GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD MOANIN! How's erbody doin? well, for me life is stillllll full of up's and downs.

 

I was still duty drivin since i last wrote, but that all changed last wednesday.  I had checked in with the school house PLR (basically a counselor) to see when i was gonna class up.  She told me if not Mon or Tues, then to show up on Weds 7am.  So i went about my business drivin for 12hrs a day, hustlin people back and forth to appts.  But mon and tues passed and my name wasnt called.  So weds i said f it, im goin over to the school like she told me to.  Got there and sat near the front, eventually he started roll call, then asked, "is there...." and i raised my hand lol.  I already knew what he was gonna ask. "is there anyone whos name i didnt call" and i wanted to be the 1st acknowledged as i knew it was 1st come 1st serve.  So he stopped and asked if i had a question.  I told'em nope but i knew what he was gonna ask, and i had comp'd (completed) scc (surface common core) the week of holiday standdown (the week i flew home for christmas leave is called holiday standdown) and have been on hold every since and on orders of the PLR i was told to report here.  So he asked my name, i told'em and like that i was the 1st on the new roster to class up that very day!  It wasnt till days later (friday) that a couple of guys i used to be classed up with were called but that still wasnt no guarantee my name wouldve been called then but thats neither here nor there thats still 2 days even more behind i wouldve been compared to where i am now.  In my mind im 3wks behind schedule since i was on hold 3wks  so everyday ive been goin to "open learning" which is them opening up the schoolhouse for those who wanna continue to do their homework (the whole course is 100% computer based at your own pace, so you can get ahead or get behind, its a matter of your learning skills and motivation.  So i go everynight for bout 2-3 hrs and already the initial projected grad date had been 3/18, its now cut back to 3/13!  GPA (as of this chapter lol) is 89.33 which im not too enthused about so ill be strivin to bring that up.

 

I have dog duty this weekend (a weekend a month that my duty section covers ALL watches 24hrs.)  Didnt have a watch on fri and not scheduled for one on sat but they came knockin on my door this am fresh outta a sleep (so much so i had morning wood so i had to cover up wit a blanket before i put someones eye out hahahah) and told me they needed me dressed in 5min to take people down to bldg 1 to do morning colors (the ceremonious raising of the ensign, or civilian talk, the national flag)  I get dressed and get down there, and they cancel on me and say nevermind!!  I had shaved and got into uniform and everything!!!!  So came allll the way back upstairs and took of jacket, gloves, and dixie cup hat, allllll the way out my dress blue uniform and superman changed into my utilities.  And since i was up i thought i'd write ya'll another chapter of the book of Lon!  Well... that and i was asked when there would be another chapter so gotta please the fans hahahaahha (sup Trace!)

 

On another note i kept quiet for the longest time and didnt broadcast it to the world but im goin through a lot right now more than just bein gone.  My dad was diagnosed with incurable but treatable Multiple Myloma... aka CANCER.  I found out the week i was leaving to come back here to Great Lakes and was DEVISTATED.  Those who know me know my dad IS my hero, you shouldnt idolize man but he's the #1 ive always looked up to and the one you feel you always want around and immortalized.  I didnt know how to act or what to say after i found out. i honestly couldnt even talk to'em cause of that "pity" mentality that comes in and i didnt wanna seem pessimistic around'em.  I wrote'em a lil note on his calendar in his office though tellin'em how much i loved'em and that he was my hero that i looked up to.  He was told that it was caught early in the early stages so he has a high high chance of it goin into remission with chemo.  So hopefully thats started already, i dont inquire cause again im just so in shock and wit so much im dwellin on as is i dont want to breakdown.

 

My son also has been sick since Sept when i left wit mulitple ear infections.  They just seem to not want to go away and now he has an appt to have tubes put in his ears to drain the fluid that has been settlin in his ears and not draining.  The concern about it that has me stressed out and ive been in denial about?  They think he may have minor hearing loss because of it.  That just crushes me and i dont want to deal with it for the fact that had i not lost my job he wouldve not had to go to daycare and wouldnt have gotten so sick. Silver lining is i was told by wifey that they think that since he's so young (2) that his ears are still developing and the loss may be reversible.  So im prayin that is the case, its so hard bein away from everyone and the burden bein carried by wifey only.

 

Lastly on that category of events is i was told via text message that my Aunt had passed out and never regained conciousness.  My dad's 1/2 sister, kinda estranged, i havent talked to her in literally probably a decade or so.  She never tried to contact me, and she kinda separated from the fam after the death of my grandparents and stop talkin to people.  She sent my dad a letter cussin him out and others about the liquidation of grandparents assets amongst the siblings that wasnt too nice so he stopped talkin to her for awhile, so my hope is that was repaired before her passing.

