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Permalink Reply by Deneen(Nurse McGyver) on
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sh 02/div 902, no call, no letter this week. I gave up!
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Permalink Reply by Sandy-SailorMom on
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I know how you feel the same thing for me its terrible. I just want to hear his voice and know that he is OK. I find myself thinking about him all the time and crying. This is the hardest thing that I have been through. When is your recruits PIR?
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Permalink Reply by Labmom39 (Lori E.) on
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Me too Sandy! I go spastic if my phone is not within my reach for a second. My 13 year old has a history of "BORROWING" it without asking. She thinks I am nuts when I get panicky if my phone is not on me at all times!
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I know this is terrible I miss him so much. I take my phone ever place with me its never out of my sight I fear if I am not able to see it I may not hear it ring! Every so often I pick it up to be sure its working how crazy right.I saw that other groups made some calls Friday so I was hoping that I would receive one over the weekend when I didnt I was so upset I went to bed at 9:00 and cried . I miss him terribly and just want to hear his voice so I know he is OK . They are going through so much now both physically and mentally it is a whole new world for them. I know they miss us very much as we do also. when does your recrut graduate?
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Got my call from my SR in Div 008 today, just about an hour ago! And I didn't cry until I was about to say goodbye. :) He's doing great, the other folks in his DIV are cool, and he's really looking forward to PIR. This is 'learn to handle a gun week', as he called it. (Which thought made me cringe, my 'baby' with a big gun in his hands, but I knew it would come.) He said he had an hour from 4-5pm EST to make calls, so I talked to him for as long as I could (I was at work) and told him to call his dad.
And then I cried and laughed at the same time for about five minutes - he's doing well, he's got a little ricky crud but not much (and was taken aback when I called it that!), hasn't heard anything about ordering unit pics yet (you know I got that 'remember to order the pics for me!' in there!), sounds positive and enthusiastic and like he's doing great.
He said they got fitted for their dress blues and dress whites, but he's so tall they have to special order stuff for him. And his dress blues are wool, to which I'm allergic, and that's what he'll be wearing at PIR - so I'm going to have to take serious prophylactic measures in order to hug him. :)
Keep the faith, keep the phone close, and watch for that call from 847 area code or Illinois - he called me from 847-689-3014, which must be one of the payphones at NEX. He misdialled at first and the phone ate 35min as his calling card/payphone surcharge. Good thing they seem to sell cards at the NEX... -
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Got my call too! She is amazing. She sounded great!!! She just talked and talked and talked and I couldn't get a word in edgewise! I can't wait until PIR!
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Permalink Reply by kfell3 on
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awe, that sucks that that ate up his minutes.. but great that you got to hear from himm.. is your son in ship 09 division 008?
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he is! He said they finally got pics taken recently, and I think I found a pic of him in a learning lab on the RTC Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/notes.php?id=324592704650¬es_tab=app...!/photo.php?fbid=172580649425566&set=o.324592704650
If I'm right, he's the recruit closest to the camera with the dogeared book in front of him. -
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