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Comment by Arwen on December 29, 2010 at 3:31am

Something to consider if your recruit will be GnG and shipping out to another city: PIR is 3 hours of sitting alone in a big building, watching and listening to a pretty show, but there is no contact with
your sailor. They can't even make eye contact. Then you get 15 minutes
with your sailor before s/he has to leave.

 

Instead, order the PIR DVD, and fly to the city where your sailor will be going to school. Meet them there and spend the weekend with your loved one.
It will be far more meaninful, and more worth the long trip there.

 

Your new sailor may not be able to leave base that weekend, but you can spend two full days with them on base. Most bases have theaters,
lounges, and resturants on base, there is plenty to do.

Comment by Arwen on December 29, 2010 at 2:57am

13 is a lucky number, at least in my family. My grandparents were married on October 13, at 1 pm (1300 military time), it took them 13 hours to drive to their wedding, and they sent out 13 wedding announcements, which cost 1 cent each ($13 cents). They have 13 grandchildren, and, at the moment, 13 great-grandchildren.

 

They celebrated their 71st anniversary in October, and are showing every sign of both making it to 75.

Comment by exxie on December 28, 2010 at 11:36pm

Hi everyone!  Just spent a little over an hour catching up with all the posts here!  I have been (subconsciously) deliberately avoiding this site since Christmas Eve, I think.  Keeping myself busy and trying to ignore the missing Prince.  Feeling much . . ummm . . better today and now I wish I'd been reading all along.  This group is amazing!!

I'm so excited to have discovered a few folks whose recruits are also in my son's division, so that's fun.

Haven't gotten any correspondence yet except the form letter, but didn't expect it either.  No worries there.

My big surprise is Arwen's timeline.  Since The Prince is in the 13th division (of the 13th training group -- no bad omens allowed!!), it looks like he won't have his Day 1-1 until TOMORROW!!  Holy smokes!  And here I've been imagining he's already deep into things.  LOL  Well, as Arwen and others have pointed out, he'll be very skilled in the basics, which is great!

Can't wait to meet everyone in February.  Will be bringing hubby, sister, and Nana.  And we're driving up from Florida, but will certainly take advantage of the hotel shuttle (looking like we'll book at the Ramada -- save some room for us!!)

Comment by Sailor's Wife 64 on December 28, 2010 at 11:17pm

I type my husband's letters each night and mail them the following mornings. at the post office. I go through my day, give him some encouragement and just type what's on my mind. Then I always do a photo of the day which is either of something that I did that day or just a photo from our past. I also do a "final thought" at the end which is only a few sentences in case he only gets enough time to read a few sentences and not the whole thing.

 

My first letters were overweight so I'm glad I took them inside the post office. Now I shrink the margins, shrink the font, and print double sided so they will fit under the regular rate :)

Comment by shetaz5360 (ship09 div078) on December 28, 2010 at 10:34pm

mustangmom... what day are you on? 

Comment by MustangMom (Ship03, Div 080) on December 28, 2010 at 10:09pm

Just got the guts to go into my sons room tonight and clean and straighten things up.

Boy way that hard. Have been having a long hard cry:(

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on December 28, 2010 at 10:06pm

I bought stationary at Staples that had a washed or water marked looking American Flags on the paper and envelopes. It didn't cause a problem when writing my sailor. If it worries you you could just get the stationary and use plain envelopes. The RDC's don't watch them open them unless they look like they have something in them.

Comment by MountainMama(ship3 div081) on December 28, 2010 at 9:51pm

That's what I was thinking.  I expect the best but you always got to have a plan b.

Comment by shetaz5360 (ship09 div078) on December 28, 2010 at 9:50pm

itsmewendee... LOL when I took our first letters on Monday.. I went inside and personally handed them to  the counter clerk.... told her I did not want to put them in a box.  I agree with typing... I work on computers all day and the free writing seems to work out easier for me.  I made address lables for him and return lables for us so he would not have to fill out the envelope each time and I sent stamps.  Hubby and I split up the stuff so one letter was not so full.... we are flying in Milwaukee and then driving to Waukegan cheaper flights and it is only about 40 miles so that is no biggie... we are gonna fly in on Thursday and leave on Sunday.

Comment by kandio(ship 3 Div 081) on December 28, 2010 at 9:44pm

 took my sons car to car wash today and cleaned it all up(We live in WI) so was full of salt and sand, think I could of washed it with my tears, cleaned all his stuff out missing him very much! 

Just gotta book Hotel and wait for Feb!

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