 

And whats got me the most heated?  My f'n roommates and their flat out laziness and disrespect.  I had 2 breakfast sandwiches stolen from me a couple weeks ago out the fridge that someone decided to help himself to.  All 3 denied doin it so obviously ONE was lyin.  Well a couple days ago im sure i had 2 in there but ill only beef about 1 cause im not sure what happened to the 2nd and when it disappeared.  Well that a.m. i had looked in there and SAW it was there.  Come afternoon when all roommates came back (one is now on holds so he was here the whole time), another roommate inquired on what happened to his Mountain Dew that was in the fridge that he had bought.  I couldnt wait to hear who it was (now).  Well i go look in the fridge to do a re-inventory and sho nuff my breakfast sandwich was gone too!  I was trippin i swiveled around and said WHO THE F**K ATE MY BREAKFAST SANDWICH THAT WAS HERE THIS MORNING?? already knowing who it was and lettin him know his a** was CAUGHT.  He had no choice but to admit it cause all 3 of the rest of us were gone to school, he was the only one here. He admitted that he ate it, no excuse/justification.  I walked right past'em and sound loudly so the others could hear too THATS F**KED UP MAN, THATS FUUUUUUUUUUU**ED UP.  He said he was gonna give me his breakfast sandwich the next day.  Went to the room and continued about my business closin the door.  Since then ive had nothin to say to'em cause im gonna blow up.  It sucks the most that he's my room roommate not a dormmate that sleeps in the other room.  Silver lining is his dumb, 1/2 showering, stank a** is leavin on the 5th for Florida so i wont have to deal wit'em anymore.  He tried to approach me later that night sayin "how bout i give you my breakfast sandwich tomorrow, i told'em just replace what you took, and continued to look past him lettin him know i didnt want to be bothered wit'em at all.  I honestly dont know when this dude even showers and if the stench from him is bad halitosis or what but theres times i come in the room and its just LIT up.  its 5 degrees outside lately or so but i cant help it this place needs to be aired out so ill crack open the window to air out the dorm.   Last week as well i had turned on the heat cause it was cold in here but i had the thermostat right in them middle btwn hot and cold.  I wake up later that night freezing i get up and look, some a**hole had turned the setting to cool and hit the thermostat all the way down to COLD.  Oh i almost went through the ROOF.  I was pissed.  This 3 move in here and think they gonna turn disrespectful we bout to have a huge fallin out.  I again blurted it out later that day while cleaning (which ill hit THAT subject in a second)  Who turned the thermostat all the way down to cold?? that just is NOT cool.  I get a "its too hot in here at night especially on the top racks" i said i know ive been up there before but the thermostat was turned in the middle so it wasnt even hot that s**t aint cool DONT do it again.  (it hasnt happened since)  What i have had was the thermostat completely turned off i had to get up last night and turn it back on, my suspect again is the same food thievin prick since he sits out in the common area watchin tv on his laptop all day there is a vent right out there that blows the most warm air since its closest to the furnace.  So his rank stankin a** probably overheats sittin there and throttles down the thermostat.  I attached pics of his closet this is just how dirty this dude is.  Coughs and hocks up ish all day (he's doin it as i type now).  He came in here offerin me some hot wings i just shook my head no and continued about my business like thats some reparations from stealin from me.  Im sorry but thats just somethin you dont do to me.  Specially bein a dad, my food is my kids food in theory that if they are hungry i sacrifice my meal so they eat.  Well how am i to do that if some prick is STEALIN my food so now i cant supply for my family?? (again i know theyre not here but apply the principle of what im sayin).  After the 1st time it happened i told them ASK me dont just take my ish.  So unfortunately as a precaution and its pretty sad but i have my perishables now locked up in my closet! aint that sad???  Least till he leaves in 6 days then ill put it back out in the cabinet and if it disappears i know i have more than one person thats a problem.

 

Lastly, the cleaning.  when i was on hold i had this place so clean you could comfortably eat off any surface w/out fear of bein sick, yes the 5 second rule and more was very comfortable applicable.  Even the roommates before these 3 were clean people, but these 3? ugh.  Just trash. They harp on us constantly bout the dorm bein inspectable at any time and they have been checkin rooms M-F for a coupole weeks now.  Well we finally got inspected a few days back and what happened? I got a HIT.  MY room got a f'n hit.  and it wasnt specifically me it was a room hit for DUST. i was in shock like what the heck??? i bust my a** daily keepin this place on spot and the ONLY hit we get was for dust and in my room??? i was heated and finally was like forget it. This place has officially turned me OCD and not really in a good way at all.  I still keep my areas on point and clean but i just cant get these other 3 to get in the proper mood to clean up after they use somethin or just keepin their areas clean.

