Annas' journal

Helloooo

I am bored stuck in my office for 2 and a half hours while a drill is going on. Got a huge inspection on Monday and we've been workin late for the past month and I'm still not sure we're gonna pass. If we don't pass, We don't get Holiday leave...which means working through the entire holiday season. Just found out our program for managing inventory and sales has been adjusting our numbers for us (bad). Not our fault but it could hurt us.

NEWS FLASH!-----I hate my job! Imagine trying to work while they are making announcements over the intercom every 10 minutes w/ the volume cranked...and then having drills where people are shouting and throwing heavy machinery around....not too conducive to a good work environment. Ony 30 more months.......only 30 more months....maybe 18 months.....Praying for 18 months.....I'll go crazy if I stay longer than that. haha, I'm the postal officer here too....I'll go postal...hardy har har.

Remember kids! Military Recruiters are LIARS!

This Is My Life, Rated
Life:	7.1
Mind:	6.3
Body:	8.2
Spirit:	7.2
Friends/Family:	6.8
Love:	9.2
Finance:	7.5
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Why is my life rating so high? Must be Heidi, she's an angel.

Hey there buckaroos,

Another duty day, yay *fart*. Duty blows, staying on this gray boat for 24 hours is depressing. You'd think they'd at least brighten things up on the inside (gray is supposed to be the best camaflouge at sea)to make the work environment more conducive to a positive attitude. I'm usually a pretty optimistic guy but man this ship is wearin me down, going out to sea, having a retard for a boss who doesn't even know his own job and makes everyone else do it for him. The Navy takes up way too much of my time, it's like they want to make it your life...duty, sea time, drills.....this is not for me. All you kids out there, MOM IS PRACTICALLY ALWAYS RIGHT (95%), at least mine is...she told me not to do it and that I would not like it....she was right.......even my wife is right 90% of the time, from now on I think I'll just listen to them the first time. If this were a job in the real world, I would of found another job and quit by now. Now donw't get me wrong, there are some real good people working with me but when you're one of two supply officers and the other is senior and a dickhead.....it can get real frustrating real quick. But at least dickhead is leaving in April, all I know about the new SUPPO is that she supposedly looks like Halle Berry, which tells me nothing of importance really. Thank god for my wife, if it wasn't for her I don't think I'd be able to take all this crap. I always think of her when things get bad, I think of our future and that of our children and I keep pushing on. I can't wait to get off of this cursed ship. I can't wait to get back to Washington. I can't wait to start my life.......

I have a headache.

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Hey Hey Hey! Coming to you live from the USS ELROD, I have duty on July 4th! What does that mean? I have to be here 24 hours, until 7am tomorrow, which is when the work day starts, yaaay! So far the turnover has gone pretty good, My first 2 days aboard I was freakin out and felt like I didn't know anything and would screw everything up. I am feeling a little better now we'll see how I do when the guy i'm replacing leaves for good on Friday and everything is left to me. The only ting I really don't like is duty, staying on a docked ship for 24hrs when I could be home with my wife is not too appealing to me, nor will it ever be. What blows is that if I were on a bigger ship I wouldn't have duty in-port, but then again they stay out at sea longer, at least that is what I have been told. About 25% of my work is my actual job, the other 75% is departmental tasking...basically senior officers asking questions about stuff they want and me finding out if I can get it or not and ordering it. I feel alright about disbursing (pay, finance & accounting), but Sales might get tricky with maintaining inventory levels and making stock-turn. Luckily I have good people working with me so hopefully I'll get the hang of it. My first day here, we went out to sea for an inspection of engineering. I got so sick that I could barely pay attention to what was going on, I puked like 7 times, 4 of them dry heaves. Second day was alright cause I took dramamine and consumed saltines and water the whole day. Well, that's enough for today....I'm gonna go back to doing....ummm....errrr...something.

