I hardly know where to begin now. I made it back stateside on Sunday feb 15th. Got to chill with the girl for a few days. Wednesday I got a frantic phone call from the ex that my daughter had overdosed on her pain medicine for her Lupus. It was to late for me to leave that day so I went up to Charlotte first thing on thursday morning. I got up ( Read more... )

I supposed its better than being in the middle east getting shot at but this island is not much more than a gilded cage. Its hot, its humid, it rains sideways with no notice. Did I mention its fracking HOT! Go figure. Right on the equator. Ok enough whining. I am ready to be home thats all ( Read more... )

Well I spent half the night playing counselor last night to 3 of my guys. I don't know what they all got into but they got seriously hammered and I am pretty sure lost their damn minds! LOL. Now I know how much fun some of you have had trying to keep me safe and sane on one of my....nights. LOL. Here is a belated and much appreciated thank you for ( Read more... )

Good news finally. Jamie finally emailed me back. Seems all was ok with her other than being grounded from the computer....again. Go Jamie. Still nothing from Josh but I don't expect much from him right now. Have to let him cool off for now. Nothing else going on other than passing the time on this wretched rock. I can't get back home soon enough.

I am again back on this rock in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Waiting yet again to get back to the ones I love. Thankfully this was my LAST long deployment. This one was welllll....I stopped counting after a hundred days or so. I will just say it was WAY TO FUCKING LONG! Lots has happened while I was gone this time. I hardly know where to begin ( Read more... )

Well here I sit. On this fucking rock in the middle of the Indian Ocean. A full half of a world apart from all of the people I care about. For those of you that don't know...since I have been so good at keeping up my journal....I left for the deep blue sea in March. I was out for about a month. In for a week. Then back out to sea till just a few ( Read more... )

I was on here trolling my friends journals and noticed the little dammit up in the corner that said I hadn't posted in 58 weeks. I was amazed. I knew it had been a while but damn!!! So much has happened I have learned, grown, experienced much more than I can begin to express here. Deployments to sea. Kids growing up. I have fallen in love and moved ( Read more... )

Home again and in one piece. Mostly. Chat later.

Well its that time again boi's and girls. Heading out to do what I do. This is a longer trip than the last few. I'll chat at you when I can. Oh and for those that care to reach me the address is BarnetJL@florida-blue.navy.mil. I'll get to send and receive at random intervals just be aware. Also each email has to be a seperate one. No replys, and no ( Read more... )

I had a really crazy, busy, fun weekend. Friday night went and checked out The Infernal Doll Factory's show in the French Quarter. Much fun was had. The show was awesome. Onyx and Canaan kicked ass on the cross. I got some killer single tail marks still hanging out. In late, up early. Maybe 3 hours of sleep. Then jumped on the road to Hollywood ( Read more... )