Monday, October 24, 2005
Hey, Navy:
Another tedious letter from the old man. Hope these do something for you. I won’t get mushy here. Much.
Woke up this morning at 3:30ish AM in a frozen sweat and could not back to sleep. Dunno what it was but it was not fun, so I watched SportsCenter until the dawn broke. Went to work, did that for nine or ten hours, then went to give yet another test, this one to my Monday class. About halfway through, the correctional officers kicked all the teachers out of the prison due to some emergency somewhere. We were not in any danger; I got the sense that it was a drill.
Got my December Bicycling Magazine a few days ago and my November issue today (go figure). There’s a good article about a dude who weighs 195 pounds today and 305 pounds (not a typo) not long ago. So maybe there’s hope for me yet. I was in the 260s when I started seriously biking and am now in the 240s. One day at a time.
On the official Navy website at navy.mil is an article from April 2005 you might find interesting, "Navy Releases Latest Selective Reenlistment Bonus Award Levels". Here’s a nice sentence:
"Also announced in this message is the elevation of the ceiling limit on zone A nuclear ratings, as well as Cryptologic Technicians Interpretive (CTI) holding the 9211, basic Mandarin Chinese linguist, or 9216, basic Arabic linguist, NEC from $45,000 to $60,000."
If that’s what they’re willing to spend today on CTIs who re-enlist, think about six years from now. That’s a frickin’ house, luv. :-)
Here’s some News of the Weird:
"Royalty by Opportunistic Encounter: After a lifelong search, Marty Johnson, a Minnesota mortgage broker, finally located and visited his birth father this year, according to an ABC News report. Dad is John Ogike, who was an exchange student from Nigeria when he had a brief affair with Marty's mother, who gave Marty up for adoption, but today John Ogike is chief of the Aboh village in Nigeria, and Marty will be accepted as the new chief upon his dad's death (but Marty is unsure whether to accept). [ABC News, 6-4-05]"
We had an unexpected rain shower and thunderstorm tonight, though it was nothing compared to what we saw on TV last night during the baseball game. It was a very nice change.
Time change on Sunday. Hope you got an extra hour of sleep.
All my love,
Air Force
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