Well once again, I am back in Greenville. This trip was overall a pretty successful trip! We found a potential apartment that we are literally in LOVE with! It is a little expensive, but so close to base and has everything we were looking for. We get a 5% discount for rent, so it is under $600 but we would still have bills. So literally the only way we would be able to afford it on our own is if we were married. This soo upset me because of the plans we had originally. If we would have stuck with our original plan then this apartment would have been a piece of cake, not saying that I regret our decision. Chris says that he is going to find a way to make it work. The only way I see is if we eloped. And, well that isn’t happening. So it is definitely a downer. I know that he will try whatever it takes but I don’t want to bust our asses to just make the bills. We’ll have this great place but nothing else. I’m sure we’ll figure something out! If not we’ll just stick to our plan and wait until PCS.
Friday I left at like 5 am and got there a little after 11. How I made that time I will never know! But I ended up waiting with Cristina for a good 4 hours for the guys to be released. We went over to the barracks to pick up her husband. He thought Chris was still at the armory. But sure enough we pull up and I see this guy....who looks a lot like Christopher. I recognized him immediately from behind. I said that is Chris! They’re trying to trick me! Chris had NO clue! He thought I was waiting outside the gates. He got this big smile on his face when he realized it was me! It was great! He was soo excited!
This trip was a little different than our other trips. We actually had arguments. We have never had more than 1 little spat that is usually a quick minute or two. This trip on Friday night, I walked out of the hotel and drove away for a little less than an hour. I blew up on his friend, who stole Chris for “5 minutes” aka an hour when we had plans. Completely blew up on him. During my hour away to clear my head I had 4 texts from Chris and 3 texts from his friend. Both apologizing and asking me to come back. While I was very mad that I had been ditched and wanted to just be a bitch and treat them like they had just treated me, I didn’t want to fight all weekend. So in attempts to be a good girlfriend, I got a redbox movie, bought him a tea and drove back to the hotel. When I walked in he wouldn’t even let me all the way in before he apologized and gave me a big hug. I was mad but it wasn’t worth it. I didn’t drive 7 hours, then wait an extra 4 or 5 hours for them to get off to be ditched. But at the same time, I didn’t drive 7 hours and wait 4 or 5 hours to fight. When I got back to the room we talked about why I was mad and then what happened with his friends. After 45 minutes of talking about it we were back to normal but I needed mashed potatoes.
Later that night, Chris got a text saying that there was a possible recall at 0600. This weekend the entire base shut down Friday night for a drill. The FBI was there and all. The only people that could get on had to have a specific badge, and no one could get off base. So I started freaking out. Chris reassured me that it would not happen. Well sure enough the next morning, at 8 am we get a text saying recall 1145 in the quad. The team leader told him that he probably wouldn’t get to get off base. I started crying. It would be a complete waste of day. Alone in kings bay. Yay! But he had no choice. This wasn’t a recall he could get out of. So at 11, I took him and dropped him off at a friend of ours who was taking him to base. I was soooo not happy! But wanted to stick with our plan for the day and go look for an apartment. I went back to the hotel about 30 minutes after I dropped Chris off. One of the guys from his section pulled into the hotel when I did. I just figured he couldn’t’ get on base. So I went searching for an apartment guide. I was gone an extra 20 minutes or so when I got a text from Chris asking where I was and if I was okay. I was like yeah I’m out looking for a book with apartments. He said ohh okay. Well can you come back to the hotel? I went to surprise you and no one was here....hahah poor handsome!
Overall the weekend was a success. We had a lot of fun on a tiny budget....thank you mr big spender :)
It made me realize that we can make it on VERY little money at all. We somehow made it work with only like $100. How we did that I have no clue.
We window shopped a lot! We found a tv that we both love and made a deal of when we’re buying it. We found an apartment. Started talking about what we wanted in it and started talking details. I don’t know if it will really happen or not...probably not but we can definitely dream right? We have almost everything we would need to get started and survive. Which is great! I never thought we could start our lives and have almost everything. We’re taking donations for a microwave :)
If you asked me a year ago where I would be today, I would have said married to Christopher, in Kings Bay, GA, and having a blast with him when he was off. I never saw myself in Greenville, going to school, and hating every minute of it. My life has definitely changed and taken a turn but I wouldn’t regret our decisions, and life for a minute. I love him and everything that has come out of this relationship.
The recall Saturday was for a brief with Chris’s section. One of his friends was tragically killed in a fatal car accident. One of the guys in the car passed away and the other didn’t. They lost control after going over a train track. I am praying for not only the Marine’s family that passed away but also the Marine who survived. That has to be hard. Definitely a wake up call to take advantage of the time you do have. Nothing is promised.
RIP PFC Tipton...
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