I have arrived in 29 Palms!

Friday I spent the day with Meg and Crystal at the mall and goofing around in Japan Town buying as many cute little panda things as I could possible afford and fit into my already overflowing suitcases. I regret the lack of photos from my little trip to San Francisco; I don't even have a single one of Meg and Crystal with me. ^_^;; Oops. And yesterday I spent the entire day in airports. My flight to Palm Springs was short, but I had to wait four hours at the airport for the bus that would bring me here: another almost two hour ride. But I made it! I'm in my hotel right now just kind of killing time until Ryan is done with his fire watch shift this morning.

When I arrived last night I took a taxi over to base and was able to eat dinner and see a movie with Ryan. It was nice, but I had to get a taxi back to my hotel before too late so he wouldn't get into trouble. I'm heading back over there around 2 o'clock this afternoon. He's supposed to have off base privileges as soon as Tuesday so we're both looking forward to getting away from the stiff atmosphere of the base. We feel guilty just hugging each other for more than 30 seconds, even when he's not in uniform. Soon enough we'll be back to our disgustingly mushy selves when we're able to get away from the scrutiny of his superiors.