Hey everyone....

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Hey everyone....
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Wed, 06-20-2007 - 10:31am

As much as I've enjoyed being a CL here on the board, I do not have the time to spend on the board that I feel I should. So after thinking it over for a few weeks now, I have made the difficult decision to step down as CL and simply enjoy just being a "regular" on the board.

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Wed, 06-20-2007 - 11:14am
aww - we'll miss you as leader, but I do hope you'll stick around and chat. :)

AJ, enjoying life with C.

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Wed, 06-20-2007 - 11:19am

I absolutely will.

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Thu, 06-21-2007 - 11:15am
Just bumping this up - I want to make sure people get a chance to see it. :)

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Thu, 06-21-2007 - 11:25am

I saw....just trying to get over my feelings of abandonment. ;-)


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Thu, 06-21-2007 - 11:48am

I'm sorry! But I feel like it wasn't fair of me to keep the hat when I don't feel like I'm doing the work. ;)

But I'm still here! In fact, I have several ideas for posts I'm going to try to post today. :)

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Thu, 06-21-2007 - 12:06pm

How was your vacation? Where is your ticker? Is your boyfriend home?

We'll miss you as CL, but I'm glad to hear that we aren't losing you completely : )

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Thu, 06-21-2007 - 12:32pm

My vacation was nice but way too quick. I wanna do it again, NOW! LOL Only thing that bummed me out was I still had to work my second job, and the nicest weather I had was during days I had to work that night. I don't like to go to the beach or do anything fun if I have it hanging over my head that I have to work at 5 - just kinda ruins it for me. A couple of the days I had completely off from both jobs, the weather was crappy - cold and drizzly. I did have "nice" weather (meaning only partly cloudy instead of completely cloudy) for a few days, though, which was good, and one or two real nice days. But every time I went to lay on a floatie in the pool to get some sun, the clouds would cover over. Then, I'd get out of the pool, and the sun would come back out. ::sigh::

My boyfriend is home, though, which is nice. :) In early July, though, he's going away to visit his family for two weeks and due to work scheduling conflicts, I can't join him. Then he'll be here for a little over a week before he goes back out to sea again, but just for a month this time.

My ticker is gone for the moment, as is my siggy, because I have to re-sign up for Express Yourself (which I plan to do tomorrow when I get paid). You have to have Express Yourself to have cool stuff on your posts. :)

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Thu, 06-21-2007 - 1:35pm

We're in the midst of a drought here so I'm jealous of your rain ; ) Sorry you couldn't enjoy the pool, though.

So, you have your man for about another two weeks and one more when he returns from his home town? That's a decent chunk of time, no? Sure, it's not the same as having him all to yourself 24/7 but it is what it is I guess. I'm curious, is he going to re-enlist? Is this a career for him?

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Thu, 06-21-2007 - 4:21pm

Well, that's the worst part - the days that were cloudy hardly rained at all except for barely a sprinkle. At least if it rained, that would have given the cloudiness a purpose. LOL

Yep, I do get him for a good amount of time, which I'm happy about. He has way better hours this time that he's home - last time he was working almost every day. But he and I actually had a couple of full days off together last week, which was awesome.

He keeps flip-floppin' around as to whether or not he's going to re-enlist. One week he'll say he's going to get out when this enlistment is up next year. The next week he'll say, "Well...maybe I'll stay in..." I think his main thing is he's afraid if he gets out that he might regret it. Right now, he's kind of leaning towards getting out and becoming a cop (his military experience kind of gives him an "edge" when it comes to police recruits). I just want him to do whatever makes him happy, and I don't think being in the Coast Guard makes him happy.

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Thu, 06-21-2007 - 10:51pm
How many years does he have in and how old is he now? I went in at 17 . . . turned 18 in Paris Island . . had I stayed, full boat retirement almost ten years ago . . medical . . and could easily have done anything I am doing now . . . in hind site I might just have done that. Anyway . . . just a thought. I had that cop plan too, but back then, 18K to get shot at some more in the wild west of Miami in the 80’s. . naw . . .(-: What does he do in the Coast Guard? A good harder master makes a bundle, and keeps him on the water if he enjoys it . . . (-: