belated 50th....

I forget to celebrate my 50th posting on here. Oh, well. Maybe I will remember my 100th.

New Orleans

I just wanted to send out a quick prayer for everyone in New Olreans.

I hope they get out of there safely.

I also hope that the city is spared from alot of damage.

I am thinking about everyone down there. Take care!

Shalom!

Updates

Well, the first thing is I found out today that my parents are going to Greece without me tomorrow retracing the steps of Paul. I think it is called Footsteps of Paul. I think they are going to have alot of fun, but I am kind of sad I didn't get invited along. Oh, well! As my mom pointed, I will have to wait until I am sixty before I have a chance.

Last week sucked major doo-doo. We pulled into Seal Beach, CA to onload ammo at the Naval Weapons Station there. We had some alcholol related incidents on Monday and Tuesday nights with a brawl on Wednesday nights finishing it off. So, therefore, the Seal Beach Police Department pretty much told the CO they don't want anyone to have liberty on Thursday night, so we didn't and left on Friday. So, therefore, we pretty much got thrown out of a US Port. The ship is going to half to be on good behavior from here on out.

Also, I got my orders for Chicago. I will most likely be leaving here in December and reporting to Chicago in January. I will give more update when I receive them.

I hope everyone is doing okay, and I will talk with ya'all later!

Ryan

Half way over...

Well, we are half way over with our major inspection (Final Contract Trails or INSURV). And, it is a good thing we are getting underway tomorrow morning early. Now, the hard part is whether we come back in port tomorrow night or pull in sometime on Thursday. Hopefully, we are pulling in tomorrow night. Now, as of my section of INSURV. We passed all of our underway requirements as of early morning today and the rest of the stuff was pretty easy. We knocked out most of it yesterday, which was good. Now, I am waiting for my division to check in with me tonight. Liberty expires on board at 2200 (10 pm for you non-military folks). Another long day tomorrow, but we can see the light at the end of the tunnel finally. Take care!

Shalom!

Got Lucky....

Through some very hard work today and throughout the week, we get tomorrow off. So, I don't have to work something like 13 days straight. It feels a little good to get tomorrow off. But, don't count this out yet. Monday we have a major inspection in which two huge commands are trying to point fingers at the other person. So, tonight, I am going to go home and pass out. No, I might go out for a little bit. Maybe, borders or something. Anyway, thanks for thoughts and prayers. I hope everyone has a good weekend.

Shalom.

P.S. I have duty on Sunday. See you in two weeks.

14 more days to go.....

Well, it looks like we do this again. If we have to work on Saturday, I will have to work 14 days in a row until I get a day off from everything. I will know more if I have to work this Saturday. But, most likely, I will.

Shalom!

Thoughts

So, I am single. It takes a lot for me to open up to new people and take to them. I get scared and don't know what to say and it goes down hill from there. Anyway, sometimes I have really good friends who introduce me and it goes good. But, there are these stupid rules out there which make it difficult to move into anything. I start talking with someone and found out that I really like this person, but I can't go farther because of "rules." Let's just leave the rules alone right now. So, anyway, this is the story of that side of my life right now. I am way too busy at work to go out and talk with people. But, when I am alone, I get scared and don't get enough courage to go up to someone I like and start chatting with them. So, it is a vicious circle where I don't see the light at the end of the tunnel. We will see what happens.

Shalom.

Chief's Results

Well, it looks like I didn't make Chief this year. But, I kind of figured that. One, this is my first time taking the test and making board. Two, the advancement % was something like 6% with 12 out of 192 being selected for chief. And, three, the Navy only promoted 0 QMCM's, and 5 QMCS's.

I am not sad. It would be nice to be a Chief right now, but like my senior chief said, it took him seven years to make Chief. Better luck next year.

Shalom