5-26-07  Caleb called with some BIG news.  He made the next rank, which also means a pay raise.  He is now an E4.  He also said that his deployment date got pushed back to October.  So he won't be home in August for his birthday or the family reunion in Traverse City. 
                    
He also said that he has to move out of his apartment and back onto the ship.  He was rooming with someone of higher rank that was in his chain of command and that is a no-no.  I guess that may cause his superior to play favorites (or the opposite if he didn't like Caleb).  Somehow the word got out and now he has to move.  Instead of finding a new apartment he chose to just move back onto the ship.  Hey, look at the bright side....he can still hang out with his friends at the apartment and not have a rent bill!!!  This just might be a blessing in disguise.

4-7-07  Caleb bought his first car. 
<A
HREF="https://www.angelfire.com/hi5/holtpage/calebs_car ",">THE CAR</A>
                          
2-27-07  Caleb is stationed in Little Creek, VA.  His ship is in for repairs right now but they will be deployed again this coming September.  This is sooner than expected and I'm sure it must have something to do with President Bush's plan of have more troops over in Iraq to get the job done.  
                    
He has an apartment that he shares with some other shipmates.  He does sleep on the ship when he has to work the next day.  He doesn't want to be late!  He also changed from a Sprint cell phone to a Nextel so he can "two-way" his mom and dad (who have Nextel cell phones).  Every now and then I hear that familiar voice coming out of my purse (where I keep my cell phone).  He called me today just to say he loved me and that he was still alive.  I think he just wanted to use his new phone with that "two-way" feature.  What do you think?