Tuesday, June 21, 2011
I left Lisa and my dad for Cali. Doesn't matter how old I get, I get sad to leave my parents. It's been very difficult living so far away from a lot of the people I love. No matter how old I get I think I'll always be a baby about leaving my dad and mommy. Flights were pretty good. I'm pretty use to flying. I've been doing it alone since around 5 years old. I know the drill really well. I actually giggle to myself when someone doesn't know to take off jackets, shoes, belts and etc. I'm not judging them but I just know they don't fly much. Anyways I made it to San Diego and waited for Lorraine and Benjamin to show up. We went down there for Eric's graduation from boot camp and Ben and Heather's wedding. (Ben is Lorraine's dad for those who don't know and Eric is her brother. Both are like family to me)
I was very excited to see Eric and see how different he looked and acted. We went to Family Day (Thursday), that day was a very long and emotion day for all of us. I actually teased Lorraine that she'd cry and I thought oh I'll be fine. I love Eric but I didn't think I'd be upset about it. He's lived in Portland for the last year and I've gone months without seeing him but with only sending letters it kinda sucked. I couldn't just check his facebook to see he was alive and doing stupid stuff for 3 months. We waited a few hours and some drill instructor talked forever about staying off of the grass. Ummm we get it, lets hurry this up! Well, Eric ran by us for a big run they had planned. I found him right away and was trying to point him out to Ben. I believe I started the crying train... so who was the baby... me. haha I was just so proud of what he had accomplished and I had missed him a lot. After their run they finally allowed us to see him and talk to him. We all shared hugs and some tears. We walked around and headed to get some food. Benjamin had done awesome for how long the day was. He was very excited to see his uncle and kept saying ooo-rah. Very cute. We all had a great day and got some sun.
That Friday we had Eric's graduation. It didn't take as long as the Family Day did. It was a great ceremony and wasn't too bad to watch. I felt bad for all the guys though. Seemed like they had to stand forever. I'm sure they were use to it. :) Justin and I are very proud of Eric. He always said he wanted to be a Marine but I never really imagined him doing it. Eric is like a little brother to me. I still picture him about 15 years old but while he was in boot camp I realized he's not 15, he's a man now. It kinda blew me away. I cant say enough about how proud we are of him. He is amazing and we are so happy he accomplished something he wanted really bad. :)
Saturday- Lorraine, Benjamin, Diane and I decided we'd run errands and then swim at a friends house. Errands went well except I forgot my wallet and then on our way to swim we were in a car accident. Main car who hit us, her flip flop slid under the brake and she couldn't stop and hit a car who hit a car who hit us. Diane and my neck were sore right away. Lorraine and I were very worried about our babies and Lorraine worried about Benjamin also. We had to grab my wallet so we could go to the ER. We wanted to make sure we all were ok and especially the babies in our tummies. I hate California for this big reason. You wait forever in emergency rooms. They saw Lorraine almost right away. Diane, Papas (Benjamin) and I waited for hours. Diane ended up leaving because she didn't want to miss Ben and Heather's wedding. We didn't want to miss it either but we wanted to make sure the babies were ok. Papas and I were seen at the same time. They already didn't allow Papas to go with Lorraine and so there wasn't anyway I'd let them separate us. Papas and babies looked ok. Lorraine and I were told to see our doctors still, just to check everything out. We were so glad after 5 1/2 hours to be out of there.
Ben and Heather put off their wedding till the 3 of us (actually 5 ;)) showed up. Lorraine and I felt super bad they held off for us but we quickly changed and watched the wedding ceremony. I took pictures and of course I wasn't on my A game. It was a very long day but I got some good shots. It was very nice. It was so awesome to be apart of. We are very happy Ben has found someone that makes him happy again. Heather is great for him and has fit into the family pretty well. She loves Benjamin so much and I know she'll love the other ones that come along just as much. Congrats guys! :)
That's pretty much the Utah and Cali trip. I'll do part 2 later for NY and other stuff. :)
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