YIPEE!!! Just had a fabulous 25 minute conversation from my new sailor!! He was surprised I already knew. :) But then I told him all about you guys. Can't wait to meet you all. Congratulations to all!! :)
WE are Here !! In Chicago..on the hotel computer anxiously awaiting my call. Thank you all for posting...What a relief..It is getting very cold. It was chilly and slight flurries when we landed a couple of hours ago but the flurries stopped and the temperature dropped. Not too too bad but if you are out for a little while your face gets very cold..I am surprised that there isn't any snow to speak of..Thought there would be tons..nope...Is anyone going to be at the meet n greet who is staying at the Residence Inn? Lala is having ribbons sent there for me but I am not staying there and don't have a car. The ribbons will arrive thursday by 3 pm..Wondering if anyone staying there could bring them to the meet n greet for me... Congratulations Everyone !!!!
Oh Bonnie..Thank You. That would be great..I'm not sure if we are friends but I will try to contact you to give you my name..I'm going to try to figure this out...lol..not tech savvy...
Got my call, I was in the middle of my preschool class so it was hard to hear, he passed but he is sick so it was hard to know that he did all this while he has a temp, am praying for them all to stay awake until 9pm . he did tell a story where he took the final exam and then he had to go to his job before he knew the results, well his div. walked by and no one would look at him then the RDC told him he had failed it, he said he was beside himself as he has done so well up to that point, and no else could believe it, he stayed up all night re studying and when he went to retest they found out that when he had hit submit it had not gone through and they had never got the first test so when they found the first test he had passed so all that stress for nothing, but its behind him now and they are US SAILORS.I will pray for the SWCC that could be any of our guys or gals.
Do I hear a hooooooooooooooooooooyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa in the 01/07/2011 house tonight! GOOOO Navy! GOOOO moms and dads (gfs too) Im so happy and proud of yall its as if its all my kids hahaha.... I guess in a way they are since I have been here with you all since the week they left for BC. I remember being on Boot Camp Moms and finding you all (well some of you came here later!!!) And then here we have stayed.... for a two month plus roller coaster ride!!! Im sooo happy for all! Still praying for any who have to re-test... also remember those whose recruites had to be sent home in the beginning. God is SOOOO GREAT and Life is SOOO good. Yall that are already there keep posting as often as you can.... !!! HUGS great ladies!!! All my love!!!!
Got my call also!!! So excited!!! Need help tho. I need to call the training center because I never got my password to get my parking pass, anyone got the #??
Im cooking a nice dinner for my kiddos and parents before we take off to begin our journey to Great Lakes. Im reading your posts and crying happy tears!! Im so proud of all of us for sticking it out and getting through this chapter, being strong, breaking down, getting angry, being sad and mostly, laughing our butts off. Thanks to all of you, I have been stronger than I could have been. Im happy to know all of you and so ready to meet all of you. and im so WICKED proud of our Boys and Girls who have been a true inspiration in ways they will never know. They are truly our future. Safe travels to all of you, enjoy this moment..... its more special than we can comprehend right now. ((((HUGS)))) to all my wonderful family!!
i got my call as well, she started off like she didn't pass, my heart sunk, but then she fessed up. my yelling with excitement in a nail salon is not a good idea, everyone jumped as I started to cry. everyone was scambaling to get me a tissue. see u all tomorrow night. :)
Dot mom... if you are going to Meet n Greet... I know some will have extra passes there... you can get... I do not have the password but Im sure moms here will be happy to help you!!!!!!
Congrats to all of the new sailors! Safe travel for everyone....this time in two days, you will be exhausted from one of the most exciting days of your life! Such a great feeling! Bravo Zulu to all of you!
New SR Wife: When you check into Residence, they will give you a packet of info for restaurants and attractions in the area. If the pizza info is not on there, ask them at the front desk!
Okay!!! We got our call from our recruit! I can't believe how fast and how slow the time has gone. He sounded tired but really upbeat about this weekend and how close we got today (at the bottom of Illinois). Tomorrow should be about 6 or 7 hours to drive but I'll be on cloud nine so it won't bother me! I am sooooo proud of our guys and girls! See you tomorrow nite at the Meet and Greet, weather permitting!
