It's a nice day today!
well good afternoon! it's actually a lovely day up here in great lakes. i have taken off my mandantory rain coat, and decided to let the fresh air cool me off! it's definatly not as warm as it probably is in my hometown of corpus christi, texas (if you are from there, please dont call me and tell me how nice it is on a daily basis--- MOM!)... but its truly nice.
today was pretty good to tell you the truth! i woke up around five *like every morning*, took a shower, grabbed a granola bar, steamed some peach mint tea, and went off to school... I gave blood this afternoon, and now I am about to get ready for my next class.
We have a message board for this base, and people are always complaining on it about how much it sucks up here. True, it's not the coolest place I have ever been... but I hardly think this is an unfair deal.... Here's what I posted:
well howdy, some of you know me, some of you don't. I've been here on this base since my graduation from Div 911 on Febuary 4th of this year. Day in and day out, I listen to people whine about how bad this is. True, I wasn't here before the 'big change' was adopted--- before the 'big bang' that is...
I've been LUCKY enough to stay at my BEQ- 830, so perhaps that's why I have the pretty little view of stuff. Some people say it's because I am an optomist, but rather, I think it's because I'm a realist.
I miss my family, and we aren't allowed leave.
I miss my boyfriend, I miss the beach, I miss the freedom to drive my truck where ever I wanted at any time of the day, and not worry that Monday through Friday I have school. I miss not having to look at the calender to see if my fourth day of duty falls on the day I want to do something cool--- see a concert, try a new bar, go on a road trip...
But, really, who expected this all to be easy? FC1 Berryman at my Q gives the same indoc speech to all the new 'booters' who come on our quarterdeck, "You all signed a paper--- you are expected to be grownups, act like it!"
How many colleges do you know give everyone a full ride? Any scum of the earth that walks in their door? To those of you that have nothing to do but complain incessantly about all the 'terrible injustices' that occur on this base- crawl up to the Captain's office, tell him you have 'failed to adjust' and beg to be sent back home to the 'peaches and cream' situation you all surely came from. There's that cadence, that talks about 'Joining the Navy or go to jail..." how astute, truly.
Navy pay sucks! Well stop wasting your money on your laptops, I-Pods, clothing, booze, hotel parties--- that is, unless you can afford it. Honestly, we don't pay rent, we don't pay for food, we don't pay for electricity, gas, blah blah blah... the list goes on.
For those of you who hate your rate, A-Schoolers, and ATT students... It's still a free eduation! Blame your recruiter, MEPS, whoever for your landing in Great Lakes for whatever school--- but ---YOU--- still signed the line, so who REALLY is to blame?
I was lied to also, when I went to bootcamp. I was told I would get to go home for two weeks once I graduated. I have yet to go home, and I've been up here in Great Lakes since December 6th of 2004.
So what do I do? I shrug it off, call home daily, and soak up the free education that I'm given.
Surely, that accomplishes more, than sitting here complaining non-stop.
*** so there's my entry... as usual, being positive... but I suppose I'll see how people react!
Well i must go, i have that radar test to study for... say a prayer for me!!!
LANE
today was pretty good to tell you the truth! i woke up around five *like every morning*, took a shower, grabbed a granola bar, steamed some peach mint tea, and went off to school... I gave blood this afternoon, and now I am about to get ready for my next class.
We have a message board for this base, and people are always complaining on it about how much it sucks up here. True, it's not the coolest place I have ever been... but I hardly think this is an unfair deal.... Here's what I posted:
well howdy, some of you know me, some of you don't. I've been here on this base since my graduation from Div 911 on Febuary 4th of this year. Day in and day out, I listen to people whine about how bad this is. True, I wasn't here before the 'big change' was adopted--- before the 'big bang' that is...
I've been LUCKY enough to stay at my BEQ- 830, so perhaps that's why I have the pretty little view of stuff. Some people say it's because I am an optomist, but rather, I think it's because I'm a realist.
I miss my family, and we aren't allowed leave.
I miss my boyfriend, I miss the beach, I miss the freedom to drive my truck where ever I wanted at any time of the day, and not worry that Monday through Friday I have school. I miss not having to look at the calender to see if my fourth day of duty falls on the day I want to do something cool--- see a concert, try a new bar, go on a road trip...
But, really, who expected this all to be easy? FC1 Berryman at my Q gives the same indoc speech to all the new 'booters' who come on our quarterdeck, "You all signed a paper--- you are expected to be grownups, act like it!"
How many colleges do you know give everyone a full ride? Any scum of the earth that walks in their door? To those of you that have nothing to do but complain incessantly about all the 'terrible injustices' that occur on this base- crawl up to the Captain's office, tell him you have 'failed to adjust' and beg to be sent back home to the 'peaches and cream' situation you all surely came from. There's that cadence, that talks about 'Joining the Navy or go to jail..." how astute, truly.
Navy pay sucks! Well stop wasting your money on your laptops, I-Pods, clothing, booze, hotel parties--- that is, unless you can afford it. Honestly, we don't pay rent, we don't pay for food, we don't pay for electricity, gas, blah blah blah... the list goes on.
For those of you who hate your rate, A-Schoolers, and ATT students... It's still a free eduation! Blame your recruiter, MEPS, whoever for your landing in Great Lakes for whatever school--- but ---YOU--- still signed the line, so who REALLY is to blame?
I was lied to also, when I went to bootcamp. I was told I would get to go home for two weeks once I graduated. I have yet to go home, and I've been up here in Great Lakes since December 6th of 2004.
So what do I do? I shrug it off, call home daily, and soak up the free education that I'm given.
Surely, that accomplishes more, than sitting here complaining non-stop.
*** so there's my entry... as usual, being positive... but I suppose I'll see how people react!
Well i must go, i have that radar test to study for... say a prayer for me!!!
LANE