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Comment by Anti M on February 15, 2009 at 10:23am

Millye ... the New Sanno is wonderful! We stayed there frequently, it is a first class hotel. Mmmm, stuffed french toast with real maple syrup via room service. I don't know if they're still full service, but there were shops and restaurants and a Sunday buffet to die for, plus pools and a gym and barbers and beauty salons, and laundry/dry cleaning.... on and on. And very well located. We stayed often, a weekend in Tokyo was a nice break. Always a bit crowded, the military member needs to make the reservations somewhat in advance. Highly recommended.

Comment by CCR on February 14, 2009 at 9:04pm

Yes, Alicia, a veritable farm - you do have a much more diversified set of 4 legged critters than I do. Today Ronald Reagan crawled through the RAMM fencing (white thick plastic bouncy fencing) to get at the clover in my yard. Stinker. Caught him, put him back in the pasture and he came right back in again. Oh, well, its better than everyone getting their heels cut off with that nasty old barbed wire.

Comment by Anti M on February 14, 2009 at 6:22pm

The urine tests are pretty random, so no one believes it will happen to them. It does.

Drugs and sailors, not a new story at all. Every generation can be just as dumb as the last, some kid always thinks they've discovered a new thrill when it is just the same old same old.

Like the time we were policing (picking up trash) the area outside of the Communication Station, I found a crack pipe made from a Navy pen. The implied drug use bothered me less than the fact that the fools had lit up sitting under the fuel tank for our emergency generator ... something like a thousand galleons of diesel! Drugs do make you stupid, hmmm?

Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on February 14, 2009 at 10:10am

Oh Karen - you are so right! We might not be able to attend Nick's, I know the first couple of weeks he was on base he could not even go into the classrooms/labs due to his clearance...had not even thought about that!

Mabel - our children certainly know how to make a lasting impression on us!

Thanks IntelChips - we were a lonely "few" for a LONG time here, it is so good to have various experience levels and insight from many.

Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on February 14, 2009 at 9:53am

Wow - with our newest members...Jean, Darci and FC1 Klave, we have now hit the 150 member milestone!!! Which means absolutely nothing except this group has grown tremendously in a short amount of time. It is so wonderful to have all of the different experience levels and support in the group now.

Welcome to our newest members!

Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on February 14, 2009 at 9:11am

Good Morning all,
There is a ceremony after C school. It is very similiar to A school. They receive their certificates, a hand shake and generally someone senior or an officer is going to say a few words but it depends on the class/location, etc. Our son's C school has 5 students (three are fleet returnees) so I don't expect that ceremony to be too long. BUT we will attend if it works out as he will be there for seven months since we have seen him and it will give us a few days to go see DC.

Comment by Anti M on February 13, 2009 at 2:16pm

bupers = Bureau of Naval Personnel. Service records, and well, everything.

I loved living in San Diego, but it really depends on where you choose. Some neighborhoods are far nicer than others. Too expensive, though.

Comment by Anti M on February 12, 2009 at 8:54pm

LOL, Hoppi, not mean .... savvy! I'm simply taking a dim view of medicine right now, Tricare has been annoying and my PCM has deployed. Which would be alright, but I have civilian contractors looking after me, and their bedside manner is lacking.

Intel-chips, yes, we are more than a little familiar with Hill. Hubby retired in 1997, they had him lined up for a couple positions, all of which were cut before he began working. My dad worked out there, but he'd been in Navy aviation, worked out there for 20 years.

Ectopic pregnancy ... they'd be all over that if that were the case, I'd think. I've had two. First one nearly killed me, but it didn't hurt until it burst, and even then it was killing me fast enough I was in surgery before I knew what happened. Good thing I was on base on duty, had I collapsed in my Japanese apartment in town, I'd more than likely have died. I am always willing to share the story, if it helps even one woman.

Comment by Anti M on February 12, 2009 at 1:55pm

Hoppi ... my sympathies, I've had the cysts and they hurt like buggers.

Although I am LOLing, gently and with a smile, at a second opinion and military doctors. Not always possible, unless things have changed. But if anyone would know how to make that happen, Hoppi would!

My hubby couldn't find work in electronics here (Utah), although we both had juicy job offers in the LA area and in Antarctica. LA? No, thanks. The South Pole? He has a genetic disorder which kept him from going (hemachromatosis). He ended up driving a semi, which he actually truly enjoys. But the retired pay ... that is a wonderful addition to our income.

Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on February 12, 2009 at 11:28am

Congratulations Military Mom - for those of us that have experienced a PIR - the memory will be with you for a long time.

Drawing rates out of a hat makes more sense than anything else we have heard! LOL Both are great rates and he will do fine.

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