I will print some extra parking passes and bring to the meet and greet. By the way, is that just for us moms or the family???? My car is packed and I am ready to leave in the morning. I am driving with my sailors girlfriend, and my boyfriend and ex husband are driving together and rooming together. The things we do for our kids! See ya tomorrow nights girls!!!
Great!! Not sure if the ex will come, but my boyfriend and the sailors girl will. I am so ready to hug that boy!!! Thank you for all your guidance and wisdom!! PRICELESS!!!!
Got my phone call about 3 minutes after I got out of work and accidentally hung up on him before I got to talk to him! I was devastated, but he called back! He said "I made it! I'm a Sailor!" He was soo tired. Been up since 6:00am yesterday. He said that they didn't make Hall of Fame, because they tied with another Div so that put each of them second, so no one got Hall of Fame this time. I told him that they all did good! Can't wait till tomorrow and this weekend. You all can talk to Lydia tomorrow night if she is at home during the MnG. If not whoever is still around the Ramada later, can talk to her. She is soo excited to hear from everyone!
Thanks! I will give him a couple of choices and see which one he would like to try. Have a safe travel everyone!!! See you either tomorrow or at PIR. Much love to everyone!!!
OK it'sofficial..Got my call yay !! We are all in Chicago and My Sailor called so I can sleep tight tonight...Aaaahhhhhh... Wishing safe travel for all ..
Leaving Richmond, VA at 9:15 am. Too excited to try to sleep right now.
Praying for everyone's safe travels tomorrow - these airlines will be so busy bringing families together!! So proud of all these sailors!! I can't wait to see everyone in uniform walking in together.
I have been an active member of this site since Spring of 2009. Recently Dot Mom inquiry about the parking pass within this group and in a Forum discussion. DO NOT SHARE YOUR PARKING PASSES. If a mom/dad has a RC at GL, he/she would have received a letter with the password and a link to print out the pass.
The following is what I posted to Dot mom. Again I apologize for alarming anyone if I have made an error in judgment with my concern. However, in your excitement, it's easy to forget rules of safety and security. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dear Dot mom,
I see that you are a member of the following PIR groups:
PIR 1-07-11
PIR 12/17/10
Alumni of PIR 11/23/10
On the PIR 12/17/10 group, you posted the following on the on December 9 at 4:03PM
"Question..... Am I supposed to have some type of a "parking permit or form" when I go to PIR???? Thanks in advance :) "
Betsy responded to you at 4:11PM the following:
"Dot Mom, yes your have to get your password off the orginal form letter that you received (within the week of them leaving for boot camp). Go to the Recruit Training Command page and then you can print it out.
Susan, I know what you mean. It's driving me nuts too!!!! "
On the PIR 1-07-11 group, you posted 6 hours ago:
"Got my call also!!! So excited!!! Need help tho. I need to call the training center because I never got my password to get my parking pass, anyone got the #?? Thanks for your help, gotta go pack!!" and
"Also, where do I click on parking pass??? UGH!!! too muchanxiety, lol"
You signed up to attend the PIR 12/17/10 Meet and Greet at Ramada Inn. Did you attend? Is there someone out there from the 12/17/10 PIR who met you? From you first inquiry about the parking pass you should know where to get the password in order to print out parking pass. So therefore, why are you inquiring about it again?
I sincerely apologize if there is a legitimate reason why you are members of both PIR groups. You questions are not adding up. The safety of our recruits and the training center is of utmost importance to all of us.
My son is an officer. He has been in the Navy for almost 4 years. The few times I didn't trust my instincts, I lived to regret it. Sincerely yours, BQBee
its almost midnite here in california, did get a call from my son today, so excited. He told me that the sailors have a "timed" hug--lol I understand though. I am leaving here in about 8 hrs. Drinking a cut of tea to help me sleep --LOL
Wow BunkerQUEENBee- thank you for the heads up! You are right we all should have access to the parking passes!! We are packing up the car and heading for Chicago. Praying for safe travels for all! See you tonight!!!
