Yes we thought it was the big day April 27th..
2 am got up and ready to go
1. clothes we don't care about because most likely you wont get them back
2. 20 bucks in pocket because thats the max allowed
we were told to be at the recruiter center by 3 am
We were there at 2:45 am, no recruiter finally at 3:45 am,
second in command sgt. came.
He told me to follow because he had to get back to Corona,
couldn't take the fast track(car pool lane),
so did almost 80 the whole way trying to keep up.
They told me Erica had to be there at 5 am and that I couldn't go in until 7 am.
We barely made it there by 5 am, and I waited in the truck till 7 am.
In the mean time Erica had to get weighed, drug tested, and pregnancy test.
Erica met four awesome girls, they really bonded, finally at 7 am I went in and
I was really happy she met great girls that she would be shipping out with,
got their names and all.
After a few hours the Marine in charge, called Erica in the office and
asked her didn't your recruiter tell you that you are on stand by, she said, NO..
so she called her recruiter, he said he would make some calls,
Anyway after lunch seven hours later, they called her back in and told her that the spot was filled and that her next stand by date is May 11th, needless to say,
she was very upset mainly because of the friends she made,
and that they would be going on without her.
I tried to think about what could I do to bring a little happiness back in,
so I took her to the LA Natural History Museum, we had a great time and it was awesome..
had never been there before, but we had a great day. I told her everything happens for a reason. So on May 8th Erica has to go back down to LA to get weighed and
drug tested again, then back to LA again on the 11th and she will be on standby again..
we will see what the outcome will be.
written by: darlene r.
