Another Weekend in Jacksonville

And it was another great weekend. A 2 1/2 hour car ride is EASILY a 7 hour adventure on public transportation. Friday started with two local busses and then the Greyhound bus..I was finally in Jacksonville around 6:30. Just in time for Mexican and a margarita. Then we hit up a local bar with fellow USMC girlfriend blogger, Katie. It was probably the strangest bar I have ever been in, totally decked out in Marines paraphernalia.

Saturday was a busy day. I was sad Saturday morning when I found out that the Dunkin Donuts doesn't have pumpkin coffee. I'm craving the taste as fall SO bad. Then I helped Danny write a letter, which was HARD. I'm used to writing term papers, not professional letters to the military! Then we spent the whole day helping Katie move into her new house..which I'm totally in love with. It makes me want a house so bad. If Danny stays in North Carolina we are going to look into it.

After a long day of moving Katie in, we went to our favorite place ever...the Olive Garden. We were there FOREVER..lots of salad, pasta, bread sticks, TWO bottles of wine, and pumpkin cheesecake. It was great. We talked about everyyyyyything. I love that there are no awkward conversation topics for us, we can talk about anything.

We went back to the barracks for some fun with the guys. Had a few beers and decided to head back to Danny's room. The Staff Sergeant caught us going into his room so we left and decided we would try again in a couple hours. I swear when we went back the Sergeant was waiting for us. It's not so much what he said, they are just so intimidating in their uniforms! So, we left and got a hotel room for the night. Then came the phone calls..Staff Sergeant, Sergeant, Lieutenant. I was pretty intoxicated, I had myself convinced I would end up in jail before the night was over. Over dramatic!

Sunday was a great day. We went down to Wilmington to see the USS North Carolina. We toured the entire ship, read every little piece of information, and had a great time! I stayed at Katie's last night and was SO sad when Danny had to leave. I hate when weekends come to an end. Luckily, I do get to see him every weekend..so I know I really can't complain.

This week is going to be great..besides trying to get out of my own house for good...I'm going to spend the week with Danny's sister. We are going to have fuuuuun!