Have a Great time everyone and please be careful. I will keep you all in my prayers for safe travels and no bad weather. Congrats to all the Newest Navy Sailors Bravo Zulu
Morning all. Arrived in Great Lakes yesterday around 1:00 in the afternoon. Had just picked up our rental car and were putting directions in the GPS when our call came in. Sooo excited, we were afraid we would miss it while we were flying in but the timing couldn't have been more perfect. Our Sailor has "pulled duty" on Friday afternoon so he said we would'nt get but a couple of hours with him after PIR tomorrow (man that sounds so awesome to say tomorrow!), so he is treating us all to lunch at the KFC in Ricky Heaven, and some time at the NEX. Not exactly what we had in mind for a celebration on Friday, but we will have Saturday and Sunday to do things the way we had originally planned. Like Lydia, diannep and all the seasoned moms have said, in the Navy everything is subject to change on a moments notice. So we will just go with the flow and enjoy every minute we get with our new Sailor. Staying at the Residence Inn, it's awesome, even have a fireplace in our room which was a nice added surpise. Can't wait to see everyone a the Meet n Greet tonight at the Ramada. I keep pinching myself to make sure this all isn't a dream, hahaha
Enjoy, tnchell! So glad you like Residence...we had that fireplace on all of the time! So glad that you will have the rest of the weekend with your NEW SAILOR!
tnchell - how cute that he is treating yall to KFC !! awe!!! I think that will be exceptionally sweet and fun! Glad you will have two more days with him to continue the fun!
so our bus broke down after we drove at 5am to cleveland and standing out in the cold with 50 r people. mega bus couldnt tell us when or if it would come. I said to my husband we cant get in late .We'll miss the mng. So paid 4 parking loaded the fam nd lugguage in and started driving ourselves cancelled the rental and are currently about 140 miles out..So much for trying to save money. idk if we can get our money back or not . But it wasworth it.Sorry 4 the errors posting from phone. Snowing a good bit now. Hope for safe travel for all. See you all soon
we arrived about te same time as Dot mom and we introduced ourselves. It's been a great trip with my parents. We just finished eating some chicago dogs at bigg norm's... Very good!!! I'm happy to be here and tired as heck but ready for the M & G! By thhe way, that cake probably weighed 20 lbs and smeled so good!!! Can't wait to meet you all! And to my baby... MaMa is in town honey!!! LOL
navymom4e (ship12 div038)
Got the call- the stress is over!!!!! He said all divisions passed last night! Don't know about individuals...... 802/907/037/038!!!!!!
CONGRATS TO ALL OUR SAILORS!!!!!!
I can pack my bags now- ha ha!!!
See you all tomorrow night at the MNG or Friday at PIR
Thanks again to everyone- especially Lydia!
And of course my new friend sugarscoop!!!!
Who got the call as she was boarding her plane!!! YEAH!!!!!
Jan 5, 2011
AmyB
Jan 5, 2011
cb
Jan 5, 2011
NavymomGG
Jan 5, 2011
NavymomGG
Jan 5, 2011
cindy/ship04/div.802
Jan 5, 2011
Lydia (For B - The Sea is Ours)
Jan 5, 2011
Annie
Jan 5, 2011
Dot mom
Got my call also!!! So excited!!! Need help tho. I need to call the training center because I never got my password to get my parking pass, anyone got the #??
Thanks for your help, gotta go pack!!
Jan 5, 2011
AmyB
Jan 5, 2011
Dot mom
Jan 5, 2011
Kimber Ship 12 DIV 035
Jan 5, 2011
scuttlebutt1015
Jan 5, 2011
Lydia (For B - The Sea is Ours)
Dot mom... if you are going to Meet n Greet... I know some will have extra passes there... you can get... I do not have the password but Im sure moms here will be happy to help you!!!!!!
Jan 5, 2011
Lydia (For B - The Sea is Ours)
Jan 5, 2011
diannep
Jan 5, 2011
diannep
Jan 5, 2011
kimberli61
Tomorrow should be about 6 or 7 hours to drive but I'll be on cloud nine so it won't bother me! I am sooooo proud of our guys and girls! See you tomorrow nite at the Meet and Greet, weather permitting!
Jan 5, 2011
ericsmom (ship12 div033)
Jan 5, 2011
Lydia (For B - The Sea is Ours)
Jan 5, 2011
ericsmom (ship12 div033)
Jan 5, 2011
Lydia (For B - The Sea is Ours)
Jan 5, 2011
Jan (Ship 04 Div 802)
Jan 5, 2011
ericsmom (ship12 div033)
Jan 5, 2011
Annie
Jan 5, 2011
NavymomGG
Jan 5, 2011
scuttlebutt1015
Jan 5, 2011
diannep
Jan 6, 2011
becki(uss stockdale)
Jan 6, 2011
Val-ACD-(ship 12 div 034)
Leaving Richmond, VA at 9:15 am. Too excited to try to sleep right now.
