MEPS.. worst place ever.

 When I first joined I wanted to do the reserve program and in the mean time go to college. The longer I'm in high school the less I actually want to go to college. I'm so anxious to start being a Marine already so I figured I might as well go full time. So, I talked to my recruiter about changing my contract from reserve to active duty. He said that would not be a problem and all I had to do was go down to MEPS and do a component change. Now, for anyone who does not know what MEPS is, this may sound fairly simple. MEPS is the worst place in the world. MEPS stands for "Military Entrancing Process Station." Basically, if you join any branch of the armed forces you will eventually take a trip to Miami to go to MEPS. Of course my recruiter wanted to get me there as soon as the doors open at six. This meant that he had to be on the road by at least five o'clock which meant he had to get me at least at four fourty-five. I was up by four in the morning. I am not a morning person whatsoever. Anyway, after actually getting there and waiting for the doors to open we wait for an hour just to get a name tag that allows entrance to most of the building. We got a quick medical examination just checking weight and height and went back to the boring stuff. I sat in the waiting room for about two to three hours. I qas doing what I already did when I went to sign my reserve contract. I swore in with all the rest of the people which were going to the Marine Corps as well. We all shook hands wished each other good luck and waited for our recruiters to come pick us up. This sounds like it was nothing, but trust me if you were in my shoes you'd want to pull your hair out.