hello thoughts. after sitting, typing, editing all day, the last thing i should be doing now is typing more. but this is for me, not my instructors, not my career, not for my masters degree in communication. just me. just me. the title of my journal when i started it, oh so many years ago (2003) and remains, 'it's just me, free flowing'. there hasn ( Read more... )

Lord, You’re calling me to come ( Read more... )

It is so great having Todd home, well both of us home together.  So many adventures!  So many adventures that I dont even have time to blog.  I will try to be better. Let's start with the now and maybe look back every now and then.  Last weekend we enjoyed the OysterFest downtown after a sloppy surf session. The OysterFest had great music like ( Read more... )

not much to report on my last patrol. 60 days. no drugs.  i will update with more specifics later (maybe). the highlight was our 7 rendevzous's with the Colombian Navy, 3 Coast Guard cutters, the Chilean Navy, and two Navy Frigates. Pavones was the highlight, staying at the Pavones Yoga Center with Jenni Tamminen, Jenn Proctor and the boys stayed ( Read more... )

it has been great to have my friend Cathy visit from DC for the week. we go out to sea in a few days so it had been stressful getting everything prepared. but good thing this isnt my first rodeo. this is my 7th Eastern Pacific Deployment and my last before become a Coast Guard public affairs officer and going to Grad School in the fall.  so back to ( Read more... )

I got home a few days early from patrol due to our second and last Main Diesel Engine breaking. so we blasted home on turbines and moored up to start the repairs in homeport.  a few days later Todd arrived and we had a blast (see previous post) and he bought us tickets to Seattle to visit my family for Christmas.  actually he had bought them over a ( Read more... )

so long since posting and i will just start with the most recent and then slowly back track. i have lots and lots of material to post about! major life changes.

i got home from our patrol on December 16th after 2+ months out to sea, over 10,000 nautical miles travelled, 2,000lbs cocaine seized, 1,400lbs disrupted, 500 laps ran around the ship, 140 ( Read more... )

back to sea on this beautiful Pacific Ocean. how life changes when you take in all the lines.  we departed from San Pedro, CA after completing our Helo Stan, onloading ammo and topping off our fuel tanks.  and now life is different.  i am fed 3 meals a day if i like, dont have the ability to cook, there is a new cappucino machine which will be the ( Read more... )

i have taken a break from blogging, not intentionally, just having so much fun and not enough time to sit down and get my thoughts on paper.  so as i leave for deployment soon, i will be updating more.  i will also try to fill in some blanks from this past summer ( Read more... )

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