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Comment by Donna-Amanda's mom on May 31, 2011 at 11:35am

WOO HOO! Not only did I wake up to an e-mail from my daughter but she actually CALLED me while I was reading it. Said she can't wait to get to some cold weather but she started cranking today. She is working in the galley about 12hr shifts. She said the food is disgusting and it never changes from week to week. Wants to send me the money to drive her car to her in SD for homecoming. I will just fly home. So great to hear her voice. Despite it all says she still LOVES the Navy.

Iris- Happy Birthday to you!!! Celebrating 2 days in a row. Until I turned 50 we  used to celebrate for a week at a time. Gotta make up for those years you won't be able to. LOL

Mary- Sorry you weren't able to send the pictures of graduation. Would love to have seen them.

Nicole- Keep up the good work. Soon it will be your turn.

Mrs. B- Hope things continue to turn for the better for you guys.

AJ- Did you ever hear anything else from Aaron? Did he have appendicitis?

Talk to all later. Hope you hear from  your Sailors.

Comment by Mrs.B_Div 302_Ship9 on May 30, 2011 at 10:50pm

Happy Birthday Iris! I hope you had a great day. <3

Comment by nicole~a sailors girl(: on May 30, 2011 at 11:50am

HHAPPY BIRTHDAY IRIS :)

Comment by Donna-Amanda's mom on May 30, 2011 at 11:42am

Happy Memorial Day to all!

 

Happy Birthday Iris!

Comment by AJ on May 30, 2011 at 7:52am

♪ ♫ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ♩ ♬
♪ ♫ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ♩ ♬
♪ ♫ HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR IRIS ♩ ♬
♪ ♫ HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!! ♩ ♬

♪ ♫ LET'S ALL HAVE CAKE! (rainbow cake of course) ♩ ♬

 

❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤

Have a beautiful day Iris celebrating you!  We love you!

Comment by Dyl's Mom 943 on May 29, 2011 at 8:02pm

 

good job nicole!  keep up the good work on the grades!  keep us posted on the bf...

Donna...how awful about your brothers!   that's one of the reasons that it's taken me so long to let the hubby have a motorcycle.  not so much that he's a bad driver but people just don't see motorcycles sometimes.  my SIL has a brother in California who's been in a coma for years after his accident.  it's kind of scary.   we'll just have to be super careful...i don't really plan on any cross country trips. 

mary!  go get that phone!  make it an iphone so you can always access n4m's!  ha!   lol on the assless chaps!  that cracks me up!  

aj...no word from aaron recently?    let us know when you do!  just like bootcamp, hearing from anyone's kids was almost as good as hearing from your own! 

 

Comment by nicole~a sailors girl(: on May 29, 2011 at 5:32pm

AJ- I did extremely good on my finals ended up with all A's and B's. He has his 7 day indoc tomorrow and he's reeeeeaallly getting those excited nervous feelings. Im in need of a nap. Will check back soon! RSL

Comment by Donna-Amanda's mom on May 29, 2011 at 12:18pm

AJ, My daughter is 23. She has a twin sister and they are as different as night and day. My youngest brother died in his 20's. He was on the back of a motorcycle and a truck turned right in front of them and stopped. Needless to say the driver and  him died. My older younger brother was just fine. My dad went to breakfast one morning, came home and found him dead in the bathroom. He has a triple AAA (aortic abdominal aneurysm). He was 40. He was only 1yr 3days younger than me. It's been a long time now.

Yes, I get up every morning and head straight to the computer for an e-mail but nothing. That is totally her though. She will text her fingers off but no phone calls or e-mails. Yep, Amanda has been deployed about that long also. She left the first part of March. Would love to hear what she did at the ports she got to visit.

Hope everyone continues to have a safe, wonderful Memorial Weekend and gets to hear from their Sailors.

Comment by AJ on May 29, 2011 at 12:02pm

Part 2 of 2

Mary!  You have the dates for when Dereck will be home!  That is awesome.  Did you ever make those cake balls?  These young guys and their cars.  Aaron plans to buy something as soon as he returns from deployment too, or even sooner.  And of course, his tastes are expensive.  I guess he is lucky that he doesn't have a wife and children to support and that he can use some of his hard-earned money to buy something that he will enjoy.

