BMT

When you talk to other girls who have significant others in Basic you really want to be able to tell them that the first two weeks suck, but that it gets better. That it sucks less after the first two weeks. But that's not true. The whole 8 1/2 weeks suck. After the first two weeks you kind of get used to it, and get into a routine. But it never stops sucking. For me the hardest part was losing the person I shared my daily life with at the end of the day. Before he left we talked on the phone hours a day. Especially in the evenings, we would talk several hours every night.
While he was gone we spoke on the phone four times. The Sunday after he got to Lackland we spoke on the phone for 12 minutes, at Thanksgiving we spoke for 45 minutes, at Christmas for 15 minutes, and New Years for about 15 minutes. We did not speak on the phone between Thanksgiving and Christmas (4 weeks).
I wrote him a letter every single day he was gone. I believe I wrote him 58 letters. Every few days I would send him a handful of letters. Each individually enveloped, with pictures, and scented with my bodyspray.
I got two precious letters from him. The first one I received was on a day that I really missed him. God knew that I needed that letter on that day. I didn't open it for almost an hour after getting it. I was happy to see "I love you sweetheart" written on the envelope. That was all I needed. To see his handwriting to me. The rest of the letter was awesome too :) The second letter I got just said "I love you." :)
As miserable as those 8 1/2 weeks were, good things came out of them too. I was able to get to know my future mother-in-law. The one person who understood missing Peter. I was also forced to do a lot on my own. I didn't have Peter to call to get feedback on random stuff. It was a big growing experience. I feel that I have gained a great deal of confidence from those weeks. There were times when I missed him so much...all I could do was cry to God for strength to make it through the following weeks, sanity intact. God is good.
Summary: Basic Training SUCKS. The whole thing sucks. Even if you're not the person actually participating in BMT it still sucks.