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Comment by Susan from SC/Navy Mom! 13 minutes ago

MB Jane, It is truly amazing what a difference a day can make! So glad your son is doing well and you got to spend time with your daughter and her boyfriend.

About 2 b a Navy Mom, We also drove up for graduation; it was approximately 13 hours for us. We took two days going up and really enjoyed the trip especially through the rolling hills of Kentucky. We planned to also take two days to return, however, we left Chicago extremely early Monday morning and drove home in one day. Honestly, it was not that bad. We were ready to get back home. I thought the ride home would be soooooo long because I had to leave my son again, however, just replaying every second of the weekend in my mind and loving every minute made the trip seem shorter. I'm sure you will do just fine.

Comment by annm 1 day ago

MB Jane - enjoy your daughter!

Comment by Sailor Craig's Mom - MB Jane 1 day ago

BTW - Craig called Friday about noon - and made my whole world happier! He ate dinner at the Masonic Hall - one of the petty officer's and his wife make a huge dinner, and charge $8. He went with some friends from DLI - another young man and two young women - then they went to see 2 movies, one of which the girls wanted to see - New Moon! He didn't love it - lol. My daughter Kelsey and her boyfriend Jim are coming over tonight for a turkey dinner - so what a difference a day makes!

Comment by Sailor Craig's Mom - MB Jane 1 day ago

I read the form letter about a thousand times! I just kept looking at Craig's writing - and couldn't believe he really wrote that! The boot camp experience is quite hard on moms - but I am really so much better now that he is at A school! I obsessed about Craig the entire 8 1/2 weeks of boot - but I am much more relaxed now. For one thing - being able to text/email/or call him makes life so much easier. And, Craig is SO happy in the Navy - it's awesome. I often wonder who this young man is that I am talking to on the phone - and what did he do with my son?!?
Just a word about PIR - I never once saw my son during the entire graduation ceremony - he was way back in his division line up - and really - at a distance they do all look alike! Unless your child is in the front couple of rows (and you have better eye sight than I do) you won't see your recruit! And even when it was over, and you could go on the floor and find your recruit - it was still hard to find him! Thank goodness for my hubby-he spotted him first!

Comment by About2bNavyMom(Jody'smom) 1 day ago

Got our room booked...staying at the Laquinta..I swear I was totally obsessed after the form letter came until I got the entire trip figured out and booked. We are going to drive out..ugh! Not my choice but cheaper.

Comment by annm on November 27, 2009 at 5:52pm

I carry the form letter with me everywhere I go! When it arrived, it was like Christmas morning! Glad it came today, About to Be a Navy Mom!

SSBeach, I too love this site!

Comment by Susan from SC/Navy Mom! on November 27, 2009 at 5:02pm

About 2 b a Navy Mom,

A FORM LETTER!!! Yeah!! Woo Hoo!! Trust me, we all were thrilled to also receive our form letters, ha, ha. Sorry Thanksgiving and Birthday were not so great; things will get better -- hang on!

ssbeach . . . you are so very right, this site is a fantastic gift. And, it's because of all the great people! Such wonderful, wonderful people!

Comment by About2bNavyMom(Jody'smom) on November 27, 2009 at 1:59pm

Got my form letter - PIR 1-22-10/Ship 06 Div 909

Comment by About2bNavyMom(Jody'smom) on November 27, 2009 at 11:11am

Wow and I thought I was alone yesterday..NOT! It was the single most depressing day of my entire life. I had to have some minor surgery on Wed morning and was not feeling great due to that and the pain meds were making me sick and Thanksgiving and my birthday pretty much sucked totally. I went to be about 3 and slept the rest of the day away. I hope I am better at this come Christmas time :(

Comment by ssbeach on November 27, 2009 at 10:11am

Hello All - hope you all had a fabulous Thanksgiving! It was quiet here, without either my daughter or her husband, for the first time (we sent my daughter to my sister's for the week). I'm glad we'll be away for Christmas - it would be way too quiet to stay here! My son-in-law's granddad passed away early yesterday morning, and my daughter awoke to the email first, due to the time difference. We were afraid he'd sit around all day and be depressed, since he hasn't been able to meet too many people yet - hopefully he'll finish all the paperwork this week and finally get to his sub. I went on a couple of Hawaii groups here, put out the word, and had five different Thanksgiving offers for him before he even woke up in Hawaii! This site is a fantastic gift!

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