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Comment by aveoamare(Ship02div925) on April 25, 2011 at 5:14pm

Thats what I'm thinking, he can pick it out when he has his credit card, this way I'm not responsible for messing it up.  I'm just scared he is going to start gaming again (We like to play World of warcraft together, but that is a HUGE time sink) and I don't know how to break it to him that I can't have him doing that stuff until after he gets done with school.

Comment by ebigirl on April 25, 2011 at 5:11pm

DefianceMom- LOL!! That's great!! I would love to be a fly on the wall when he powers that laptop on. Get your camera ready, the look on his face will be PRICELESS!!! I Love It!!

Comment by ebigirl on April 25, 2011 at 5:08pm

aveoamare: I think you are 300% spot on!! Price really isn't the be all and end all though. The amount of memory and the speed of the processor that the laptop comes with is the important part (for gaming). I would wait and look at them at the NEX when your at PIR.

Trust me, I'm married to a computer forensic investigator, let him choose which one to buy or you will end up with 2!! Not worth the upset and worry in my book.

Ebigirl

Comment by Defiance Mom on April 25, 2011 at 5:03pm

My son (that was always into gaming) never felt that a laptop was going to give him the performance he was looking for anyway.  He always built his own desktop computers trying to get the best sound card, processor, memory, etc.  We got my son a $1,500 laptop for $300 from my husbands work and feel that will be good enough.  These laptops come fully loaded with Microsoft programs, wireless internet, plenty of memory and disk space for most anything he should need.  I'm like you, I want him to have a computer, I want him to be able to use it to help keep in touch with us and friends, I want him to have fun with it, but we don't want it to have the ability to distract him from what he needs to accomplish.  As I mentioned once before, he should be happy with it and it will make him smile when he boots up the laptop and it has the Navy Wallpaper as his background and plays Anchors Aweigh!

Comment by aveoamare(Ship02div925) on April 25, 2011 at 4:53pm

Got a letter from my hubby too, he is asking for me to get him a laptop.  I told him I'd get him one, but he wants a gaming laptop and I'm kind of nervous to get him anything that could distract him from his schooling...but I don't want him to be disappointed when I get him something less expensive.  What do you guys think?

Comment by SailorsPrincess on April 25, 2011 at 4:43pm

I was SOOOOO excited to see the pic of 809! It was right as I was opening my letter from my SR! I was like in tears!

Comment by kim12div160 on April 25, 2011 at 4:34pm

yep there are random pics up, looks like the have 159,160 & 809...great to see a peek of our SR!!!!

Comment by Chrissy (Ship 12 Div 159) on April 25, 2011 at 3:49pm

There's a picture of 159 on the facebook site!!!

Comment by aveoamare(Ship02div925) on April 25, 2011 at 2:58pm

I know that book, I have it memorized, "I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living, my baby you'll be." 

 

I HATE that book, makes me cry every time.  My mom and I used to be in tears reading it.  LOL

Comment by Dsmom(ship02/div925) on April 25, 2011 at 2:33pm

Good Afternoon everyone.  I hope you all had a wonderful Easter yesterday.  I did miss putting an easter basket out for my SR yesterday but I saved a chocolate bunny for him to bring to PIR. :)  I've been away for a week so I'm just catching up, but I got a letter last Monday and my son sounded so good and very proud of himself.  He said he has a couple good friends, one from Boston and one from Staton Island.  He gave me there last names but I won't put them on here.  So, if you're SR is from one of those areas, send me a note.  He said he's alittle sad that he made good friends and has to leave GL for A school in TX.  He's a section leader because he's done well with inspections and what made me really smile was that his last sentence was "I'm doing really good!"    

I also wanted to add that I was in the Navy for 8 years and know what it is like to be in bootcamp and then away from family and friends for months or years at a time.  If it helps any of you moms, wives, gfs or dads, the people you meet in the Navy become your family and friends and really help make your life awhole lot easier when you're away from home.  The Navy kept me really busy with training and I hardly ever had down time to really think about missing home.  What helped me get through was knowing my family and friends really supported me and told me how much they were proud of me and loved me.  I think this is alittle easier for me to handle because I know what he is going through and know what got me through.  As his mom, I know this is the best thing he could have done for himself and his future and his future family.   For me, the experience hasn't compared to any other experiences I've ever been through.  I think for the young sailors joining today, the military is a major adjustment but well worth the ride! 

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