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I’m swimming to Saudi this month!
Yes, that’s right. You read the title correctly.
The pool has challenges every month. This month’s is swim the distance from Bahrain to Saudi Arabia (we just call it Saudi) during the month of April. The distance is 20,000 meters, which is 400 laps.
I signed up today. Already I have done 1500 meters. And that’s just [...]
Fifth Day of Christmas
Today is the Fifth Day of Christmas. I’m going to do a short post because I just got home from work, it’s 2127 (9:27 p.m. for you civilians), and I have to get up at 0400 (4:00 a.m.), so I can be at work at 0500 (5:00 a.m.). In other words it’s late, the night [...]
Jeremy gets Promoted
The Sunday before last, November 23, I was able to attend Jeremy’s frocking ceremony at his command. He got promoted today from Petty Officer Second Class to Petty Officer First Class. That means he went up one pay grade, from E-5 to E-6.
In the Navy every March and September sailors take advancement exams. Out of [...]
I get an award!
Today I was presented with my first ever Letter of Commendation (LOC)!
It was to commemmorate that I was selected as the third quarter’s Junior Sailor of the Quarter. I received the LOC and a nice plaque. My OIC (Officer in Charge) told me it was to go on my “I Love Me Wall” and asked [...]
Veteran’s Day 2008
Happy Veteran’s Day, everyone!
I didn’t have to work today, so I’m taking it easy at home. It sure is tempting to take a lot of naps. But I did manage to straighten up around the apartment; I cleaned off a counter that’s become the junk pile counter; and I’m doing laundry. Other than that I [...]
Ramadan
I miss writing my blog, but I’ve been so busy I haven’t had time to do it.
I have several posts about our vacation back in May that have been sitting in my drafts folder in the admin part of my blog all this time. Someday I plan on posting them–it’ll probably be in the archives [...]
Leave and Washington, D.C.
Sorry this blog has been quiet for so long. I’ve been busy with things that took precedence. First Jeremy came home for about two weeks. Then when he went back to the ship I got busy cleaning out a bunch of boxes we’d never unpacked. I got a lot done, [...]