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Bob's on his way home. Flew from P'cola to Charlotte, NC. Just boarded for 2nd leg of trip, Charlotte to Phoenix. I've gotten texts and one brief exchange on skype--he sounds excited to be headed home. Poor boy is going to be hugged to death (by me…
Anabel, my son was the same about his uniform. Everywhere we went, he headed to the rest room, not to pee, but to check his appearance. He used to just step out of his jeans, leaving them in a pile on the floor. We'll see while he's home over Christ…
MamaBear--that's nice to know. My son has a red-eye flight back to P'cola, with a 2.75 hour layover in NC. I was going to talk to him about taking advantage the USO. Now I definitely will talk to him about it. Anyone that can step in and take care o…
Betty--sometimes it takes a day or two for them to get settled in and then they get to call. As others have said, if anything were wrong, the Navy would have contacted you. Your new mantra is "No News is Good News". It's difficult, I know (my son jo…
Bethany, trust me, it will get better once he is out of Boot Camp and on to A school. I 'talk' to my son, via text messaging and/or Skype, nearly every night. He'll be able to call you when he gets a cell phone. Hang in there, it will get better! Me…
If I had the time, I think I would go sit at the airport to watch all the 'reunions' that are going to be happening the next couple of days. Counting the hours until I get to see my sailor again. Enjoy your time with them everyone!
Yes!!1 Go Navy!!!
Navy beats Army yet again! It was fun experiencing the rivalry between my ex-Army husband and our Navy son. Thank goodness for modern technology that allows us to 'chat' with him while he's on the other side of the nation.
Bob's shirts smelled just like him--Old Spice deodorant, little bit ot his 'sweat' smell (but not B.O.). Yesterday I finally picked up the last of his dirty laundry from his room and washed it....those shirts smelled just like him too! I must have l…
Navy beats Army yet again! It was fun experiencing the rivalry between my ex-Army husband and our Navy son. Thank goodness for modern technology that allows us to 'chat' with him while he's on the other side of the nation.
Margie--I've got the game on here at home. My husband is ex-Army and my son is at Pensacola. We've got Bob on Skype so hubby and him are 'chatting' while watching the game.
As for the box--I took pictures (like many other moms I've talked to) and t…
Vickyrun--when does your sailor arrive in Sacramento. Mine comes in from Pensacocla on Saturday 12/19 arriving around 6:30 pm (I think). I can't wait to see him in his dress blues and to HUG, HUG, HUG and HUG him.
(softly chuckles) Alaina, your son is very busy being a Sailor, even more so now that he has finally started "A" school. He's also growing up fast and asserting/exercising some new found independence. :) Rest assured that, even with a GF in the pict…
Is there supposed to be a link here?
Hey Carly! Good lookin' Sailor you got there!! LOL
OK--now I'm really frustrated. I just talked with my son (via skype) and he says there was a bulletin put up that if they submitted their leave chit prior to 12/01 it's been approved. However, he says he will not get actual signed leave papers until…
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- I am married (going on 23 years) and have two sons, the younger of whom is in the Navy.
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Navy beats Army yet again! It was fun experiencing the rivalry between my ex-Army husband and our Navy son. Thank goodness for modern technology that allows us to 'chat' with him while he's on the other side of the nation.
Posted on December 12, 2009 at 6:05pm — 1 Comment
Where'd he go?
My son has been in Pensacola since 10/7. He has been waiting to 'class up' for aircrew. Once he got his cell phone and laptop, we have talked almost every day. So, I've become spoiled and have forgotten about the 7-8 weeks of boot camp with NO communication. How soon we forget!
Last week, his girlfriend flew out to spend Thanksgiving with him. He called to say she arrived on Tuesday, to say Happy Thanksgiving on Thursday and to say goodnight on Sunday. Since then we have heard NOTHING! I know i… Continue
Last week, his girlfriend flew out to spend Thanksgiving with him. He called to say she arrived on Tuesday, to say Happy Thanksgiving on Thursday and to say goodnight on Sunday. Since then we have heard NOTHING! I know i… Continue
Posted on December 1, 2009 at 11:43pm — 6 Comments
I'm So Proud of My Son
A little under three years ago, I was talking with our Children's Pastor at church about my son, B. "I think he's going to be my failure to launch child," I said. He was failing high school. He was having discipline problems. In comparison to MANY people, all of our problems with him were rather trivial, but he was heading in the wrong direction. Through several extenuating circumstances, he started making the turn around he needed.
