and we take it all day by day.

Over all I think that the distance between us has helped our relationship alot because it has made us appreciate each other more than we ever have and to be thankful for what we get. I know that we have a long time ahead of us till his four years is up and I worry about when he gets deployed...alot. But we have god on our sides and I have faith in him.