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I finished another class on Friday. I'm now a qualified IFF, HYDRA, SPA 25, and CDLS Technician. Part of that class will finish up tomorrow with the VIG Maintenance. Unfortunately this means that I have to go to work on the ship on Wendsday. I am not looking forward to that. Posted via LiveJournal.app.
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My mother passed away on the 26th. My carrier was off the coast of the Phillipines at the time. Now, for those that don't know me, I didn't have the best relationship with my mother. She had some pretty bad issues that drove me and my siblings away. I thought that I was ok with that and managed to build up a bubble of anger and resentment towards what she did to us that I thought would insulate me when a time like this would come.
I was wrong. After I got the news I was upset. I mourned, moreso than I thought I would have. I guess that no matter what wrong she did or how much it hurt, the truth was that she was still my mom and her death affected me.
She died from terminal cancer. I later found out that she had both breast and lung cancer, seperately, but one or both and matastized to her bones. No one knew this. She kept this, like most other things, secret from everyone.
I was lucky that the Navy allowed me to come home. I'll post about the trip later.
My sister organized everything well. When I got here on Tuesday everything was arranged. My brother, whom I haven't seen in over 10 years, made a long trip up from Georgia with his family to be here.
We had our calling hours, our wake and now my mom is buried close to her father whom she loved greatly. I'm worried for my uncle, her brother. He's buried his father, mother, and now older sister. I'm concerned and part of that is a selfish concern. I don't want to bury anyone else just yet.
My brother had to leave today to go pick up his step-daughter from a state over and make the trip back to Georgia. My sister is currently working on sorting though mom's stuff at her apartment. I'll be doing that myself, but tomorrow. My mom was a pack rat.
Thanks go out to all my friends that helped me get home and were concerned about me during this time. I'm OK. I'm hanging in there.
But I do miss my mom....Current Mood:  sad |
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It's Sunday again. The cycle of 7 continues.
I had duty last night and got alot of stuff done. Stood my watch and trained someone on the cooling system. Then I stood two more UI watches and got some stuff done for my Tuesday meeting.
I would like to go jogging but it's just too damn hot outside. I think I'll take Dan's suggestion and go running in the evening. Perhaps things will have cooled down by then.
Until then I guess I'll chill for a bit and watch some dvds and play some videogames. Then I'll go to the gymCurrent Mood:  listless |
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I'm at Naval Air Station Coronado, on board the mighty U.S.S. Ronald Reagan. Well, on board the barge that's moored next to the mighty U.S.S. Ronald Reagan.
I got here about a month ago and started working for my division. It's cool. San Diego is nice. I haven't been out and about as much as I'd like but it's all good.
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Not sure how to live in the now. Not sure why, but I bogged myself down into living in the past again; looking up exs from years gone by and now I'm feeling a bit melancholy. I'm tired. Tired of feeling like this when I think of girlfriends from time goes by. I'm so tired of it, but don't have one-frickin-clue of how I'm to correct this.
It's easier when I'm in a relationship, but with my life all topsy-turvey I'm not sure I'm in the best place to find someone. And no matter how horney I might be, I doubt a one-night-stand (or a one-month-stand) will do anything to help.
So I write this out to try to exorcise these feelings. I write in the hopes that my blah will pass as I commit these feelings and thoughts to the air.
I am happy that my last ex is doing what she wanted to and, apparently, doing it well. Kudos to her.
Ok. I feel better. Heh, I actually do. Got it out of my system.
Now for a bit of an update.
I'm in Norfolk and have been here since the beginning of Feburary. San Diego was nice and I learned alot in my class. I'm in another class and it's a hum dinger. Working hard at it though and hopefully I will make it through.
My class ends in May and I hope to take time off to go home to see my sister and niece. Then it's off to San Diego where I have to wait till they either fly me out to my ship or my ship returns to port.Current Mood: melancholy |
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On Friday, Dec 15th I was advanced from ETSN (Electronics Technician Seaman) to ET3 (Electronics Technician, 3rd class). This is a pay grade jump to the exalted ranks of Petty Officer. It was weird. All of a sudden other students were calling saying, "Good Morning Petty Officer" as they are want to do since most just completed Boot camp and that's beaten pretty well into us.
I'm on Holiday leave now and spending time with friends and family. It's extremely nice to see my niece and sister after over 6 months away.
I have till the 5th of Jan to relax and then it's off to San Diego for more schooling. I'm there for a bit and then off to Norfolk for, you guessed it, more schooling.
I won't get to my ship till early to mid Summer. Now I understand why I had to sign a mandatory 2 year extension to my contract. :)
Dec. 24th, 2006 @ 08:56 am
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Happy Holidays to one and all!
Dec. 24th, 2006 @ 08:51 am
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Dec. 24th, 2006 @ 08:50 am
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I just graduated from ET "A" school yesterday. That's 6 months, to the day, that I went to Boot Camp. I was an Honor Grad which netted me kind words from Commander sullivan, the new CO for the Center for Surface Combat Systems here at Great Lakes, a challenge coin, and a day planner (for 2006 which makes me laugh a bit). The benes were nice but my pride at the first, getting congratulated by a Commander and Master Chief was outstanding.
My orders, picked but not written, will have me going to "C" school on the West Coast and then being assigned to the USS Ronald Reagan. I'm looking forward to living in California for the next decade or longer.
So now I'm on hold as I'm allowed to take 15 days of leave before reporting to my command, but I don't want to take this leave until I can do so over Christmas and New Years.
Oh, and on Monday I'm dropping my chit to be advanced to Electronics Technician, 3rd class (E-4).
Semper Accipio
- ETSN Jesse G Goble.
Nov. 23rd, 2006 @ 09:03 pm
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I've completed a journey that I started over 8 weeks ago. Hell, I've completed a task that I started in August of last year. I am now a sailor in the United States Navy. After losing my job last year and finding nothing in my field in my area I decided to do something that I've thought about on and off for the last 12 years. I decided to serve.
I settled on the Navy as I felt they would give me what I needed: Education and a chance to see the world. Other branches of service might give me the same chance at an education but I felt that only the Navy could allow me to see the world. You see alot when you're on a ship.
My first hurdle: losing weight. I was over the Navy's standards by a good margin. I started at 230 lbs. When I finally entered the Delayed Entry Program I was at 186 lbs.
Boot Camp was tough. It's designed to be. You need to break yourself of the bad habits you've developed in the civilian world and become a part of a team. Looking back it doesn't seem as it was tough at all but I remember that at the time I worried I wouldn't make it.
I graduated Boot today and I'm excited. Excited to, finally, be doing something with my life and excited to see where I'll be tomorrow.
Jul. 21st, 2006 @ 05:35 pm
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