Last week Zach came home for 10 days! He got some leave after his MOS school (Job School). It was wonderful! We hadn't seen each other in 5 months, it was amazing to have 10 days with him.
Well actually, it started out a little.. shaky.
His flight came in at 11:00 p.m. and I went to go pick him up (he was surprising his mom). I parked in the small short-term lot and waited for him outside the terminals. Longest 20 minutes of my life. Finally I saw him making his way towards me, but he was going too slow, so I ran to him. It was the greatest feeling I've ever experienced; being held by him. And yes, I might've teared up a little bit.
That's all fine and dandy, but once we get out of the building, I realize something. I have no idea where I parked my car.
Great.
We searched for a good 20 minutes before locating it one lot over from where I thought it might've been. I was so focused on getting TO the airport, that I didn't even think about getting HOME from the airport. Not even home an hour and already we had our first adventure!
After that, the rest of the vacation went pretty smoothly. We visited Mt. Shasta, had breakfast at our favorite bird-themed café, took a trip to the ocean with his family, and just enjoyed each other's company for the first time in a long time:)
At the ocean we went tide pooling! If you've never gone tide pooling, put it on your bucket list! We saw sand crabs, muscles, anemones (Nemo's home!), and thousands of hermit crabs! I discovered a family of starfish. (I don't think that they were an actual family, but there were three or four of them in the same general area, so it counts.) We went rock climbing on the cliffs (let me just point out that everyone else did it in tennis shoes, while I climbed with sandals on!). And had a wonderful lunch overlooking the ocean and all the kayakers. It was such a great day!
Here's some pictures from our fabulous week!
The ocean!
Man, It was cold!
That outdoorsy couple!
All too soon our time was up. He drove down to Pendleton Sunday afternoon and is in the process of checking in and everything as I type. I'm not too sad though:) Biola and Camp Pendleton aren't too far away, so we'll get to see each other on weekends (after I finish studying, Mom).
Snap back to reality, oh, there goes gravity... (for my Eminem fans) Sorry, Back to reality and every day life with out Zach by my side, I have two weeks and a day until I move out and leave for college! It's so crazy! I turn 18 in a week and in one more I leave. I've been searching Pinterest for packing lists, organization tips, and cool decorating ideas, I've already made one of the things I found.
It's a canvas that I painted purple/blue, then put stickers on it, painted over them with red/orange/yellow/pink and then peeled the stickers off and whaa-la! It was so much fun that I'm going to make my roommate one, another one for me, and one for a good friend of mine! ...I'm going to need a lot of stickers...
So there you have it, an update on my life. Even if you didn't want one. I will be getting back to regular blog posts, and hopefully they won't be all about me anymore. I'm sure you're getting rather tired of my narcissism. The world is a big place, I'll try and write more about important things that everyone can relate to. Just a heads up.
"Can miles truly separate you from friends... If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there?" Richard Bach
-Grace
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