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Comment by mommom12 on September 26, 2012 at 5:56pm

We got letters today!!!!!!! So super excited. She says she's good and LOVES it!

Comment by mazzyhopefan (ship 14 div 367) on September 26, 2012 at 5:53pm

awwwww congrats boca! how friggin exciting!!!! so happy for you :)

Comment by Bocaestupida *Ship 14 Div 367* on September 26, 2012 at 5:33pm

I just got home and got a letter!! I read it out loud the first time because our daughter wanted to hear what he said ( I had to clean it up a bit, lol) and by the end I was bawling! It is hard to hear that things are so hard for them, but I know it will only get better. He said that they started getting mail last week and be didn't get any and it made him a little sad. It makes me want to write him 3 times a day to make sure that doesn't happen again! All in all, he said it was in the up swing, so that is good news! And he also told me he looks sexy in his uniform, lol

Comment by diannep on September 26, 2012 at 5:06pm

tehelilone:  He is in one of the last divisions in this group, so he would be the furthest back in training.  My guess is that he started training on Monday of this week.  So he may have just had a few processing days. 

All divisions should be in training week #1 now in this group.  Remember, there are 6 actual training weeks, and they become sailors on 6-5 (week 6, day 5).  Those are training weeks, not bootcamp weeks.  

If you want to know the actual week/day count your SR is on, ask in a letter for them to date their next letter and say what week/day they are on.  You can keep track that way.  Just remember that they move back a day after Columbus Day (and weekends/holidays don't count in their training day count).

Comment by ProudStepMom (Ship 11 DIV 364) on September 26, 2012 at 5:04pm

AMEN 1proudmama!!  i can't WAIT to see the man the Navy makes out of the boy who spent every minute worrying about video games and whose greatest effort in a day was showering -_-   IF i was lucky.

Comment by diannep on September 26, 2012 at 4:58pm

Juliette:  All of the SRs are there for different lengths of time before they are put into divisions.  So the processing days vary for them.  Processing days can be up to 2 weeks for some of them. 

I just know that the lower-numbered divisions should be on about Day 1-5 tomorrow....and the other divisions will be within a couple of days of that.

Karens:  Hmmm.....you might want to call a Navy Credit Union and explain the situation to see what they say.  I would think they can wait until he gets paid.  I have never heard of a family member having to add money to their account, so I really don't think you will have to do that. 

Comment by 1proudmomma(SHIP 13 DIV366) on September 26, 2012 at 4:54pm

FTLW- I need to talk to you about an OPSEC concern but I can't seem to message you through your page.

Comment by 1proudmomma(SHIP 13 DIV366) on September 26, 2012 at 4:53pm

When I am really missing my son I try to think about the changes that are occuring in his life right now.  My child who never has had a sense of urgency in his whole life, the one who has never moved with a purpose, the one who never picked up after himself without being made to.  I start thinking about how he stays up all night commanding on is military games and sleeping on my couch until noon, and how he has always lived on a competely different schedule then most of our families. And then I think about him getting up at 600 hours and making a bed so tight you can bounce a quarter on it, or how about ironing in the middle of the night?  The kid who is having to say yes sir alot.  I think about him scrubbing a toilet with a toothbrush and all of a sudden I am laughing instead of crying.  As a wife I think about all the times my husband throws his clothes on the floor instead of the hamper and leaves his stuff all over the bathroom.  The man who watches tv with his tongue hanging out if your not watching him.  Ladies our sons, boyfriends and husbands are learning how to take care of themselves and they are not mad at us because of it.  They are being well cared for at GL.  Although I miss my son terribly, he is becoming a man and  the navy is teaching  him things that no matter how hard I tried I was not successful at.  We love our boy so much my daughter drew a face on a paper plate and tacked it to a wall over the chair he sits at for dinner.  We chat and laugh with him every night.  My daughter is 20.  LOL   When your sad think of the good stuff.  We will see them again before we know it.

Comment by Juliette on September 26, 2012 at 4:35pm

Jodi - I was going to say something along those lines, but I was afraid of making anymore comments. I'm not here to offend anyone. Besides, we all might bump into each other at PIR, so the last thing I want to do is create an enemy here! Never my intention. But what you said makes perfect sense! It is a bit more tough on us....mom sends their boys out to become men, to become independent and learn to survive on their own - there's a difference connection there then there is with a husband/wife...girlfriend/boyfriend situation. Both nonetheless we're all together in grieving their absence....it's all the same.

Comment by Jodi-alumni Ship 4 on September 26, 2012 at 3:58pm

Karen and Juliette, maybe part of this may be that you are looking at it from different angles. Karen is a Mom and even though she cares deeply for her son, she knows that it is time for him to go out on his own and grow. Juliette is coming at it as a girlfriend/fiance (can't remember which, sorry) but it is time to become a couple and this is definitely not helping to feel that closeness. Us moms will always be moms no matter what, but this is a difficult time for girlfriends, fiances and wifes. It may be more stressful for them because they are beginning their lifes together. I hope I'm making sense here. Once you start getting letters, you will relax some. I know my son's girlfriend was on pins and needles until the letters started coming but its still harder on her than on me.

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