 

Well its been a couple hours since the last paragraph.  They called us down to muster and asked for a volunteer to do lrc (learning resource center) watch so i volunteered to do it.  Well that doubled as complex rover as well (patrolling the perimeter of the bldg outside in 30min incrimates).  So while i was out there i took it upon myself to be trashman as well pickin up litter i saw as well as umteen cigarette butts.  absolutely disgusting.  Came back in and was gettin my ironing done since my laundry was done gettin new uniform squared away as well as utilites when they called me down to do a duty driver run, so I went ahead and knocked that out real quick no biggie, came back in and finished my ironing so now im back to finish this chapter!  im gonna run though i havent gotten to eat since 7am so ill holla at ya'll in a week (or so) lol

 

One last thing i remembered just as i was about to post and was addin pics, that when i was duty drivin this week i had to go back to the RTC (recruit training command, aka bootcamp) side of the base.  Once again i was just dyin laughin just watchin them all scared and timid and marchin in formation and gettin barked at and facin movements.  I actually had to go into the medical bldg (Red Rover) as i was pickin up someone that had to get checked out and seein all the new guys gettin exams to be processed into the military officially for training in what we call "smurf suits" which is the military pt gear (sweats and yellow shirt w/new balance shoes).  All of'em eatin "bag nasties" (pre-packaged brown bag lunches/breakfasts that has a hard bagel bun w/slices of ham that chews like its been in a fridge for bout a week, milk, apple slices, nutrigrain bar... im laughin now that i remember what the heck was actually in those things!!)  gettin barked at to make a hole!  Shuddup and stop talkin!  Line up now!  Move recruit!! hahahahahha i just wanted to grab a bag nasty sit and just watch it all cause i remember all that bulls**t and glad its over even though where i am now (across the street) is like bootcamp 2.0 basically.  Even though we have freedoms of drinkin, music, tvs, cell's liberty to go out, when we're here we still get barked at about bein in ranks and talkin etc, which is always the immature ones or ones that dont care so we all "go down wit the ship" so to speak.  Thats why i try to go to class every minute possible so i can graduate earlier and get into a-school so i can get outta here by summer, everyone else is sayin no other base is like this, they're more laxed and those out in the fleet already report this all that im goin through and they went through is bull that the fleet is nothin like this.  So heres to hopin i survive the rigors of this base and get to my c-school and fleet to freedom cause right now this base is truly ruining my thoughts and perceptions of the Navy.  Only good thing? By the time i leave this base i should be a Petty Officer 3rd class! up to E4 rank!  Earnin my Chevrons!

Wow, 1st chapter of the year, guess im gettin behind here huh?! 

 

Well obviously im back on base now in Great Lakes, back from holiday standdown and away from my family again for what will be possibly even longer than a typical deployment. :(  Im here till at least probably July now instead of June because of time in hold status which doesnt count toward the estimated time till you move on and get to the fleet.  I have 2 classes im waitin to take now, ATT and my actual FC a-school.  from completion of those i should be goin to either VA or CA for FC c-school which upon completion of that should be Oct and goin to the fleet then.  We'll see though wit any more hold status and all.  i went and talked to my liason person again on weds and she told me that i should be classin up next Weds (jan 28th) and if they dont call my name before then to just show up 7am that day.  i told her ok and ill definitely be doin it cause the sooner i class up the sooner i can graduate get into a-school, c-school and out to the fleet and my family!

 

The temperatures have been CRAZY over here.  Since i last wrote the temps plummeted down to times of -14 degrees no joke.  and with windchills even lower.  Im still on hold at present and have been so as a result all we do still is play professional janitor everyday cleanin the same hallways over and over till they finally post us to our rooms and from there liberty.  But a few days ago they finally got my chit pushed through and processed so now im a duty driver!  its like a continuation of my dealertrade gigs i used to do as a civilian.  All i do is from 0530 am shuttle people around the base droppin them off at appts or pickin them up and takin'em to another bldg and gettin txts all day to go here/there.  its so busy i work from 0530 to 1700 nightly and miss lunch completely and honestly forget to even DRINK somethin throughout the day to stay hydrated!  But it keeps my mind off the fact that im here alone w/out my family.

 

A couple days ago the day of the Obama inauguration I came back in my room and i was havin a rough time at lunch battling depression.  Turned my tv on to watch the swearing in and speech and im just BAWLING crying, but not from joy that Obama is our 44th president but cause i was just so depressed.  it was horrible i couldnt stop crying, pizza in one hand, tissue in the other.

 

Theyre reeally houndin us bout keepin our rooms clean its ridiculous.  and pisses me off more that the 3 roommates i have really dont care.  They had us muster downstairs to talk to us about the recent failures and afterwards we all came upstairs and 2 outta the 4 went straight to their computers and started watchin tv vs help clean!! i was PISSED.  In the end they all came around and the room as of this chapter is very clean.  a couple of them will be leavin in the next 2-3wks goin to Florida for their a-school so im gettin ready to host 2 more people which will be #10 and #11 roommates lol