Recent content by ThereseInDenver

;) And if the dishwasher is not loaded exactly according to manufacturers' instruction booklet, it is a direct threat to your way of life? I wish I had a picture of the marriage counselor's face when Starter Husband explained to her, 'I flew single engine, single seat jets off of a carrier...

I've put funding for training for this in contracts for several Sports Med physicians. It is apparently used a lot by pro sports team physician. Ask your ortho? Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy uses injections of a concentration of a patient's own platelets to accelerate the healing of...

My starter husband was "this guy". I SHOULD have realized it was more than a quirk when squadron buddies would come into his kitchen when we were dating and turn the soup cans so that they weren't always facing exactly forward!!!

Plebes-to-be, don't open those letters from home envelopes in the passageway (hallway). There are always a few detailers who adhere to the philosophy that any open mail in Plebe's hands in the passageway is "public information". You could be asked to read your letter aloud to anyone in the...

I second this based on Welcome Aboard picnic for our 2025s recently. I asked all of the CO/WY mids to tell the 2025s what they appreciated MOST from their parents. Unanimous....letters, cards, anything to look at/read that reminds them of the support they have at home. Every time mail is...

We mailed the first one the day we dropped him at airport for COVID plebe summer. Mail times are totally unpredictable, but your Mom is probably following the FaceBook parents page advice and not sending anything even remotely likely to spoil. Our son confirmed on first call that his company...

Black shows through summer whites. According to my son, it really doesn't matter that white underwear and compression shorts get dingy in laundry...no matter how "grey" they look, nobody cares. They still won't show through summer whites.

Pick out some favorite pictures for your parents to put in the first care package. You will have a bulletin board in your desk area where you can tack up pictures. Go through the photos on your phone and pick out a few that will make you smile. Upload them to Walgreens, Target or CVS and pick...

You'll get chapstick, sunscreen and moisturizer in the big kit you get on I-day. Unless you have allergies, you don't need anything. Have your parents send your favorite brands in care packages. You can have electric toothbrush after Plebe summer. Right as you finish Plebe summer, you'll ask...

Following this thread-- 4/C is getting scanned for invisalign in July when he's home on leave. No cost for the scan/consult, but it didn't occur to me that the plastic trays might not be allowed since so many mids pop in retainers when studying/sleeping?

While you are breaking in the pair you will wear, break in ANOTHER pair you will leave at home for your parents to send in a care package or bring with them when they visit. My son refused to do this and regretted it.

My 2024 just told me they are doing Sea Trials with the company they are leaving rather than the company they are joining. They are very busy with the move. He was too busy to talk---can old salts explain if Sea Trials is a competition, one company against another? We watched the last Sea...

That is exactly what my Plebe discussed today with his two roommates!! They feel like they know their company too well and don't know other companies at all. There is some hope that they will each meet some new kindred souls in their new companies. They talked about getting together on liberty...

There is a lot of 5-and-dive talk among Plebes, too. But there is also hope....hope that summer block training will re-stoke enthusiasm and they will start to see a little more of what brought them to USNA in the first place. My plebe jokes that they have had a front row seat to the underbelly...