Praying for everyone's safe travels tomorrow - these airlines will be so busy bringing families together!! So proud of all these sailors!! I can't wait to see everyone in uniform walking in together.
Jan 6, 2011
Ms. Ampi USS Germantown
lol... I feel the same. TOOOOOOOOOOOOOO excited to sleep. Boy were all going to have bags under are eyes, Well worth it!!
See you at the meet and greet.
Jan 6, 2011
BunkerQB
Dear Navy Moms,
I have been an active member of this site since Spring of 2009. Recently Dot Mom inquiry about the parking pass within this group and in a Forum discussion. DO NOT SHARE YOUR PARKING PASSES. If a mom/dad has a RC at GL, he/she would have received a letter with the password and a link to print out the pass.
The following is what I posted to Dot mom. Again I apologize for alarming anyone if I have made an error in judgment with my concern. However, in your excitement, it's easy to forget rules of safety and security.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dear Dot mom,
I see that you are a member of the following PIR groups:
On the PIR 12/17/10 group, you posted the following on the on December 9 at 4:03PM
"Question..... Am I supposed to have some type of a "parking permit or form" when I go to PIR???? Thanks in advance :) "
Betsy responded to you at 4:11PM the following:
"Dot Mom, yes your have to get your password off the orginal form letter that you received (within the week of them leaving for boot camp). Go to the Recruit Training Command page and then you can print it out.
http://www.bootcamp.navy.mil/upcoming_grads.asp
Susan, I know what you mean. It's driving me nuts too!!!! "
On the PIR 1-07-11 group, you posted 6 hours ago:
"Got my call also!!! So excited!!! Need help tho. I need to call the training center because I never got my password to get my parking pass, anyone got the #?? Thanks for your help, gotta go pack!!" and
"Also, where do I click on parking pass??? UGH!!! too muchanxiety, lol"
You signed up to attend the PIR 12/17/10 Meet and Greet at Ramada Inn. Did you attend? Is there someone out there from the 12/17/10 PIR who met you? From you first inquiry about the parking pass you should know where to get the password in order to print out parking pass. So therefore, why are you inquiring about it again?
I sincerely apologize if there is a legitimate reason why you are members of both PIR groups. You questions are not adding up. The safety of our recruits and the training center is of utmost importance to all of us.
Jan 6, 2011
BunkerQB
Sincerely yours, BQBee
Jan 6, 2011
zack'smom(ship 12 div 037)
Jan 6, 2011
becki(uss stockdale)
Jan 6, 2011
Lydia (For B - The Sea is Ours)
Jan 6, 2011
ericsmom (ship12 div033)
Jan 6, 2011
Kimber Ship 12 DIV 035
Jan 6, 2011
rickysmom0403(ship 12 div 034)
Jan 6, 2011
Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons
Jan 6, 2011
navymom4e (ship12 div038)
Getting ready to go to the airport!!!! See you all tonight or tomorrow!!
I am sooooooooo excited!!!
Jan 6, 2011
Lydia (For B - The Sea is Ours)
SAFE travels and hooo yaaa to you all!!!! Godspeed you to your destinations in safety and have a great time at MnG tonight and at PIR tomorrow!!!
Jan 6, 2011
tnchell (Vinson Mom/VFA-113)
Jan 6, 2011
diannep
Enjoy, tnchell! So glad you like Residence...we had that fireplace on all of the time! So glad that you will have the rest of the weekend with your NEW SAILOR!
HOOYAH!
Jan 6, 2011
Lydia (For B - The Sea is Ours)
Jan 6, 2011
AmyB
Jan 6, 2011
Dot mom
Arrived in Ill a little while ago, can't believe I'll see me daughter tomorrow!!!
Where do I go to print the parking pass???
Jan 6, 2011
Julie- (CVN 69 IKE)
Jan 6, 2011
Kimber Ship 12 DIV 035
Jan 6, 2011
AmyB
Jan 6, 2011