Chillin in the classroom and don't feel like studying so I'm adding another update.
I feel like random ranting:

Why don't people understand that differences are what make us individuals? I hate it when people think their opinion is supreme truth when it's ignorant babble? Was trying to chat with other people about what they've done to their cars performancewise and some douche comes in and starts yellin about "jap crap" and that Domestics are better than imports....retard....GM and Ford assemble more vehicles in Mexico and Canada than in the US while Japanese firms are producing more cars in the US, who's importing now biotch.....then in another forum some idiot was worshipping Bush and claiming the Iraqi war had nothing to do with oil and money just taking down the Husseins, freakin idiot...we live in a capitalist country...of course money has something to do with it and what does oil equal? (hmmm...that's a hard one)


I've decided to stop being too nice, to stop letting stuff slide as much when people are being asses. I'm not gonna start losing my cool...but from now on I'm saying exactly what I want to and not sugarcoating...people seem to take you less seriously if your too nice. I am a nice guy by nature and I'm not gonna turn into a complete ass by any means.......it's just now there's a greater possibilty.......

Flarf, I'm still pissed about wasting 300 bucks on that intake, You think TRD [Toyota Racing Development] would of done a better job. I love my corolla but nowadays cars are way too wired, not as solid as they used to be.....I've decided I'm gonna buy an 89 celica GT4, used to have a GTS and loved it....turbo and all wheel drive should make things orgasmic and should be fun to upgrade/modify....probably not gonna happen until I know where I'm going to be stationed.

Another rant: Don't like the fact that where I go is not ultimately up to me in the Navy.

Who am I to complain though, at least i have a secure job and am making good money...which is more that I can say for 90% of my graduating MIS class. It's like my Grand-Uncle Sayed said: "Sometimes you have to through tough times to make it to good times" and he proceeded to use my dad as an example. Everytime I think things are bad I just thinkof what my dad went through to get where he is now and I appreciate what i have all the more.
I truly respect my Dad and can only dream of accomplishing as much as he has in his lifetime.

That reminds me, I need to call my parents..didn't call this weekend.

Hey y'all out thur, I'm chillin down in the south now. Athens, GA is where I be. Okay, enough southern talk.
Whats up fools! Been a long time since I posted here...so here's an update.

I am no longer in OCS (THANK GOD!)

Went back to WA for 3 months and had fun hanging with my family and friends back in Pullman and Seattle

Now I am an Officer of the Navy in Athens, GA in training until May (No Marine Gunnys yelling at me now, haha!)

Classes aren't so bad, it's just so simple it's boring sometimes.

I have finally decided that the Navy is a stepping stone in my career, being that I am IS (Information Systems) the market is unstable for fresh out of college IS folk so the Navy will give me the experience I need to be marketable and am guaranteed a job ( I will be handling millions of dollars worth of inventory, credit and cash - NAVAL LOGISTICS ). I think it'll be cool on a ship but I am married and it will really blow when i'm at sea so I don't want to put us through that for my entire career, would be selfish. Additionally, the military is very structured and rigid and I miss the freedoms I had as a civilian, don't really like being ordered what to do. Until I'm out of the Navy i will put forth my all into it so I can have some kick ass references and recommendations when I'm job hunting in WA (yes, I want to go back to the state I so desperately wanted to leave).


In other news:

I had to take the TRD cold air intake out of the Corolla S because it was making one of my oxygen sensors malfunction and the check engine light came on twice.....after the second time I was like fuck it and took it out because the dealer said that if the TRD intake caused any problems they wouldn't cover it with the warranty. Went online and searched corolla forums and saw that others were having similar problems and some got pretty bad. Probably could of argued it but I have enough going on with training to add that into the mix. Stuck the stock intake system back in w/ a small mod to increase airflow...resulted in the same low end power as the TRD but at the high end it wasn't as torquey as before.....TRD/K&N air filter should take care of that. So I've decided to keep my powertrain stock and do some light visual mods...looking at a Ebony Zebrawood interior dash kit and some blacked out tail lights (my car is black) and later on some 17/18" black rims with a chrome or machined lip.

Finally got a mattress set, we were sleeping on a cheap foam pad the landlady loaned us and when I slept on our new bad it was freakin radical dude! I actually got a good nights rest and felt like getting up...well..err...actually got up when the alarm rang. We're going back to the same store to buy a rollaway bed because my sister-in-law is flying down Thursday.


