Ship 13 Div 330

[sondra]

Hey ladies, I hope you don't mind that I moved our page to our PIR group.  I read where we need to do this so that the other page can be cleared for the next group.  Plus this will be easier to keep up with!  lol  Hope you all are having a great day!

[sondra]

Ok I am back home sorry had to go to the community pep rally for the football team). I was so excited when my phone rang and it was Kaleb! He was crying when I answered the phone! So unlike him! He said that he was fine, loved it, didn't regret joining but wished that all the guys there felt that way. I told him to keep working hard and that everything will fall into place. He said that he had passed all of his tests (swimming, physical and 1st academic). He said that the DIV won a flag for having a 4.0 on the academic test! Our guys are so smart!! Said that he had been nominated for some awards but wasn't sure what they were! This is week 2-5. Said that they feed them good (bacon, eggs, toast, pancakes and cereal for breakfast). He said that he had received the second phone card I had sent and gave one to a guy who didn't have one so that he could call home! Such a sweet kid!!!! (man) Oh he gave me some names of the guys he has made friends with. Send me an inbox message with your last name and we can see if it is any of your guys! Man it was good to hear from him! Doesn't have to have his wisdom teeth taken out! He said that they said his looked fine! Whew....Come on OCT 1st!!!!!!!!!!!! Can't wait to compare notes with everyone!!!!

[Kat Q]

Woo hoo - I received my call too! He sounded really good after he stopped crying. He called his girlfriend first (which I told him to do whenever he gets call time. He said he is doing okay physically but emotionally it is draining him. He doesn't like being so far away with no communication. I asked him if he had passed everything but didn't understand him as he was rushing. Let him talk to dad too of course. Hope he feels better when he starts getting some of the mail. I sent 8 letters the first day and one everyday since. I have to get in the car and drive to town to mail letters about 10 min. away but it is so worth it. I am sad that he is lonely but I know they can make it and they will succeed. Navy moms our sons/daughters/husbands are AWESOME and I am proud of each and every one of them. It is not easy - Love to all - God Bless. OMG internet just left - hope this post stays put until it comes back on.

[MtnMom62 (Ship 13 Div 330 10/1)]

Hi All - So glad my kid wasn't the only one who cried!!! He mentioned 330 got flagged (received an award flag) for a 4.0 on a group test. He also failed his PT - the running portion but said he'll have more tries at it. But passed the swim test just fine. He says he has met a few people in the division and likes his bunkmate. They get along real well. He said 330 is just really having trouble paying attention and getting things right the first time. Not that they are bad or don't get along...some guys just plain don't get it. Not being able to talk and get to know people isn't helping. Said 3 guys have been group leader (RPOC???) and they keep getting booted and replaced by someone else. I hope they get it together soon!
He had his 4 wisdom teeth pulled. Said it hurt like crazy but they gave him Tylenol with Codine and sent him right back to class. He sounded down, said it was a rough week or so, getting teeth pulled, getting yelled at.... I guess they didn't like the way he folded stuff (even though he had someone else check it first) at inspection they ripped his bed and stuff apart and he had to do it all over again. Also they yelled at him for not doing an about face the right way.
They had mercy on him he said regarding his vision exam. Said he can wait to get his glasses till after he is in A school so he doesn't have to get the BC (birth control) ones and can get normal looking ones. His vision was borderline and he could use some for reading but its not imperitive right now. He does not wear glasses now.

He has been volunteering for quarterdeck watch (that's watch for the whole ship and not just his floor). He says watch is fun - for some reason he likes it, even though you don't get much sleep. He said it gives you time to think. He says he's gotten TONS of letters and wants me to send pictures of the mountains...he misses seeing the mountains! (We live at the base of Pikes Peak)

Said the chow hall rocks - Turkey Legs and Catfish, Taco Salad and GREAT Food.

I said he sounded down and he said he was just soooo tired because they had to run and march before they got to make calls. Still on schedule to graduate on 10/1. Could hear lots of commotion in the background of people. He got a little choked up. I told him to reall quick hang up with me and call one of his friends just to say hi before they made him get off the phone and maybe that would help cheer him up. Hopefully he at least got to dial and say Hi before the RDC started yellin!

