The ride home...
Well I found out I don't have to report in until the 13th of August. Flew out of Virginia around 4pm to Atlanta...boring uncomfortable flight. From Atlanta I got on a plane heading to San Diego. Sitting there while everyone is boarding...hot chick sits down next to me....and I mean HOT! We start talking and I find out her name is Casey. She's from Tennesee and she was going to visit her Marine boyfriend in San Diego before he leaves to Iraq. Had to be another Marine! Semper Fi and fuck the other guy? Hell no. So we became friends, exchanged phone numbers, and talked the whole flight home. She is cool and good person. I arrive at the airport and we're walking together because her bf wasn't there to pick her up yet and I hear my mom, sister, and their friends yelling across the way. They drove all the way to San Diego not even knowing where I would be. And now I am home!