Right now I'm standing watch from 4am -8am (another thing I will not miss about the Navy) and really really bored....I'm gonna read now.. Later Peeps


-Annas Jamal

Yo yo yo,

I have now become a candidate officer and have liberty daily, most of all the drill instructors do not yell at me anymore and we don't have to yell at them either. We're free to come and go as we please as long as we take care of our responsibilities first. I've been standing a lot of watches lately and they're mostly answering the phone and relaying messages and ordering the junior classes officer candidates around. There are alot more responsibilities but they are administrative in nature and that is what I excel at so I should be good. Heidi's coming down tonight for our dining out (formal banquet)and staying the weekend so I'm looking forward to 5:30pm when her flight comes in. It's hard to believe I'm actually here at this point in training, but it feels good..real good. Only 3 more weeks and then I'm commisioned and jettin back to Pullman.....OHHHH YEAH!

"A car with turbo is faster than a tricycle"

C/ENS Osman

Wasabi my nabis, today we had our last RLP. If you don't know what RLP is...look at my previous posts and you will find out. I was really worried at first but I cam out of it with a high score of 94.....BOOOOYAH GRANDMA! Basically, this is our last really hard graded evolution here at OCS, we have a test in warfare tomorrow but that shouldn't be too bad and then PI (personell inspection) on Saturday in which we just check eachother's uniforms out and then we get LIBERTY! I am feeling amped about these last few weeks of OCS, we will finally begin the transition into leadership by starting to run things around here...taking care of the junior classes, road gaurds during PT in the morning, and havein liberty on a daily basis. ANther cool part about being a candidate officer (I am now a officer candidate) is that they give you a palm tungsten and you're allowed to carry your cell phone with you and basically eat and drink whatever you want....ALOT more freedom. The end is nearing and I am sooo excited to come back home, been a long time coming but it has defienetly made me appreciate many things, little things, that I took for granted before. Well, my peeps...I gotsta get to studying fot this test. Until later...keep rollin




"A car with no engine goes nowhere"
-Captain Obvious



-Jamal

We got our liberty back this morning, our drill instructor said it was a new day and indeed it is, good day so far..yay! I get to see my wife!....stay tuned for more

Well today started out good enough with physical trainig in the morning. Fresh from my first weekend of liberty I was feeling good and most of all looking forward to seeing my wife on Friday. We had a PFA (physical fitness assessment) and I maxed out pushups and situps and ran a 10:15 mile and a half.....I was feeling good. Then thngs turned sour. The drill instructor began to mash us hard ( alot of pushups, situps, leg lifts, jumping jacks) and we were all practically dying....then come to find out 2 male candidates in our clas had posted some sensitive info about OCS online and one female candidate came back from liberty drunk and covered in hickies all over her neck....I had a sinking feeling in my stomach and suddenly teh week didn;t seem too good anymore. We got mashed in the grass and in the sand while he was lecturing us about the three candidates who messed up and of how it's the team's fault. Personally, I think they should have been dealt with on an individual basis...but hey..I'm just a reasonable adult. Then he told us to go shower and change and be back in front of the chow hall in 9 mins. 44 candidates...10 shower heads....didn't happen...the drill instructor came up and basically took our liberty because we were late...but in relaity I know it was because of the 3 candidates. Now I may not be able to see my wife at all this weekend and probably won't until the 10th. And she was soo happy and excited and I was too...to see eachother and finally be able to hold eachother for the first time in 8 weeks. Today has to be the worst day of my life.....I've had bad days...but this takes the cake. I miss my wife soooo much and it harder and harder every day to be away from her....I keeep praying for god to give us teh strength to make it through this hardship and I know we will make it...but it really blows that we have to go through it. This is going to be a hard week and I hope my sweet wife is doing alright, i emailed but have yet to get a response. Wish us luck and pray for us everyone...


