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Comment by ladydi on July 16, 2010 at 9:10pm

We got a deal at the Hilton Garden Inn in Mettawa for $79 a night and includes breakfast but you have to ask for it when you call. I called the hotel directly. The price wasn't advertised but the concierge told me it was a special for Navy Graduation.

Comment by AlabamaNavyMom(ET2) on July 16, 2010 at 9:02pm

I got a 25 minute call today. It was the greatest ever - he misses music and fishing but sounds like he is doing good. He said he was Grad-N-Go even though he is staying at Great Lakes. He said the next guaranteed call is the one after Battleship.

Comment by TxNavyMom Ship 06 Div 940 on July 16, 2010 at 8:51pm

Hey everyone just wanted to say I GOT MAIL I couldn't be more excited I am still waiting for a phone call but getting mail is awesome. Making arrangements for the trip to the Greatlakes anyone have any suggestions on where to stay I have flight arrangement frequent flyers point went along way.....

Comment by diannep on July 16, 2010 at 8:19pm

JD's Angel: I too sent mine self addressed envelopes, paper....but he wrote me on the Navy stationery and mailed in the Navy envelopes.

Comment by JDs~Angel~ (RCU) on July 16, 2010 at 7:49pm

did any of you all send your Sailor stationary? My first letter came to me on Navy paper.... my first pack of letters I sent had about 10 sheets of blank paper and 2 stamped envelopes and a pen.

Comment by Amber-Brad's mom on July 16, 2010 at 6:59pm

dmc20-congrats on your call. I got 3 letters in the mail today (my questionaires I sent him). He says he our div mailman :))) does anyone have a son/bf/hubby named Brandon, I have the last name but will not post it here. He seems okay. Loves all my mail :))) and pics. Says he sleeping well, even if the beds are uncomforable. wants to see a movie and go to the Aquarium on liberty weekend. hope they did well on thier test today.

Comment by dmc20 (ship 7, div 282) on July 16, 2010 at 6:13pm

I got a call today!!!! First it lasted 2 minutes and I thought aww well I least I got to hear his voice then he called back saying they got 5 more minutes which turned out to be 18 more! :) I'm on cloud 9 right now!! He says he loves it there!

Comment by diannep on July 16, 2010 at 1:45pm

Amber: PFA is Physical Fitness Assessment. It includes all that Sailor's Sweetheart mentioned andI would guess the swim portion is a part of that too.

Comment by SOBE,PIR 6/4/10 IT Mom, Italy on July 16, 2010 at 1:13pm

Hello PIR 8/20, I'm trying to catch up on all the posts, but you guys are too active!!! I was offline for 2 days because my husband had emergency surgery - all is fine now, but it made me realize what a N4M addict I am!

Don't worry about the Zip + four number on your letters, the Zip code you need to write, but the + four digits are often wrong. My son's letters had a new one almost every week - so I just wrote the Zip code.

Tips he gave me for envelopes: Don't use those sticky address labels, because they sometimes fall off. Brandon's GF and I used pre-printed return labels with our own address and one fell off - they were reluctant to give him the letter, but he recogonized her handwriting (his address) and was able to show that he knew the sender. May sound strange, but they don't want recruits to receive letters without knowing who sent them. The Navy doesn't need to know you sent them, the recruit does. Sometimes people like to send harrassing letters and this way the recruit can see who the sender is and chose not to read that letter. This happened in my son's division, so I'm speaking from experience.
Best advice is... type or hand write their address and your return address on the envelopes. And as far as the letters go, I always TYPED mine - it was easier for him to read at night (and my handwriting isn't the best!). I always signed it myself and added little last minute comments. I printed two copies of each letter - one to mail to him and one to save. One of the moms in our PIR group had her computer crash and all the letters she had saved were lost. I liked to read the letter I sent the week before on the day I thought he would receive it - I know, I'm kinda strange!

Comment by JDs~Angel~ (RCU) on July 16, 2010 at 12:24pm

Yeah I put 3401 on my envelope.. the post office doesn't require that YET and probably not while our loved ones are at BC, but it's probably good to get in the habit of it. (Remember that's just for Ship 7, Div 283). Double check the lines in your form letter to be sure.

I don't know what is in the PFA test for Boot Camp but the ones he had to do at MEPS were situps, pushups and running all in a specific amount of time. I hear the PFAs are a bit more, but I don't know. Someone here might know for sure!

I tried logging in here before I went home for the evening (I use my grandma's computer because I don't have internet at home) and it was down. I twitched!!! I can't believe it. *LOL* Being here has been very comforting so yeah, I was a little edgy about it. haha! How quick we fall into it. :D

I hope their test goes great!!!! I'm still keeping my fingers crossed!!!!

Oh and the first surprise I have for my Sailor when I get out there for PIR is that I'm taking him to UNOs for Pizza!!! He loves pizza and steak so yeah... :) I haven't told him in a letter yet though. Hehe.

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