Steve called me Sunday!
i was on watch in the parking lot, but i picked up anyway.
hes doing good. still bored as hell. still doing what he has been for the better part of the time hes been over there. but hes anxious to come home. he will be on leave soon. he said he wants to hit up every fast food joint in town ha. and of course indulge in "koolaid". thats a given.
cant wait for him to come home!

okay, update time:

YARD UPDATE: we were supposed to get underway today; it was our last day in the yards. but go figure, some of the engineering equipment wasnt complete. so now it looks like thursday or friday. but even then most of the officers are speculating monday as our underway day. and only out for a few days at that. then back to Norfolk for another month of ship work.
busy busy.

NAVY UPDATE: the end of the year is looking like a deployment now, three or four monther. and rumors are around of extending our '08 cruise to an eight month cruise instead of the original six monther. oh boy! thatd be cool i think. lots of money just before i get out! not bad. theres still two IA's for Iraq in the air; whether any two people will be chosen to go no one knows. but it lingers...

HOME UPDATE: everyone seems to be doing fine. the parents bought a new Toyota Prius. cant wait to see it. David gets the Prizm now. cool deal. dad still working at Motorola. not sure what his newest project(s) are though. mom still at home. everyone getting closer to summer. kyle leaves for Louisiana for combat training in July. John and Christina are now in California where hes stationed. lucky. Joe is still at the security company. hes moving up; last i heard he was going for his handgun quals. got something like 10 or so people working under him now. still in his own apartment with Steph. and various friends and acquaintances coming in or leaving town. except me. im still in VA! hopefully ill take leave in July.

hopefully.