We moved in with my parents. He was due to leave in 2 weeks so we could take a little but of vacation before he left us. It was pleasant at my parents. My parents had recently experienced empty nest in their 3 bedroom house so the baby had her own room and he and I had another room. My parents both worked so most of the time it was just the three if us. We decided to visit his family again before he left and then did some of the local touristy things to do, take the baby to Disneyland and the monkey zoo.
The monkey zoo refers to the Santa Ana zoo. The reason it's called the monkey zoo is that one of the stipulations of the lease of the land is that there must always be at least 50 monkeys on the grounds. The zoo does have other animals but you have to get past all the monkeys. After a while one monkey looks just like another. I know you experts can probably tell me the difference but I am ok not knowing.
The night came that he was to leave. He would fly out on a military flight at midnight. I took him to the airport and checked him in. I sat there with him waiting for his flight to leave. We sat there, no words, just holding each other. We hadn't been apart in 2 years and we were used to each other. I could not cry, it would not help. It was time for him to leave. " I love you," I whisper in his ear "And I you," he whispered back.
He boarded the plane and I watched the plane leave and disappear into the night.
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