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Comment by ML(02/922 PIR 4/13 on March 18, 2012 at 9:18pm

Thank you Fireteamleaderwife.  At least it makes me feel better that I'm not the only one who hasn't gotten a call from their SR.  I am counting on the "no news is good news".  I'm glad for this website.

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on March 18, 2012 at 8:17pm

That is funny mamabeans, i had never heard that before but I wish I had lol. My kids were always saying life wasn't fair. I always said whoever told you life was fair, lied. lol

Comment by mamabeans on March 18, 2012 at 8:02pm

I always told my son "Fair is where you take your pig to win a ribbon".... i miss him and this isn't "fair" to us LOL

 

Comment by ocMom (Ship 03 Div 118) on March 18, 2012 at 7:30pm

Wow diannep... Sounds so familiar! Funny how life treats us same in different areas of the country. Mom daughter had moved home after a breakup. She was working though.

Comment by diannep on March 18, 2012 at 7:15pm

ocMom:  Ahhhh.....on your comment about only 20 minutes of phone calls allowed because of some not behaving: "others were very mad that the ones who listen are the ones who got punished."  Hmmmm...seem to be the ways of the military in building teamwork.  They want them to understand that one person can cause disaster for the entire division in a real-life situation.  As I told my son, life is alot like that outside the military...certainly isn't always "fair."  But it sure is a hard concept to accept...since it just seems that if we do the right things, good things should happen.

Having said that...I'm so sorry that so many missed their calls, but this happens alot.  This also starts to prepare them for the long periods of little-to-no contact that can come when deployed on a ship.  But it isn't easy...for them or for the ladies waiting for those calls! 

TeacherMom:  Had to laugh at your comment:  ...I counted the days till he left and now I'm counting the days till I see him again! ~~~Yep, I can relate!  My son had enlisted up where he was living/working, and then moved home after enlistment for 10 months while in DEP.  He couldn't find a job during that time (economy had tanked by then).  Although we had some great times while he was here, there was also stress--too much "together" time---and he was used to living on his own for 2 yrs.  After I dropped him off at the hotel to meet up with his recruiter (my parents and I asked if we could come in to meet the recruiter, he said no....I think mainly because he didn't want to get emotional...just wanted the goodbyes to be over!)...well, as I drove away from the hotel....I held my tears until I dropped my parents off...then cried all the way home!  "Mommy hearts" just feel so deeply...even when times are rough!  But then I was like a giddy teenager waiting for PIR...drove my older son (who went with me) crazy...

But what to do?  That was my "baby boy" and I was just so proud!  Anyway...I so understand the up and down feelings! 

Comment by proudmom on March 18, 2012 at 6:37pm

For ship 04 div 119, is anyone interested in getting scarfs, the color teal has been suggested.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on March 18, 2012 at 6:35pm

No...I was a mess! But thank you! It's just that now...I am not going through it...and I have learned a lot more by staying on this site for the last year.

I did get a call at the end of week two as the Division had done so well on their first test. Then I think another later on. They were so up and down! Then no letters!  I was sad, hurt and then of course I decided to get a little mad too...until I could let it all out and have a good cry! Tension! I did a major no-no and fell apart on my poor hubby...he was deployed in Iraq! What could he do?! Major "not fair" as our men like to "fix" things and he could not! I of course had a lot of "humble pie" to eat! (Sigh)...we are all learning...

When my son called again I said, "Please send me something...I'll even take a piece of TP with an "X' on it!" At the time even though I had read a lot...I was "in it" and it was hard to grasp that he could not get just five minutes to stuff that TP in an envelope and mail it! He did apologize and I did get a very nice letter and my Questionnaire back. The first line of his letter was, "Now that I have something good to write." LOL

Here is what I did not quite grasp...

...He was sick for almost all of BC...got Pneumonia half way through.

...While I looked at it as an "adventure"...sure it was going to be hard...it was not exactly that! He struggled. First time away from home and first time doing somethig so big. I don't care what anyone says...this is a major decision and commitment. You're in. My son is a reservist but they go to the same BC and "A" schools. Plus, the stress levels and pressure to perform and perform well!

...I am a "girl" and I am emotional!

LOL

Comment by Teach on March 18, 2012 at 5:16pm

They are definitely wired differently, this one especially.  LOL  I counted the days till he left and now I'm counting the days till I see him again.  He is probably waiting until he can answer every question, like you said.  Some were questions that couldn't be answered yet.  Plus, he may be afraid to put it in an envelope for fear it will need 2 stamps instead of one, although it is just 2 pages long and every one of my letters has been 2 pages. 

I am thankful for the short notes we have gotten because I wasn't sure we would even get that.  I can't imagine going 6 weeks with nothing.  You are strong. 

Nobody knows what is going on in their heads.  I am just So SO SOOOO thankful to the Navy for starting this site so I can at least have some idea of what is going on.  By my counts, I believe 02/922 will be on 4-5 on Monday.  I'm hoping SR had his Wisdom Teeth cut out on Friday so he had the weekend to recouperate.  He was looking forward to the time to rest.

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on March 18, 2012 at 5:03pm

I lived vicariously for 6 weeks...did not get a letter until then...though I did get a few calls...but boy were those "up and down" for me!

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on March 18, 2012 at 5:02pm

That's just it...their "boys" ...they're "wired" differently. Yet most of our famous artists and chefs etc...are men!

My son did not send his back until near the end of BC...when he was "done" with most of the tests etc...could relax a bit I think and joke a little on it and most of all to be able to fill in that he had passed his PFA!

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