Decatur, GA.

On a previous episode, I mentioned that my Beautiful Bride was coming with me to West Palm to help pack all the extra gear I had been issued. We got first class going to…

West Palm Beach, FL

We rented a car. It was only $30 (shout out to Dollar Rent A Car), and we figured it wouldn’t take many cab rides to pay that off. We drove over to the reserve center and…

No one was there. Again. We were about an hour early, but come on. We ended up going to lunch at Applebee’s and laughing at the local folks. If you have ever been to South Florida, you know what I mean. Upon returning to the reserve center, things were cranking up. My Beautiful Bride got busy getting my gear all organized while I started dealing with all the admin crap that I had to do. Keeping busy kept our minds off the fact that we weren’t going to see each other for six months. Finally, I had to get my smallpox vaccination which meant my Beautiful Bride had to go. A lot of smooches and a few tears, and then she was gone. I started missing her about 30 seconds later.They had a cookout for the Marines, and then early turn in for the big day tomorrow.