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Comment by Jody Gault on May 25, 2009 at 9:54pm

Maryellen so sorry your daughter got sick. I guess that's normal though from what I hear. I'm not sure about the other things you're talking about so much since our kids are in different specialities (we tend to only know about what our own are in-at least I do) but it sounds like she's doing well.

Yes, here in Orlando we've had all that same rain too with a tornado tossed in on Thursday. I think on Friday they said we'd had 9 1/2" at that point and it was still raining. I guess the whole state has been like this as my father in law is in Punta Gorda and he's echoing our same thoughts. Perhaps it's in preparation for the 'Arc' remake-haha.

Comment by Jody Gault on May 25, 2009 at 8:33pm

Aww, Gail, I know you're sad. I just think it now comes with this new territory that we've all embarked upon. Hubby said he shed a tear last night saying goodbye to Justin but that Justin was smiling and okay. It's so awfully hard our kids not being in the same city with us. I did it to my parents, so did my brother, I guess it's now our turn-guess that's called our kids spreading their wings and growing up. Doesn't mean that we have to like that though, huh?

Comment by Jody Gault on May 25, 2009 at 7:21pm

Happy Memorial Day everybody, we can be thankful to our children even more today for what they're doing.

My husband arrived back from WA on a flight this morning. He said it was very hard saying goodbye to Justin and leaving him there. He got choked up. Justin was fine, he just smiled. Mike said the room is very nice that it's pretty big and he doesn't have a roommate now just shares a common bathroom with another guy. I'm hoping they got Justin's room fixed. I guess there is no airconditioning there and the heat wouldn't shut off. It was horribly hot. Justin kept the hotel room as long as he could today. He reports for duty (or whatever) tomorrow at 7am. His recliner was broken as was the tv. But hopefully the inspector takes care of it. He did take his own HDTV out there though. They'd taken loads of pictures on the trip and a bunch were lost unfortunately. Well that's the update on our sailor.

Comment by Jody Gault on May 23, 2009 at 1:35pm

Justin and my husband arrived in Whigdby Island, WA yesterday. They'd been driving there since last Saturday. They stopped in AZ to see my hubby's cousin for a few hrs then they stopped northern AZ to see hubby's brother and sis in law for a few hrs. Then onward they went. They stopped in SanDiego to see Justin's 2nd cousin whose stationed there with the Navy and shipping out this weekend. Did sightseeing all along the way. Then they stopped in northern WA state to see hubby's cousin at the restaurant he owns that he's not seen in approx 20yrs. This restaurant was right on the water with orca whales outside swimming as they dined-how cool! Justin checked in yesterday and doesn't have to report until Tuesday morn. Mike will prob leave tomorrow night on the redeye flight back home because the flights Monday look too full (we fly free but it's standby). I'm sure Mike will experience (and maybe Justin too) the emotions that I did when they left since Justin will now be all alone once again. None of his buddies got shipped to WA. He intends to fly to SAN for weekends sometime to see 2 of his buddies that got shipped there (Justin flys free under my pass until he turns age 24). The Navy Lodge hotel where they're staying, Mike said, is very plush and $60 per night. This has been a great bonding trip for the 2 of them, I'm sure. They took over 200 pictures along the way and saw many things. Hubby was welcomed to WA state by getting a speeding ticket 10 mph over. He was angry because everybody was passing him like he was sitting still and he was nice to the officer but told him it was because he wasn't from WA that he pulled him over because he knew he couldn't contest it.

Comment by Jody Gault on May 23, 2009 at 1:35pm

Gail-I know how you're in pure heaven as I type this. Tears me up just thinking about it! Happy Memorial Day mommas....now we really can think of it as more personal because we have our sailors now.

