PIR 4/8/2011 Alum Group!

Thought you'd all appreciate my son's opening line: Every night we have to get an hour long massage and it is hard to squeeze in any letter time between the five course meals and the bubble baths. Of course there is always cocktail hour, but it would be rude to the attending females to ignore their company as they are taking time out of their busy modeling schedules to lift the morale of us strapping young recruits...Ha! He wishes!!

hahahaha MamaSeal!  Love it!  What a dreamer......

Jimscupcake - I would break that pact in a heartbeat!  

Keep telling me what those boys say since my son told me he is sleeping when he is horizontal!

mumzipooh~I think you are right~it sounded so good when I presented it...but that was when I thought dad might get to the mail first...now I think it will be me, and I dont know how/what i would do with a letter staring me in the face!  Luckily, we work at the same place, although hubby is usually "out in the field".  "Oh, please come tomorrow little letter...when we are both home!!"

MomaSeal, your son is a riot. It is so good to hear he is so upbeat this early in the journey.

I saw someone posted that they posted on facebook for their SR's friends to send letters. That is awesome. I did that as well. Just make sure you post on there that they cannot send musical cards or care packages. :-)

Got letter today.  My son is actually asking for us to cut back on letters.  He is worried he will be signaled out because he received 5 out of the 10 letters the Division received.  Too many extended family.  He sounds really upbeat.  He is enjoying the RDC's type of humor.   It is so reassuring to know that he is doing well.  He did not have any negative comments about BC.  Looking foward to more mail from him. 

No, he's not a comedian, but he has a great sense of humor. Guess you have to laugh when you've had very little sleep!  I sure hope the rest of you get mail soon!!

It made me laugh and cry to get such a  long letter!  Only 40 days to go Mamas!

It does seem where you live decides when a letter might arrive assuming your recruit has written. My son mailed his letters at the same time and his dad in the detroit area got his yesterday, mine arrived today in Florida. If your on the west coast I can see it taking a bit longer. Checking the mail and not getting a letter was an awful feeling and my husband new it was starting to weigh heavily on me. So when he walked to the mailbox today he was praying and hoping something came for him to give to me or he didn't know what he was gonna do.LOL. He said I darn near considered writing a letter myself from my son if one didn't come. He was sad that I was sad. I think what I learned from this experience though is the only thing that changed was I was more informed. My son was still at boot camp, just like I knew, he was not being discharged for anything, just like I knew because I didn't get a call, and he was being taken care of..which we all know the Navy takes care of our boys and girls. I am hoping if another letter don't come soon, I can remember these things and try not to point my nose at the mailbox obsessively like a beagle on the scent of a rabbit....It was terrible. So mom's be encouraged..you already know your babies are in good hands, wait patiently...it'll come!

That will be so funny momma2- be sure and let us know his response :-)

I think I would keep writing every day even if they say to cut back on them. The first few days they receive letters I am sure they get more. My sailor got 11 one day and 1 the next. She said she was disappointed to only get one lol. So she re-read all the ones she got the day before.

No letter today : ( ...checked with the girlfriend-none either. Hopefully this weekend...

But I did mail another letter today.

mamaseal....I thought I'd die when I read what your son wrote. What an wonderful sense of humor!!  I'm sure he never, in his wildest dreams, thought so many people would get to truly appreciate that. Thanks so much for sharing!

Denise...y'all...well, you are just a love. You surely are! (((HUGS)))

To you all who got letters and are feeling so much better, oh gosh , I'm just so happy for you. How very relieved you all must be. Yes, you knew they were okay, but hearing something from them just verifies that, doesn't it?

To those who didn't receive letters today...I'm mourning right alongside y'all, but sincerely hopeful that we will get our letters soon. May they be every bit as uplifting as we need them to be! ((((((HUGS))))))  to my sweet Navy moms!

OK Ladies - you know I am a little cheerleader here - we have a chance to be a blessing to someone - here is a post from bootcamp moms - we can do this!

Comment by Kathy (Ship 07 DIV 114) 3 hours ago

We have a SR in my son's division that hasn't gotten a letter yet!  I'm on a campain to get this young man as many letters as possible!  I guess their divison is having a contest to see who has the most letters at the end of basic.  I think it would be great if the so far letterless SR won!  Friend me and message me if you would like to join the letter campain. 

Thanks!!!

Got my blue star flag today.  I'll proudly display it in the front window for all to see :)

If anyone is interested here's the link www.mybluestarflag.com .  It's free and a great way to show support of our loved ones who will be serving.  Talk to ya all later :) 

Here's the link to the RTC FB page...

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/NavyRecruitTrainingCommand