Iris!  Converse Whore? Do they really sell 17 different colors of converse?  I really must go look online.  Your description of that first roller derby practice had me in stitches.  Owiee, just thinking about the butt aches from crouching and skating makes my butt hurt.  My hats off to you girl for this burst of free will  and butt pads ...... and she's ready for more!  I hope you are video documenting this.  If not, I volunteer to come and do so!  

Good to hear that Haley continues to do well in Hawaii.  Go figure that the new guy is friends with the other one.  I think it is so cool that she calls and wants to talk to you about all of the boy stuff .... to actually ask for your advice ..... I don't think I ever did that with my mother and she probably would have loved it.  My hats off to you yet again!  I shall leave my hat off in permanent salute to you from here on.  

Can't wait to see pictures of a) you in derby gear, b) video of you at derby practice, c) darling little racoons, d) iris's from the iris festival ....... and oh, anything else that we should know about.

Donna!  Your acronyms were hysterical.  I loved them.  I must remember those and am going to share them with my parents.  I'm sorry your daughter only writes when she receives a package, or needs something.  How old is your daughter?  I know I wake up every morning and just about run to my computer to see if I have anything from Aaron .... and I know I should stop looking for something as often as I do.  He has already been deployed over 3 months ... hard to believe.  I'm ready to start planning a 'return from deployment' trip.  Do you guys have the website for the company that makes free banners for such events?  If not, I'll go find it and send it along.

I did catch your post on FB the other day about how you lost two brothers.  That must have been so hard for you.  How old were you?  and them?  What happened?  If you feel up to it, share with us.  If not, I understand and give that girl of whatever age you were a big hug.  What a loss for a young one to endure.

d o!  Now you and Shelly can get matching t-shirts.  Shelly may need some tips.  Hope you and your Sailor are doing well and looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Nicole!  Thinking of you and your boyfriend as the days are winding down until he lives.  I know you are enjoying every single minute of your time with him.  Hopefully we will see you around here more after he is gone.  How did your finals go?  And your grades?  Do you have them yet for this semester?

I will come back for Part 3 in a bit, and catch you up from this side.  Loving you guys.

Comment by AJ on May 29, 2011 at 12:01pm

Part 1 of 2

Hurley!  I can't tell you how many times I've thought of you guys.  It does take us all back to our PIR day and seeing our guys and girls for the first time come walking through those garage doors.  I will never, ever, ever forget that feeling.  Your note last night brought tears to my eyes as well for the fierceness of that vulnerability of saying goodbye at the end of a lovely day together.  Sometimes there just aren't words for those moments, which come down to nothing more than pure love.  Maybe I could become an adoptive Coast Guard mom or something and start going to the graduations where so many don't seem to attend.  I can't imagine going through all of boot camp and feel so alone, to have no one be there to share my accomplishment with me .... to be proud of me.  It makes me tear up now.  I would so do it if I lived close enough to Cape May.  And speaking of Cape May .... I love it too .... and I want to buy the house next to Shelly's, next to Mary's, next to yours!  Okay?  We could be the next version of Desperate Navy/Coast Guard Moms of Cape May!  The mind reels with the possibilities there.  I have never watched a single episode of any of the Desperate Wives, but just the same, there might be a program here in the making.  

Reminding you to give Marc a hug from us. 

 

Shelly!  A new motorcycle after 22 years .... he must be smiling.  And yes, you should get some Harley gear ..... and again we want pictures of these alter personalities coming to light!   Chaps and tats will merely be next, but don't overlook the wisely chosen places for body piercings.  Dyl's won't recognize you guys when he comes home.

How cool that he got to be dropped onto his ship that way ... talk about first experiences ... I can imagine his excitement and I bet his eyes were w-i-d-e open (better than any amusement park ride ever!), or I suppose closed tightly shut.  In any event, it must have been a thrill.  I'm impressed with his ship having an AI contest ... I've heard of nothing like that out of Aaron's ship .... just Beer Day and a BBQ (which I'm confident was fun too).  As far as him reminding you to not put 'inappropriate material' into his e-mails, Aaron said the same thing to all of us.  I think they must pound that stuff into them when they arrive and scare the bejezzus out of them to comply.

Mrs. B! ... good to hear from you ... was wondering how things were going.  Sorry to hear you had the flu for so many days .... sometimes dealing with the stress of family can wear down one's immune system.  Treat yourself well ... drink plenty of water .... de-stress with TJ and Paul ..... and feel good for setting some boundaries with the fam ...... that is not always easy to do, but you've both been strong to stand up for yourselves, so I hope it brings you some space and greater peace.

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