Sending your MIDN back to The Yard...

LT360 said:
@WolfPackGrunt My anxiety for my DS (Plebe) as Friday approaches is centered around finding a COVID test in the next few days and then on the logistics of travel given the spike in flight cancellations. Test sites are overwhelmed and shoe horning in a possible multi hour wait with the little time we get is making me anxious. I understand why USNA is requiring a test but tough when we struggled to even find booster shots during this break.
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Yes, agreed. We are lucky that in our state we have a very robust testing and vaccination system- that being said there was a long line at the testing site this morning (we are scheduled to "drive-in" tomorrow). Waiting in line is not what we had planned, but 'Semper Gumby' right!? He got boosted right after Thanksgiving leave, so at least that's one less checklist item.
 
LT360 said:
@WolfPackGrunt My anxiety for my DS (Plebe) as Friday approaches is centered around finding a COVID test in the next few days and then on the logistics of travel given the spike in flight cancellations. Test sites are overwhelmed and shoe horning in a possible multi hour wait with the little time we get is making me anxious. I understand why USNA is requiring a test but tough when we struggled to even find booster shots during this break.
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VelveteenR said:
Yep, never say goodbye. Say, “Until next time.”
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“See you soon.”

DH and my signature last words pierside before deployment and on the phone when apart.
 
A1Janitor said:
My son said the booster isn’t required. Is this new?
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Not required as explained to me during our voyage into finding testing as well. BUT with a booster, an OTC test is acceptable. Without a booster, PCR is required. And rather difficult to find in our area.

We just returned from out of state vacation. Booster and/or PCR testing not feesable to do until now. So from now until Wednesday. For sure putting a stress on the last few days together. Plus testing has a window of time allowed.

Boys have back up appointments schedule about a 2 hr drive. Each way. Plus they pay. Seems like they could have sent them home with a kit?
 
The 5th clinic today was the winner. Boosted and test scheduled for Wednesday in a 'drive-thru' setting. None of the large pharmacies, stores, or even the military clinic could help. Finally, in a small rural town (where I teach) 30 mins from the house, we found that the local Safeway pharmacy was a simple trip and easy peezy. He was in and out with no line and a shot in the arm within 20 minutes of arrival.

For those who are in a pinch, maybe the smaller communities will have some openings?
 
No booster = PCR test.

Booster (by a certain date) = can do OTC store test.

Also positive for Covid after a December xxx date means something else.

I read through it with the kiddos to confirm with all our heads together what is supposed to occur. BC it’s as confusing as it sounds. Like everything Covid.

But find your “box” in the email and do what it says. Not too difficult. Other than finding an ACTUAL test.

There is a BLUF section. Read the email for proper instructions….

(I am guessing the ROM will be, in part, to sort out all the testing issues…as it’s different for different situations).
 
OP, you are experiencing a typical "Empty Nest Syndrome." This syndrome gets worse when hormones change around 50s. It is what it is. It's part of life and there will be the end of the tunnel.

This is what will happen:

(Plebe year)
Me: Oh...no...goodbye...see you soon.....tears...
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(Firstie year)
Me: Honey...where is he?
DW: Did he come to home this holiday season? I thought that his winter vacation was cancelled...I guess...
Me: Never mind....you might be right...I guess...

This is how parents will let go children gradually and naturally.

It had happened to my parents long time ago. :)
 
I always take comfort in this: No school takes better care of its students than an SA. The care may often take the form of tough love, and may require Semper Gumby, but it’s very good care.
 
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F4EF15 said:
OP, you are experiencing a typical "Empty Nest Syndrome." This syndrome gets worse when hormones change around 50s. It is what it is. It's part of life and there will be the end of the tunnel.

This is what will happen:

(Plebe year)
Me: Oh...no...goodbye...see you soon.....tears...
.
.
.
(Firstie year)
Me: Honey...where is he?
DW: Did he come to home this holiday season? I thought that his winter vacation was cancelled...I guess...
Me: Never mind....you might be right...I guess...

This is how parents will let go children gradually and naturally.

It had happened to my parents long time ago. :)
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I caught a Space A hop home from West Coast to East Coast, unplanned, to be with them for Thanksgiving. They weren’t home. The nerve!!! They had joined two of mom’s siblings visiting another 5 states away. I knew which neighbor had a key to the house. I ate Thanksgiving dinner with them too. I made stews and soups, labeled and froze them, re-stocked the pantry with treats, made a small turkey so they would have sliced turkey in the reefer upon their Sunday return, and cleared out the last of my old stuff from the storage room.
 
Capt MJ said:
I caught a Space A hop home from West Coast to East Coast, unplanned, to be with them for Thanksgiving. They weren’t home. The nerve!!! They had joined two of mom’s siblings visiting another 5 states away. I knew which neighbor had a key to the house. I ate Thanksgiving dinner with them too. I made stews and soups, labeled and froze them, re-stocked the pantry with treats, made a small turkey so they would have sliced turkey in the reefer upon their Sunday return, and cleared out the last of my old stuff from the storage room.
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Imagine having a kid like that.

My son would call a lawyer and ask if they would sue me on commission.
 
Capt MJ said:
I caught a Space A hop home from West Coast to East Coast, unplanned, to be with them for Thanksgiving. They weren’t home. The nerve!!! They had joined two of mom’s siblings visiting another 5 states away. I knew which neighbor had a key to the house. I ate Thanksgiving dinner with them too. I made stews and soups, labeled and froze them, re-stocked the pantry with treats, made a small turkey so they would have sliced turkey in the reefer upon their Sunday return, and cleared out the last of my old stuff from the storage room.
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OMG. You are an angel.
 
A1Janitor said:
Imagine having a kid like that.

My son would call a lawyer and ask if they would sue me on commission.
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I credit it all to my parents. They were “doers” for other people, driving elders to church and medical appointments, making extras of special dishes and dropping them off to those they called “shut-ins,” etc. What they had, they shared.

I also took long walks on the beach, sometimes twice a day, which I always missed, and bought myself a two-day gym membership and worked out and swam. All in all, a good break for me. I never surprised them again.
 
I have said over and over… that being an athlete at a SA is a choice, but just think some did not get to go home and others less than a handful of days. So, it can be worse! There are International Mids who can’t afford to go home. There are even a few Mids who can’t afford to or don’t have the family dynamics that support them going home. So as hard as it is to see them go, thanks for giving them a chance to decompress and a place to relax. Plebe year is probably when you will see them the most. They eventually will say they are skiing for 5 days off Xmas with their buddies!
 
To the OP. Not to minimize the hurt, but it’s good training. At some point they will go on a deployment, perhaps even to a combat zone. That’s a gut punch. Putting on a brave face but dying inside. I remember thinking after my last mission into Iraq, “At least my kids won’t have to come here.” Twelve years later…
 
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