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Snatch Cheese and Charcuterie

We talked over the next few days--I went to drill in Colorado and before I left I told her that I may not talk to her much just because my schedule there is crazy. When I got there though I wanted to talk to her. I wanted her to know that she came across my mind. We ended up talking because I was upset about how things were being played out with my First Sergeant duties and what that looked like in my future. It was nice being able to talk to her about my military job and not be told that she doesn't care or want to hear about it. She actively just listened to me and was there for me--I really needed that in that moment. I forgot what it was like to have that and it caught me a little off gaurd. I found myself reaching out and talking with her over the whole weekend...something I usually do not do. When I came back to Chicago, I asked if she wanted to come down that week to spend some time together. I asked if she like charcuterie because I remember her mentioning it the night we...