Comment by Jody Gault on May 21, 2009 at 9:49pm

Gail, have a wonderful, fantastic, stupendous, etc. etc. visit. I know you will. Now don't hug him so hard that you pop his head off-teehee. I know you are crawling out of your skin right about now. No sleep for you tonight if you're anything like I am. I get so wound up I can't wind down (sleep). You all have a nice holiday weekend. My daughters and I will be alone as Mike is out in Washington state with Justin. They just got there today. Have been driving, visiting with relatives along the way and sightseeing too since Saturday. I sure miss them both. Makes me appreciate my hubby a lot more too, I'll tell ya-I didn't realize how much he really does.

Comment by Jody Gault on May 18, 2009 at 7:36am

Thanks for your kind words, Maggie. I know we all miss our kids terribly. I just wasn't sure if I was the only world's biggest baby out there-haha. Funny how it only seems to effect moms. I'll bet, however, that when my husband leaves Justin to fly back home that he'll be a little emotional. I'm happy that Jesse and Justin were buddies too. Justin will know not a single soul when he goes to WA. Starting all over again. But I know he'll be fine in making new friends. While he was home he went to the recruiters office and got one of his best friends here signed up for the Navy. The kid isn't liking college so much so he switched his life path. It sucks that they don't get referral bonuses now only when they were in bootcamp, I think Justin said. Take care all.

Comment by Jody Gault on May 17, 2009 at 7:26am

Gail-yeah the girls and I start laughing every time we replay that ole guy pedaling fast. Worse yet it's the second time it's happened to him (you'd think he wouldn't ride past our house). I was going to go and apologize to him but then thought he'd chew me out so I let it go. She got out of the house about a week ago at the very time he was bicycling by. That day I didn't laugh.

I thought so, that all moms go thru the same as I do. I know you are busting with excitement counting down the days. Quick visit but anything is better than nothing. You know no matter how long of a visit it's never long enough. These 2 weeks Justin was home felt like he never left. Like I say, we were a whole family of 5 again. I'm sure we will go out to WA-I just don't know how soon that can be. My hubby can tell us all about it when he returns.

Yes the Buca here is set up the very same way. I've never been taking thru a tour of a restaurant and thru the kitchen before like that. Very unique. They told me to request the kitchen table for our next visit.

Comment by Jody Gault on May 16, 2009 at 10:14pm

Well Justin and his dad left at 4:30pm today for their drive to Washington state for Justin's assigned duty station-he has to report next Saturday. Mike is prob going to spend the holiday weekend with him and then fly back home. Justin was home for 15 days. I did, as usual, bawl after they pulled away. Then to top it off our dog broke her leash and ran after them then chased this poor man on a bicycle. Here I am crying and laughing at the same time. My daughters and I felt bad for the man who feared a crazy dog chasing him but it was an older man and he was pedaling fast. You had to have seen it. I really did feel bad for his fear but I had a flood of emotions. The girls were laughing hysterically. Our dog got put in her kennel for her time out. She's friendly but when she's barking and chasing the people don't know that.

Soooo are all other mommas just like me? My girls don't cry on goodbyes anymore and assure me that we can still talk to him. Me, I always cry. This was a bad one though. I'm thinking it's a mommas burden to be the emotional ones. Let me know.

So for our therapy we 3 girls went shopping then afterwards went for the first time to a restaurant I'd been wanting to go to called Buca Di Bepo (if you have one in your area I highly recommend it). Hubby would never try it. It was fantastic. We're going to take him and father in law there as a surprise for fathers day.

Comment by Jody Gault on May 10, 2009 at 8:43am

Happy Mothers Day ladies. Please enjoy your day to the fullest-you deserve it.

Justin bought a car last night for his WA drive to his first duty station. He got a 2008 Huyndi Solantra Limited-you talk about a nice car. He wanted to buy it on his own but that couldn't happen since he'd not been in the Navy for 1 year and he had no credit so a co-signer was needed. He kept his convertible to give to his sisters. My car troubles ended Weds. (my own car was totaled). I got a 1999 (we buy older cars so there's no loan) Chrysler 300M-it's fully loaded too and looks brand new. Nice Mother's day present for us to both have found cars and for Justin to be here. His time home is racing by. He leaves next weekend and I have to go to Atlanta this Weds-Fri (I don't want to but must for work).

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