November 27, 2003

•  i'm home right now. mom's made her pumpkin, apple and french apple pie. now middle sis and mum are making some more goodies for tomorrow's dinner. tomorrow. it's going to be a day that i'll be taking with me to iraq in january. that's right. iraq in january. january. for 3. 4. 5. 6. maybe 7 months. the damn marines were going to be transported first by planes. then the government changed their minds and volunteered the navy as a solution for a taxi. january. i'm going on another deployement, even when it feels like we just got back. everyone feels like they just got back from the deployement. and now they want to send us out in january. planes. navy. any more volunteered solutions for the damn marines' taxis? maybe the coast gaurd. oh wait. they protect our coast from the "aliens."

  january. our ship just got back from a damn deployement 4 months ago. so really, we did just get resently get back from one deployement already. now we're going to one more. but the rumors are going that it's just for 3 or 4 months. which might turn to 6 or 7 months, knowing bush and his indisisive behavior. but the c.o. says that we're just transporting/ taxiing the marines and their amunitions/ supplies. and before i go to this deployement i'll be home to be with my mother, who really needs me right now *wow, kinda spooky, as she called me as i was typing that there...* ... i'll be home for a 8 day leave. then i'll be home for maybe one weekend, or holiday more... new years... but who knows. i've got these 4+ days, then my leave, and maybe some extra couple days more. not much. not much at all for someone that will be overseas for a long while.

  

  today was the frocking ceremony, were new/ old petty officers got a chevron added to their name. the abh (aviation.. kinda like boatswain mates) cheered while in ranks, and at attention, everytime one of their guys got promoted. it got to the point where non-abh's started saying 'hip hip horrah.' then when the c.o. gave his speach he said "while i was gone this weekend, a little rumor about a very important, but as of yet unconfermed ops, has surfaced while i was away this weekend. leave it to the abh's when they were in charge of ops." everybody got a kick out of that, dispite our discontent for the bad news he was announcing.

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