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Permalink Reply by DenverGF(Kristin) on
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I got my phone call yesterday too! Since I missed the first one and got 2 very sad voicemails, I was so excited this time to talk to him! He sounded pretty good, better than I expected. It was about 15 minutes long and I was the only person he called. I am definitely keeping his mom in the loop...I called her as soon as I hung up with him =) Sounds like they got their dress blues fitted and tailored a few days ago, he was very excited about that! Only 29 days ladies!! Even though he said that felt like forever. He also said that he was probably staying in GL for A school as a grad n go for Corpsman, but still up in the air. He also got his wisdom teeth pulled last week =( and is in a lot of pain still (dry sockets). Can't imagine what they are all going through right now.
Riptide: My boyfriend said he LOVED the collage of pictures I sent him twice of me, him, and his family. That's a great idea and I'm sure your recruit will appreciate it so very much.
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Permalink Reply by Riptide11/128 on
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You are such a good person!! How very considerate of you to contact your SR's mom as soon as you got your phone call. Yes, LOL, I forgot to say something about them getting their dress whites and blues, as well as their pea coats. LOL I guess I was so concerned about his tone and homesickness, that I spaced that off. Gosh...mommy that I am. LOL I'm so glad to hear that about the pictures DGF...daughter and I have gotten some letters, complete with collages in envelopes and they are on their way to him today. Bless their hearts. Here we sit at home with piles of pictures that we can look at whenever we want...lol, but they're left with what's in their memories and what we send them. I hope you have an excellent day!!
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Aww thanks! I know I feel terrible that they are not only away from their support systems, but they don't even have a voicemail to listen to or picture to look at! I'm sure you son will LOVE them. Did your son mention anything about the division working together (good or bad?). My boyfriend mentioned in letters in the beginning that they weren't working as a team very well, but it seems to have gotten much better since they earned the Saturday phone call! Hope all is well with you!!
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Yes, it does appear they are working better as a team.....last I heard. LOL A dear wise friend of mine shared with me that her husband said that's pretty normal though. You know you get so many different personalities, from different places and cultures, put them together in a room together and make them work together...wow, you're bound to have some real conflicts at first. LOL I think of what it's like to get youth sports team to play as a team....now make them 80 strong ...older people. Ugh!!
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Permalink Reply by denvermom(ship11 Div 128) on
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Yes you are awesome! We got more letters and sounds like he is doing so much better. :) 28 days can't wait. We are so close to seeing our sailors.. he has got snazzy navy blues. Any other sons get their wisdom teeth out? I would love to meet moms from our ship and division at graduation.
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So are you! =) I will call you before you read this I'm sure LOL, but I got a week's worth of letters today! From 27 Feb to 06 March! Yes he sounds sooo much better and is loving our letters and cards. The letter the day I missed his call was SO sad, but got better from there and I know he's fine now that we talked the other day! They got their dog tags too, and he said he is close with 2 of the guys. He wrote my parents a really short letter that was super sweet...gotta love him ;)
Hope everyone's sailors are doing well!!! 28 days left!
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YAY! We are passed the halfway point!
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Permalink Reply by Bebe on
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Got a letter today...he sounds really good-nights are the hardest cause they keep them busy during the day and no time to think; thankful for photos...said he needed them after a week. He said he'd call when he could.
Wrote to his GF told her he's practicing flag holding for PIR-thats pretty cool. Dress blues-they'e gonna look awesome.
28 days! Thank god in heaven!
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That's so exciting! I hope they do well!!!
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Hi all - guess I've been out of the loop for a few days, busy week at work!! I did get a phone call on Tuesday, actually he tried his dad first but he didn't answer, so we talked for a few minutes and hooked up with his dad and told him to answer his cell, so he hung up and my son called him. He didn't get to talk to him on Saturday when he called (dad was at work), so he really wanted to on Tuesday. Also said things seems to be getting better. Also got a letter today - said when they got off the phone on Sat, they were all getting yelled at again, but things are starting to come together. He also said if they do well on the upcoming test they would probably get weekly calls. Wouldn't that be great!!! Glad to hear from others about them getting uniforms. He's not much of a talker so if I don't have questions, I don't get news!! After 22 years I'm pretty used to it, his brother is his complete opposite!! I also have other good news - my older son will be home from WESTPAC in a couple of weeks, and my husband is heading out to Hawaii to Tiger Cruise home with them! They are both very excited. My boot camp son, said in his last letter that he's looking forward to being able to do a Tiger Cruise with him also. Overall it's been a good week - letters and phone calls, and best of all only 4 weeks to go!!!!
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Good morning ladies!
I don't have much to add really. LOL I got the phone call and a letter. The letter said that he NEEDED pictures, and so did the phone call.Bless his heart! Letter with pictures are on the way. He said the Saturday phone call helped him so much, that hearing our voices lifted his spirits, but then he incurred an injury and was on LLD for a week and that was pretty depressing for him. By the time the second phone call came in, he was sad and disappointed, because he hadn't received any letters for a while. That's so sad, because we and his girlfriend have been writing to him constantly! :-( I let him know that and that I was so sad he was hurting, but that those letters really ARE coming. His dad (not a letter writer), wrote him another letter. Does it sound weird to say I'm so proud of his dad? LOL Hey, seriously, it's an accomplishment, his dad hates writing anything! LOL
Bless her heart, I woke up this morning to find a message on my answering machine. One of my dear, dear friends from N4M & NavyMoms on FB had called this morning, worried about us here on the WA coast, due to the tsunami warnings. I wasn't too terribly worried though, as our warning sirens had not sounded. It appears we got a whopping 9" rise in the tide. PTL My heart goes out to those in Japan! Oh those poor people and the poor families with sailors stationed both there and in the Hawaiian islands! Prayers are continuing to go out.
I don't know which viruses have been circulating around our area, but we seemed to have been in their path. We are all sick. My hardy hubby is now on day 2 of missing work. It's a horrible cough, congestion, headache, skin HURTING, horrible thing. I am done....It needs to leave us alone. LOL I was up several times during the night "doctoring" hubby and my dear 14 year old, who has missed school all this week. Hubby said, " You don't sound good either hon." I said, "Yeah, well, clearly there's no one left to take care of me, so I just gotta suck it up, huh?....It's what mom's do!" LOL
Well my friends, it's off the computer for a while.....time for another round of herbs and herbal teas for the gang and me. It's also time to get my butt in gear and get another letter off to dear son. I stocked up on some more ink for the printer, so that he can have more pictures. Also, I bought some really nice textured, ivory colored papers for letter writing. The bright white paper is so hard on the eyes. Yeah, I'm one of those over-reactive moms. LOL
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Glad to hear you are ok on the coast! I feel terrible for the sailor's and their families who are being affected as well, my first thought was "Japan and Hawaii??? I hope the sailors are all ok!!!" The sickness is going around here in Denver too, everyone I know has been sick sometime this month =( I'm just now getting better after a week. Only 26 more days woo hoo!!!!!
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