So, how are all the Big E ladies doing? How are you handling the deployment? What are your milestones or accomplishments so far? How is your SO handling the deployment?

I am excited we just made it through the 6th weekend of them being gone. And almost 3 paydays down after Wednesday!

Let's hear how everyone is doing!!!

I'm doing alright. We are almost ½ way through the month and that's good :) I didn't hear from dh today :( either the emails are down, slow or dh was super crazy busy. He's the LPO so everything is being thrown at him, lots of meetings, even if he's sleeping already and night check screw something up they have to go and wake him up.
I'm trying to stay very busy, I'm taking a class that starts next month and I can't stop thinking about homecoming :D :wub

I know girl, I been dreaming about homecoming since July 7th lol. I am so excited and can not wait for this to be over and him to be home!!!

I haven't heard from Frank today either. He was super busy yesterday too. I guess it's crunch time for them right now. Do you read the shuttle newsletters??? It said the water temp was 94 degrees today!!!! OMG, pobresitos!!

Glad to hear your keeping busy. Same here...The worst day for me is on Sundays...sooooo boring and lonely!! I love Sundays when he is home! I think I'm gonna start scrap booking to pass time on Sundays.

I do scrapbooking :thumbsup I just got some extra stuffs at Target on clearance :) I will be working on a book with our pics and mailing him that.
I do not read the shuttle newsletters, what is it?
We just had a change of CO right before deployment and I love our new skipper! he keeps us pretty well informed and send us weekly "family grams" :)

I try scrapbooking to! I say try because I own everything anyone could ever want, and I buy things in bulk, but I hardly ever actually do it. :giggle DB hates it, I say Im no good so thats why I dont like to do it. But now maybe Ill get back on it...it is a great time passer!

this might be a stupid questions, but what is "enterprise"?

this might be a stupid questions, but what is "enterprise"?

The USS Enterprise...it's a ship (aircraft carrier)!

The Shuttle is the daily newsletter for the Enterprise. They post it daily on the website. Here is the link:
http://www.enterprise.navy.mil/Shuttle_Calender_August.html

It's really informative and helps you feel connected to what's going on with them. I read it every morning!!!!

I am doing alright. I am making it through this one. My dh just wants to come home. I sent him out one package already and he still hasnt gotten it and it's been awhile since I sent it out, so hopefully he will get it soon. I am just keeping busy with things. :mrgreen

I am doing alright. I am making it through this one. My dh just wants to come home. I sent him out one package already and he still hasnt gotten it and it's been awhile since I sent it out, so hopefully he will get it soon. I am just keeping busy with things. :mrgreen


I know what you mean. My SO said this is the worst cruise he has ever done. Not even just being away from home but he says the morale is really bad. I guess it seems to be that way for all the SO's?

Aimee thank you for that link! wonderful info :) almost everyday they mention our squadrom so it really makes me feel closer and helps me to be more informed :thumbsup

i'm doing ok. keeping very busy for sure. dh hasn't received my care package yet either. i want to make sure he gets it before i send another. last deployment he didn't get any so i'm a little leary.

he's soooo miserable and overworked. i wish i could go get them and bring them all home!!

i wish i could go get them and bring them all home!!
Could we do that?!?!!! :D :lol lets make a plan! :lol Oh I wish!

LOL, that would be great!!! hahaha...Well a girl can dream!!

Yea, mine is saying the same thing about being overworked. He said he had to change racks last night b/c everything was just soaking wet it's so damn hot. I feel so bad for them.

This deployment is much different than the last one. Moral is way way way down which is bad. I am trying to support dh in dealing with him being overworked and under apprecated and he is trying to support me in everything going on here and both of us are frustrated that we cannot make it better for the other one.

I am slowly starting to scrapbook... I am still working on getting supplies for it. No major accomplishments so far this deployment for me other than passing my classes last semester.

Email should be back up, I got 2 from dh today.

i am doing okay. i finally got out of the house, other than walmart, this weekend with a new friend, we did some nature photography. we both got new cameras, so it was fun.

dh is doing great so far, tired, he works on the flight deck, does career counseling and plays chief, so he's working 16-20 hour days, and gets like 4-6 hours to sleep, shower, eat and email me. but he manages to email me, once a day... at least! once a day, sometimes two or three times. he'll email before work and after work. so i guess i'm lucky! i miss him terribly but time is flying. so it's okay! i can't wait for homecoming

I am making it through this deployment. It's hard. I am just having a bad day and keep crying. I didn't get an email today and normally if I didn't get an email that means I get a phone call. I haven't gotten a call today either though. My boyfriend also said how morale is low and that people are really taking this one hard. He said this is one of the easier ones for him cause his divorce was finalized and I email at least once a day. I've sent one package and the second one is just needing to be packaged and taken to the post office Tuesday. I'm trying to get back to my scrapbooking but I'm just having a few rough days with being really really sad and lonely. I talked to him for over an hour on Thursday which was one of our usual nites and I think that almost made it harder. To hear him say how he's slipping finding himself thinking of me more and missing me when he should be distracted made it really hard not to cry. I try to stay positive and upbeat and just really supportive but I'm just missing him. I know I'm not alone in this and I think I've rambled more than I should.

lol Jen you sure did not rambled there more than you should :) we are here for that!! deployments are like a roller coaster, somedays you are up up up and others you are down, just make sure you go up up again :) doing things out door help to clarify your mind.
Unfortunatley emails and phones were both down but they are back up :D so I'm sure getting those emails or phone calls will help :hugs

:grouphug you know, we have a better enterprise connection on sos this time around!! i'm lovin it that you ladies keep checking in! i haven't received an email in a day too, or a phone call :(. but i'm trying not to let it bother me and just keep chugging along. I'm sure they'll all start coming through soon depending on their work schedules.

Yes, we are all here for each other! It's great to know that all of us are going through the same thing and can relate to everything. I got a phone call around 2am last night. Yay!!!!!!!!!

I was reading the Shuttle newsletter today and it got me freaked out though b/c it said they are officially in the 'war zone' and have started combat missions. I know they'll be OK, but I can't help but worry b/c of where they are for the next 3-4 months.

For those of you that went through this last year, how did you handle the anxiety or fear around that??

Yes, we are all here for each other! It's great to know that all of us are going through the same thing and can relate to everything. I got a phone call around 2am last night. Yay!!!!!!!!!

I was reading the Shuttle newsletter today and it got me freaked out though b/c it said they are officially in the 'war zone' and have started combat missions. I know they'll be OK, but I can't help but worry b/c of where they are for the next 3-4 months.

For those of you that went through this last year, how did you handle the anxiety or fear around that??

I thought about it and worried, but I couldnt dewell on it cause then I would have been a wreck. We just have to stay positive.

Me personaly, I prayed a lot!! that's all I could do. Staying positive and knowing he will come home to me and he did :) and this time he will too :D

honestly, i didn't read the shuttles last year. i knew they were there, but sometimes i just didn't want to know. i pretended he was on a cruise ship and all was fine with the world. i know i know, reality check, but that's how i got by. this time i've read the shuttles and i still feel ok, i guess, cause nothing traumatic happened last time. :dunno probably alot of denial