[2sonmom]

Just got off the phone with Michael! He sounded good. I put the phone on speaker so the three of us here could hear everything he had to say. It was the fastest 10 min. conversation! He said he's been studying a lot and averages 4 - 6 hrs. of sleep. The food is good there. He said we'll be getting a letter from him soon and that he's gotten all our letters and he thanked us. It was so great to hear his voice! I wonder when the next call will come?

[Bella]

My hubs said it will be a few weeks before another call. And that its a maybe on whether or not they get it at that time. But we are guaranteed a call after Battlestations. So figure on a few weeks for another call but 4 weeks we get one for sure, it will be the "I'm a Sailor" call. :)

[sondra]

So glad you guys got calls too! Looks like we all heard about the same thing! I think the first call is real emotional for them all! My son never cries but he was when I answered the phone! He was trying to control it but you could tell. I think we might get another call in about 2 weeks. But might not get another till the "I'm a Sailor" call. Hope they pull together!

[Bella]

This was the first call home after some pretty traumatic stuff going on for our SR's. Tears are totally normal on this call. They are so drained and such that just hearing a friendly voice of a loved one is overwhelming. I tried to calm mine down cuz the first solid minute was him breaking down completely into the phone, lol. I had to get his attention and get him to pull it together so we could talk, lol. Poor guy.

Glad my SR and everyone else's SR's are well! Yay...now we should be getting another call in a few weeks so mark your calenders or set reminders! We can act as a unit on our end with notifying each other! This was great to have everyone involved, lol! Of course it might have bordered on being nuts but...I am ok with that...you ok with that? Yes? Great! (Yeah I just had a conversation with you, without you, lol!)

[sondra]

You are too funny! Thanks for answering for me by the way! lol I totally agree with you on the hard stuff they have been through. My son is ony 18 and was mature before he went, but has had to grow into a man in three weeks. Or least well on his way to being a man. I didn't think to ask him who his bunk mate was! Almost forgot to ask about the wisdom teeth!! And of course the hubby had to talk about guns and shooting things! I swear that is all he thinks about! I have often wondered if I should be scared by this! lol But really my guys have always been big hunters since we live in the sticks in the middle of nowhere!

[Kat Q]

MtnMom62 - Yes, it is comforting to know that your SR is not the only one crying when they call home. I always told my sons it is okay for them to cry (the culture here is no) as real men have feelings too and not afraid to show it I don't mean cry if you break a nail - you understand what I mean.

Seby has gotten yelled at as well. He said in his letter he had to drop and do push ups for ten minuter because he had a chap stick in his pocket. I guess he won't do that again. lol

All Navy moms/wives - continue to hang in there - we got this - the same as our awesome SRs do.

[sondra]

Kat Q it is so good to hear from you! I have thought of you often today with Hurrican Earl over in your neck of the woods! I am sure your SR is not the only one that has been yelled at! I have always told my boys that it is ok to cry too! But my SR has always been so strong in his faith for God that he knows that it happens for a reason.

You are so right, we got this!!!!! We just have to suck it up for a few more days! lol

[Kat Q]

Bellaboo2u I can't stop laughing when I read your posts. Yes, it is okay to be nuts as my husband thinks I totally am when he hears me laughing to myself reading your posts. At least us Navy moms/wives have it together. Maybe we should go to BC and show these guys how it is done. lol Either way, I know it sucks for them. This is the first time that mine has been gone with no contact from friends and family. I give them all a lot of credit - not easy.

Good night all - busy day tomorrow.

[Twin Falls Navy Mom (S13 D330)]

I am so glad everyone got their calls. Michael was not sure when they would get to call again. I got to talk to him for 15 min 39 sec and then he got to call his Dad for about 6 more minutes. His Dad was out of town, but it worked out. Michael really sounded good. He was more positive this time about his division than he was in his last letter. I got a laugh out of him when I told him I had a panic attack that I had missed his call (after all of the preparation of googling the area code and all) and then how THANKFUL I was he called back. He was excited about his testing, said the food is good but he can't wait to eat some sushi and a chicken club sandwich. I told him he can have anything he wants to that weekend.

Thank you to all for letting me share my thoughts on here. Only you understand the excitement of this first call and our letters.