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My weekend was
This weekend was so much fun. Its going to be really hard to explain in detail, but I'm gonna make the effort anyway...
Friday: I didnt really enjoy getting up and leaving at four in the morning for a flight at 6:40, but it wasn't that bad. I spent the night at jorge's mom's house, so it was a little bit easier because I didn't have to wake up earlier. The first flight from miami to charlotte wasn't that crowded, and it felt good to be able to stretch out a bit and relax, but the little "express" flight from charlotte to jacksonville, north carolina sucked. It was this tiny little flight and it was so crowded. But it was only an hour flight, so I just slept that time away. When we got to jacksonville, we got the rental car and started heading to the base. We didn't get lost, which me and her were extremely proud of that fact.
Jacksonville is very much a marine town. They have "marine blvd" and stores called "gruntz". The town had signs everywhere saying thing like, "thank you troops" and "welcome home troops" and other stuff being very supportive, which is that way that it should be everywhere. What we noticed is that there were more tattoo places, barber shops, and strip clubs than anything else. We got to the base, which is about 20 minutes from that super tiny airport that we flew into, and saw jorge right away as we pulled into the parking lot. He was standing on the balcony, and just smiling like crazy. Me and his mom decided to scream "Na" as we walked up, which made him just shake his head. But the second that he came up to us and hugged up, I felt so good. As stupid as this sound, I'm so comfortable there, because I feel that is were I belong-in his arms. No place else. We went to his room and grabbed some stuff and met his roomates (one is really cool, and the other is a big jerk). We had to hang out at the laundry room so jorge could finish washing his clothes, and we met some more people. Let me tell you, that base is a single girl's heaven. I felt so weird meeting some of his friends, but at the same time, I felt comfortable because I would hold jorge's hand and shake hands with my other. I loved it when he made it very clear that I was his girlfriend. One of the times all three of us were walking to his room, me and his mom smiled because they were people in the room next to him, and you could hear them singing. When he opened their door so he could introduce me and his mom, I was standing behind jorge and holding on to his arm (his mom was behind the door), when one of the guys pointed at me and said "you-come here." I looked at jorge for a second, because I really didn't know what to do, but jorge pushed me in there and said this is my girlfriend, and i shook hands to be polite. His mom was so cute because when he introduced her, she just popped her head from behind the door and said "Hi! I'm the mom". It was so much fun hanging out with her this weekend.
The rest of the weekend, I can't remember everyday in exact detail, but it consisted of dunkin donuts, shopping, movies, burger king, chinese food, and just driving around town. I'm kind of sad now because it seems like this weekend went by so fast. 8 months is a long time, but I think that the first months will seem like forever, but after that, time will hopefully fly. He leaves tomorrow. Wow. I knew this day was going to come, but it still feels weird. I'm not scared; I think I am just anxious for him to come home as soon as possible and to be out of harm's way. I would really appreciate it if everyone just kept him, and every person in the armed forces, in their prayers. These people really are amazing and do great things, and as for me, jorge means the world to me, and I like having a peace of mind that he is going to be safe.
But like I said before, this weekend was amazing. And i'm sorry if I didnt give 100% exact details, but sometimes, there are things that happen that can't really explain. But I'm so glad that I went up there. I know these memories will make me so happy for these next eight months...