Jamal

Well today started out good enough with physical trainig in the morning. Fresh from my first weekend of liberty I was feeling good and most of all looking forward to seeing my wife on Friday. We had a PFA (physical fitness assessment) and I maxed out pushups and situps and ran a 10:15 mile and a half.....I was feeling good. Then thngs turned sour. The drill instructor began to mash us hard ( alot of pushups, situps, leg lifts, jumping jacks) and we were all practically dying....then come to find out 2 male candidates in our clas had posted some sensitive info about OCS online and one female candidate came back from liberty drunk and covered in hickies all over her neck....I had a sinking feeling in my stomach and suddenly teh week didn;t seem too good anymore. We got mashed in the grass and in the sand while he was lecturing us about the three candidates who messed up and of how it's the team's fault. Personally, I think they should have been dealt with on an individual basis...but hey..I'm just a reasonable adult. Then he told us to go shower and change and be back in front of the chow hall in 9 mins. 44 candidates...10 shower heads....didn't happen...the drill instructor came up and basically took our liberty because we were late...but in relaity I know it was because of the 3 candidates. Now I may not be able to see my wife at all this weekend and probably won't until the 10th. And she was soo happy and excited and I was too...to see eachother and finally be able to hold eachother for the first time in 8 weeks. Today has to be the worst day of my life.....I've had bad days...but this takes the cake. I miss my wife soooo much and it harder and harder every day to be away from her....I keeep praying for god to give us teh strength to make it through this hardship and I know we will make it...but it really blows that we have to go through it. This is going to be a hard week and I hope my sweet wife is doing alright, i emailed but have yet to get a response. Wish us luck and pray for us everyone...


Jamal

Well, today the class secured for liberty, which means that now we can actually leave the OCS boundaries on Friday and weekends and even leave base....I rocked the last exam so I am good for off base liberty too. I am so stoked (is that how you spell it?). Duuuuude, I am going to sleep in this weekend, I've got about 10000 hours of sleep to catch up on. Yeah right, I wish I could sleep in, this weekend me and some other dudes (dude is the word of the day) are going to geta hotel room and have an RLP slumber party...translation: folding clothes into perfect 6x6 and 12x12 dimensions and ironing and starching uniforms until they're perfect and wrinkle free. Oh yeah, and we have to IP everything too, basically no loose strings at all, not even 1/16 of an inch...if they can see it they will hit you for it. For those who are lost, RLP stands for Room, Locker, and Personell inspection. The room and Personell aren't too bad...but the locker part is what counts, clothes have to be perfect, unbelievably perfect...starched to the point where they stand on their own. Before OCS, I used an iron maybe twice, now I iron and starch daily and polish my shoes daily too. I gotta get most if not all my RLP stuff done this weekend because my wife is coming down next weekend and there will be no time for anything OCS related then...eheheheh*wink*. Almost there, 3 more weeks until we're candidate officers and another 3 until graduation......It's been hard work to get where I am (couldn't do it without my wife) and even more to get to graduation...but I'm starting to see that it'll be worth it in the end. To all my family and friends, I WILL SEE YOU ALL SOON AND CAN"T WAIT TO HANG OUT AND CATCH UP WITH YOU ALL. TO MY WIFE, I'M COMING HOME SOON BABY!


"A man with 3 eyes has one more than I do"
-random

Peace,

Jamal
"J-Ryder"

Well, I'm halfway done with training. 6 more weeks left, 4 of which are with teh drill instructor still on your butt and the last 2 which are basically administrative and your in carge of the junior classes. In fact, I've heard that just like what was done to me, I'm required to yell and scream at them when they first come here...but unlike the others I'll probably help them out and give them tips to get them through OCS. We (my class and me) will probably get beat (intense physical training to the point of fatigue and exhaustion) tomorrow because another person in our class left their locker open and got hurricaned (Their stuff flung about the room, liquids poured allover on clothes and teh room, insults written in shoe polish on the locker and walls) so I've got to stretch alot tonight so I don't pull muscle or injure myself. Got a huge test Tuesday on Seamanship and I've got to study hardcore for that tonight and tomorrow (they throw a semesters worth of information at us in 4 days, arggggh!). We have a chance to secure on wednesday for liberty (freedom to leave and move about the bass and even leave the base over the weekend), all we have to do is take our garrison caps off and put them on at the same time and learn some knowledge that we already memorized so we should be good. I can't wait o get off this base, even just away from the OCS part..this base is the size op Pullman and basically a city inside a fence so it's not too bad...like half the base is an 18 hole golf course though..too bad I'm not too baig on golf...may try it out though. MOst of all we better get liberty becasue I already bought a plane ticket for my wife to fly here on the 27th ($500) so I've got a significant investment in it....most of all I want to see my wife, we've got alot of catching up to do on what's going on in our neck of the woods and other things too(*wink*). Weel, it's tim for chow, catch y'all later.



Peace,


Jamal