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Happy Autumn All!
Finally Fall has come to South Carolina. Jeez. It was pretty
warm until the last few days when it finally cooled down. Crazy.
Not a whole lot going on here that is too exciting.....imagine
that! So here we go with an update none-the-less!
Jazz: Not much to report. She is still looking
for another/different job. Slim pickens around here I tell you!
Wendy's isn't giving her many hours so she is looking for
something more. Not having much luck though poor kid. She is
STILL trying to get into the Navy. She did her ASVAB and scored
an 86. Very nice. But she is still under weight :( So she
is trying to build muscle now to get the weight on since no
other way works. Gee, I wish I had that problem!! So still she
waits in limbo. As you can see by the pic page she enjoyed
halloween! Dressed up for a couple of days in Naruto garb (her
favorite anime series) and had fun with that. She carved the
pumpkin really cool but it is really hard to tell what the heck
it is without it being dark. We couldn't get a pic to come out
with it dark :( We were all decked out for Halloween here
:)
Luke: Got his SAT scores back and did really
well then surprised me by deciding he didn't want to finish his
NROTC Scholarship application ! After all of that! I would have
understood if his scores sucked or something but they were
awesome. I was all ready to help him finish his MIT application
for their Nuclear Engineering program via NROTC. He just needed
his essays done. I noticed he wasn't doing them and finally he
told me that that just isn't what he wants right now. Kids...sheesh.
So at this point looks like he will stick with enlisted Navy in
the Nuke program and leaves in June as planned. he will have
many opportunities for college and officer programs once in the
nuke program so I guess I just wont worry about it now. Other
than that he is happily going along in his senior year and
enjoying drill in JROTC at school and competing. He is busy
busy. He is also looking for a part time job, but having
problems finding one. Remember when we were kids? Part time jobs
were a dime a dozen. Crazy. He is basically driving the Escort
full time now since I am not driving and I am sure Michael will
be happy to have his Durango back when he gets home :) I will
post a copy of Luke's senior pic (which I did not like btw) when
I get them back in a few weeks.
Michael: still plugging along in Japan. He did
end up in the Philippines for a few weeks where mostly they did
humanitarian aid because of the Typhoon. They left just as
another one hit. He is back in Iwokuni and will be in a few
places before he comes home in January. He is SUPPOSE to send me
some more pics from Japan so i can post them. But I am not
holding my breath! We still talk everyday (except when he was in
Philippines , all we had was email) and do video chat and are
both playing Everquest II again to have something to do. He is
very much looking forward to coming home. Not long now thank
God!!
Heather: I have not gone to the specialist yet.
I am hoping for December for that. Not that it will make a
difference but I guess the "low vision counseling" will be
useful. Though most of it is common sense I think and I probably
already do most of it like hold my hands away from my body when
walking, don't change anything in the house (so I don't fall
over it lol) and even put my finger on the rim of my coffee cup
when I pour my coffee so it doesn't overflow. So I am not to
worried about having to put off the specialist. The reason I put
it off is I got a part time job. Right now I am in training so
its full time but will be part time after Thanksgiving. I am
working from home doing call center work. I have full benefits
and everything and can work up to full time and even management
as a remote agent so even though the money is much less than I
would have made on the outside, I don't have to drive, so it is
perfect. I was very fortunate to get it so am pretty happy about
that. perfect? no. But since I find myself so boxed in by my
eyesight right now it offered the perfect solution :)
Other than that just waiting for Michael to get home. Wishing he
were here for the holidays, we will be bummed without him!
Hopefully this is the last year we have to worry about that. 17
months and counting until he retires from the Marine Corps and
we hopefully move back to Montana! Love to all and Happy Turkey
Day in case I don't get back on here before then!
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