ship 03 Division 238 graduation date July 9 2010

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Hi................well, I signed on to this site when my son left early part of May & have not been on since. Now that I am understanding everything & getting excited for Graduation & seeing my son, I was seeing if anyone else has a son or daughter graduating this same day? So many different emotions I have been going through......miss him like CRAZY!!!! He is doing amazing though!! Hope all you other moms are doing well!!

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HI ladies.........ahhhhh, long day. Its almost midnight & hoping to get a decent nights sleep. I started getting sick a few days ago & now its turning into a bad bad cough. Just got in from work but wanted to say a quick hello. My son was feeling under the weather this last week. He always has alot of smile faces on his letters, this one I got today had only one. He did say the food was starting to taste bland. He said that "todays lunch turns into tonights dinner" :0( He is ready for some home cooking!!! Goodnight Momto & sailersangel!

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Thanks Cathy. I just got back from the Dr. & he put me on an antiobiotic. Hopefully in a few days I'll feel like a new person. Have a great day today, just leaving for work.Oh Justins letter said that they lost another one in their division. Now there is only 65. Monday they had live fire with the 9 mm & their drill inspection was on Tuesday & their test 2 on Wednesday. He also said the will be starting firefighting soon. He said their pictures are this week which we will get on Graduation.Oh and they had Marlinspike on Tuesday. bye again for now

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Oh your so welcome. Glad you are starting to feel better. Hopefully your letter will come soon.
Marlinspike - A life size, model ship where Recruits practice mooring, line handling, putting out to sea and other aspects of Basic Seamanship. Its a 3 day event. Oh like they also do man overboard. I hope you had a great day. Im heading up to bed...just got home from work. good night! Hi sailorsangel!!

[SailorsAngel21]

Hey Ladies sorry I didn't write, busy. Anywho, I'd imagine the three of them would get along great, since they all have sports in common, Chauncey is 21 he LOVES basketball. I think they already did the Marlinspike, Chauncey told me he was the Boats-mate, he made all the announcements of the ship and stuff. I hope you guys are feeling better, I had mono not long ago and orange juice helped give me a boost of energy to get me thru work, might help you guys too. They also learned to shoot a shotgun, he was telling me about the impact of it, he thinks it's so cool though. boy's, LOL! Did you get your letters yet? I got mine on Thursday.
I wrote to Chauncey and told him that I know Frank's And Justin's mom's. It's funny 'cause he didn't tell me that the DIV. has been getting IT, I asked him what it consisted of, I would die, 100 4's of jumping jack's 8 counts of sit-ups, push-up, sharks and mountain climbers. I told him he can't hide these things from me, cause I have my sources now, LOL! Chauncey doesn't say a lot about whats going on because he's been keeping a journal in his phonebook so I can read it and know what was going on, when. he calls it "Katie in a notebook" cause he feels like he's talking to me, LOL. I can't wait to read it. He talks about some close friends, I don't know they're names, I asked though awhile ago so I should know in his next letter.

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HI...............I know the feeling. I have been so so so so so busy. My other teenagers & I are like hardley home. I have also been working extra days to save some $$ for our trip. Im feeling a bit better. The antibiotic is starting to help. Thanks :0). I did get another letter today, so one was on thursday & one today, Saturday. I was reading on the PIR group discussion blogs (ya know the division thats kicking everyone's butts... lol) that that division has gotten extra phone calls & one lady stated that she spoke to her son an hour!!!!! Wow!! I guess we are the stepchild division!!!!! lol I think I had mentioned to you ladies before that my son made many comments in his letters that his division had some issues!! I cant exactly type word for word what his exact comments were.....maybe I can tell you when i see you in person!! ha ha ha Hopefully soon one of us will get a letter saying if they are all friends. I know my son did say he has friends from Alabama & Arkansas. My sons letter today said that they had a final inspection on marching & they did great so they are now allowed to march alone and sing!! I cracked up when I read that. Sailorsangel......my son also said in his letter that they shot the 9mm & a shotgun & that it was real fun.....!! lol So...about battelstations...still do not know. However, Justin did say that his next phone call to me would be the 5th 6th or 4th, a

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oh my................i was just re reading my last thing i typed.....ummmmm, i do not knw what happened cause when i clicked on add comment it like froze. so i clicked omn it like 3 more times. well it finally went through after i thought i lost everything i typed but it cut off the end. probably like at least 5 or 6 more sentences. im so tired that i cant remember what i typed soooooo..thats a bummer. oh i did remember 1 thing i mentioned. Justin is probably thinking that batteling stations is going to be like the 3rd 4th or 5th from his estamiatation on his call home since it will be the day that it ends which would be the morning of the night that it starts. OOOOHKAy....now that was confusing what i just typed, i just re read it. well hopefully you know what I was trying to say. this is what happens when i get tired!!! lol well, off to try to sleep its almost midnight and 6am will come fast. goodnight!!

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i just saw some spelling errors on my last comment above...............boy oh boy!!!!!!!!!! See u soon!!!!!!!!! sorry......im real hyper tonight!! :0)

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I can totally relate..... I need to hear Justins voice real bad too! Oh yes, & I am very "over it" reading about division 241!!! lol lol I Hey we need to stick together!! Division 238 Ship 3...ALL THE WAY!!!!! hahaha!! Seriousely though, I am happy for those moms that get to hear from their sons. Thank you...I am feeling a lot better. Hang in there. Im sure Frank is fine, if it was anything major you definately would have heard. I feel for you though because last week Justins letters were not his "usual" ones that usually have lots of happy faces & it worried me until I got letters after those where I could tell he was smiling. I will let you know anything else I find out when I get a letter this week. Again, Im sure everything is fine, hang in there. I will say extra prayers tonight.......good night. Melody

[SailorsAngel21]

Hey Ladies! Division 238 pride! LOL! I know when it comes to spelling I cheat and use spell check on my PC. haha. I've been praying for you guys that your feeling 110% for PIR. I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to meeting you guys, I feel a little less scared about it. I can't believe we get to see them next week! it's been so long. I know Chauncey was telling me how busy they have been, with the graduation coming up. That could be why the letters are shorter then usual... maybe? The metal he received could have been for weapons. I know they just did testing on all that stuff, and you can earn metals for it.
God bless our Navy boys.
Katie

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Hi Ladies.......... I just signed on real quick to see how you two are doing & see if there is any new news on battelstations. I got a letter from Justin on tuesday that was dated june 24th and he said he would be calling me on July 5 (Monday) so I am ASSUMING Battlestations is Sunday on the 4th. He did not state that but due to when he said he would be calling i am guessing.. He also said that he got his first ribbon for his dress whites & dress blues & his NSU's. He said the whole division got one for enlisting in a time of war. Indont know if i mentioned it before but in a letter dated june 22 that he sent me he had said that the division passed drill inspection and they did really good and they can now march around by themselves and sing songs when they march. I just remembered....i did tell u guys that already before. Oh okay so I really do think their battelstations is the 4th because if you notice the other dates for the other divisions.....no division has the 4th, so it makes complete sense. There are 3 divisions left with no dates & no division has the 4th so it has to be. Well ladies im going to try to go to sleep. I have only been sleeping about 3 to maybe 4 hours a night for the last week. Im so excited to see my son but I am also so sad when I think about having to say goodbye again. I really hope us three have a chance to meet one another at the meet and greet. How will we find each other? Katie hopefully i will recognize u from your picture but how will u guys know who i am & Cathy how will we kmow who u are. I feel like such a basket case this last week especially. My emotions have been on a huge rollar coaster. I cant stand this anymore..............I need to hug my son!!!!!