A Marine's Girlfriend's Diary: Day 87 of Boot Camp

Hello from Saaaaaan Dieeeegoooo!!!! CALIFORNIA LOVE! <3

How's it goin', bros? I am STOKED to see my man! Oh, and, HAPPY 12/12/12!

I think today would have been a good day for the world to end, ya know? Kind of creative - clever. But no... They had to switch the 1 and the 2...

My mom and I are safely in our hotel; The Dana. VERY comfy hotel. OH my gosh... I love it. It is soooo suburban... Amazing. Sea World is 10 minutes away and the camp is 4 miles away. We took a shuttle from the airport to our designated hotel and we are hoping we can get a shuttle to the camp. However, we aren't sure since it isn't one of their stops. We can always hail a taxi, no big deal.

Right now the staff of the hotel are having a sick ass Christmas party. Thankfully, we can't hear their music. I was hoping to get some well needed sleep.

Just right outside our window we can see the Sea World Christmas tree that is HUGE! I can't take a picture of it though... Too many palm trees are in the way. We're pretty isolated out here. Which is PERFECT!!! Screw you, Cali traffic. We're here to relax and enjoy.

In other news, I kept track of my time waiting until I got here. I was bored and decided to write down what was happening during certain points in the journey to San Diego. Here is what I wrote:

12:35 PM

GOD! Time is so slow right now :/ I want to be on the plane! Heading to San D.! Getting to feel that Cali warmth! Grrr... but time wants to sluggishly go by...

I had to take Zzz-Quil last night so I could knock the Hell out. Well, it worked! I passed out around 9:30... and woke up at 5... AM!

Really, Zzz-Quil? You couldn't contain yourself AFTER 8 hours? You just HAD to give up?

... I should have taken a bigger gulp...

Nonetheless, I fell back asleep probably around 7. Then I had to get up at 9:45... I was WAY too groggy. So I stayed in bed another 10 minutes. Finally, I got up and picked out what I am going to wear. I'm totally going to look like a badass. (Except for graduation. I'm wearing my baby blue t-shirt that I got from MarineFamilyNetwork and some slacks) Why look like a badass?? Dude, I'm going to be surrounded by BADASS Marines! Come on, now! No time to be cute!

Anyway, I'm just sitting here, listening to my mom chat on a business call while waiting for 1:00 to roll around. Right now it is 12:47. I got a ways to go... Grandma is taking us to the airport. She'll most likely be 10 minutes early. Always is.

12:52 PM

Told you.

4:25 PM

I'm on the plane! Virgin air. Love the "disco jet" <3 We've been flying for about an hour and 15 minutes. We don't have much longer until landing. I think we're supposed to land at 5:30. I got a window seat, by the way! Took some awesome cloud pictures and a snap of Mt. Rainer. I'm glad it isn't stormy like this morning. I would have dreaded getting on a plane...

I'm not the biggest fan of flights. I hate heights... and turbulence. The worst parts for me are taking off and landing. Yeesh! Geronimo!

Right now we are descending. Talk about pressure. Gah! I hate that too... Stupid panic attacks.

We'll actually be landing in San Fran. God, I love it there and its people. So beautiful in every way. I've been thinking of moving there - either in the country side of WA or to San Francisco.

Well, time to put this away! I had fun watching Comedy Central and a LIVE Compton car chase. The dude was wanted for robbery, murder, and stealing the vehicle. Crazy stuff. Never seen it live before. The dude was caught thankfully. Same with his partner.

Peace!

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We had to get on to another flight in a couple of minutes after the land to head to San D. Funny enough, it was the same plane. But we got off to catch some chow (sushi). We then got back on the plane, went to our next pair of seats which were RIGHT BEHIND our ORIGINAL seats, and the plane took off.

Once we landed, I took a piss, we called for the shuttle, got on the bus and HERE WE ARE! Mom is reading a book while I text a friend from New York (Hi Mike :D) and finish this post. I cannot wait for tomorrow or Friday. I don't think I get to actually TALK with Mason or Hal, just see them on this "Moto Run" as they call it. Poop. YET... if we have enough time later on in the day, we're totally hitting up Sea World. Sadly we won't be able to see Shamu. But at least I get to be in the same park as him!

Goodnight, y'all.