1. We experienced the death of a wonderful young man that had b… Continue
1. We experienced the death of a wonderful young man that had b… Continue
Posted on October 22, 2009 at 11:37pm — 2 Comments
Airport transportation needed
I'm desperately seeking someone who might be going from Great Lakes to OHare on Sunday, 10/4/09. I have two travelers that I need to get to OHare for an 8:20 pm flight. My husband and I would get to spend an extra couple of hours with our graduating Sailor if someone could find room in their car for a couple extra people. We would be willing to share gas costs or whatever.
Posted on September 28, 2009 at 10:19pm — 2 Comments
My PIR trip
My husband and I left Sacramento, CA on Monday am headed North and East to go to GL for PIR 10/2/09. I'm not usually one for self promotion, however, we have many family and friends that have been praying and supporting the entire family through these last 8 weeks, so I started a travel blog. If you are interested, go to bobspir.blogspot.com
Posted on September 28, 2009 at 10:15pm —
Comment Wall (53 comments)
- At 7:53pm on December 6, 2009,
Deborah said… - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YiO6Ofm_l4
- At 10:42am on October 18, 2009,
Linda K. said… - Go ahead and checkout the two groups, a lot of the mom's sons are close to done or have finished. There are several mom's who's son's have not started yet. In the group Steven is the only one right now in RSS. There is so much to learn about SAR. It's not as scary as BC...lol Glad to hear your son call a lot, ours does to. Unfortunately for Steven he's having some pretty bad knee pain, he's worried he will be put on medical. We told him to stay off it all weekend, and lucky for him he has his truck that's where he keeps the advil, they can't have anything in there rooms. Hoping it is just overuse and not serious, but if it is still bothering him tomorrow he needs to say something.
I'll check out your blog.
- At 11:39am on October 17, 2009,
Linda K. said…
- Oops forgot! Join both the RSS/SAR groups you will learn so much and they are a great group of moms!
- At 11:36am on October 17, 2009,
Linda K. said…
- Hi Alaina, Steven just finished his first week of RSS, it was pretty tough and I understand the next 2 weeks are even harder. He hurts in places he didn't know you could hurt. The only problem he's had so far is the snorkel, it was making him feel a little closterfobic in the water, and it messed with his head a little and caused him to doubt himself a bit. We had a good talk on Thurs., when we hung up he sounded a lot better, I felt so bad for him it really hurt my heart! He past the snorkel sprints yesterday and is back to his confident self! , I knew he would work through it.
So your son is enjoying p-cola, except for the heat and humidity, can't blame him...Lucky for him he'll be able to do most of the training in the cooler weather. Steven notice the guy's from the west coast had a tougher time with the heat/humidity, I think living in TX for 13 yrs helped prepare him.
What phase is he?
How was the drive out there and was PIR Amazing?
- At 11:31pm on October 4, 2009,
Texas Mom of 2 said… - Hi, your son is going to A school for Rescue Swimmer? Mine had his PIR on Sept 3 and is there waiting for rescue swimmer classes to start - let's keep in touch!
- At 10:43pm on September 30, 2009,
Vickie said… - OK, keep my number incase the kids need something at the airport. Our flight back to Texas leaves at like 8:15 so we will be there at the same time.
Enjoy PIR and hug your Sailor extra tight!!!
- At 6:18am on September 30, 2009,
Vickie said…
- Our son is not on BC side he is at A school. Our flight arrives Friday night late but I will let you know ASAP if we will have a big enough vehicle. You guys drive safe.
Vickie
- At 9:13pm on September 24, 2009,
Sherry TomsMom said… - will you be going to O'hare from GL?
- At 8:51pm on September 3, 2009,
audra1010 said… - Thanks so much for the info!! It really is somewhat overwhelming at first to see all of the information is on here. I wonder when I will find out his Div. #? Unfortunately I already have plans for 9/9, but a get together with other Navy moms does sound fun!! Thanks again!!
- At 6:40pm on September 2, 2009,
Nate's Mom (Wendy) ;P said… - Nate PIR on thanksgiving last year, we stayed at Navy Lodge. I went to pick his buddy up at the Red carpet inn. I liked Navy Lodge, but the Red Carpet Inn is HORRIBLE!!! Stay clear of that one.
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