Hey ya'll

Well, hey ya'll, thought I'd go ahead and post again.. finally got the finishing touches on the Suttons Blog.. um.. what else.. got a call from Chief Durden this morning, seems that the Sector Deputy (XO) likes the idea of a reservist(me) staying in Bethel, since they have no one out here permanately and have to send people over every couple months, but with me here, that's one less person that they have to send over. yippee. Anyways, it'll be convienient for all involved, and save us all money. :) Now I just need the college to talk to me...
Oh ya.. it was raining yesterday..

~AKCameraGuy~

Alrighty.. Hi..

Hi, how ya'll? Ya'll miss me? Didn't think so. :P I've been slacking on my blog lately, but been working on others.. namely, Sis. Sutton's. So ya.. been enjoying myself back here in Bethel, though I still haven't heard back from the job.. But ya.. anyways.. Welcome to the Christmas Season once again everyone!!

~AKCameraGuy~

YeeHaa!!! I'm back!

Oh ya Baby!! I'm back at the station! Just got back from getting all my gear re-issued to me. Sweet. Oh ya, oh ya, let's hear it. :D So ya, anyways.. I'll talk to ya'll later,

~AKCameraGuy~

Wow.. it's late.. or early..

Ya.. it's almost 4 am.. and I'm just now going to sleep..
I've been working on the background for Sis. Nowlings blog since midnight..
I'm going to sleep... Good night world..

~AKCameraGuy~

Alrighty.. The News...

IT SNOWED! IT SNOWED! IT SNOWED! IT SNOWED!!!!!!

And I'm moving back to Bethel on the 8th. :)

~AKCameraGuy~

Hey..

Hey.. it's me.. bet most of ya'll forgot who I am and all that scince I ain't posted for a while.. but anyways..

Things have been going ok here, been keeping busy, last week my job schedule changed to 2-11, hence the reason i'm up at 2:30 writing this post.. but come to think of it, I am gettin' really tired.. should go to sleep, except JAG dumped a bunch of stuff on my "bed" so I think I'm gonna crash on the couch..

Well, I think that's it for now, I'm getting too tired.. I'll talk to ya'll later,

~AKCameraGuy~

Yeehaa!!! um.. ya.. anyways..

Alrighty ya'll!! Here I am again! Yeehaa! just a quick little note here telling ya'll what's been going on here lately.. I don't have any real internet access, so I gotta take what I can get when I can... so anyways..
Alrighty, I got a new job, interview was last thursday, got the call telling me I was hired on friday, monday had to go fill out paperwork and take a drug test, tuesday had a physical, and then got a call today saying that I start tomorrow! So, this thursday morning will find me working for the NANA corporation as the Audio/ Video Technician for the BP office building!!! oh ya, uh huh, oh ya, that's right... lol. Anyways, my assembly plans are up in the air right now, the only thing I'm sure about is that I WILL BE THERE!!! Period. I may be eating bread and water while there, but I WILL BE THERE!! In other words, I'm broke, not sure when I'm going get my first paycheck, but.. I WILL BE THERE!! Anyways.. well, that's all I got time for, or I'll be late for church, but I'll talk to ya'll later, wish me luck, and I'll see you at the Assembly!

~AKCameraGuy~

What's Up

So I've been told that I need to post again...

Well lets see I'm working at McDonalds right now. It's ok though I don't like taking orders at all and they had me doing that the whole time last night. Oh I usually work mornings but last night I dropped Josh off at work and got half way home and he called me and said to come back. They only had 1 person there working other then Josh so I worked 6-11 and all of it I'll get overtime for.

Lets see what else oh me and two guys were going from a house to another place and the one guy had a bike and the other had rollerblades and I had nothing so I ended up running for 1 1/2 straight which is like 8 miles I'm really feeling that today

Well I need to run so everybody, have fun, stay outta trouble, and I'll see ya soon!!

~AKCameraGuy~

Hey ya'll...

hi. It's been a long time... long....long...long... time... lol. But anyways, just thought I'd say hi. I'm here at Matt's place. I'm in Anchorage. I'll be here for a while. in anchorage, not at Matt's.lol. Anyways.. HI EVERYONE!!! SORRY IT'S BEEN SO LONG!!
Ya, anyways.. I'll talk again soon..

~AKCameraGuy~

Panera Bread

Hey, ya'll!
Sorry it's been so long since I've last posted, I think I should start audio blogging, seeing as it doesn't require a computer. Anyways, everythings going pretty good, I'm using Burns' new computer right now, we're at Panera Bread (love this place), and I think we're going to Wal-Mart later.. anyways, I can't stay long so everybody, have fun, stay outta trouble, and I'll see ya soon!

~AKCameraGuy~

Good Morning, I'm Back!

Good Morning Blogging World! Yup, It's me, I'm back, have been for a few days now, but just haven't gotten around to posting. Anyways, I don't got much time right now, either, but I figured I better post anyway. :P So, Hi everybody, it's been a long 2 months, I'm sure it seemed longer for me than to ya'll, but anyways, I'm home for a week, I'll be leaving for A school down in Yorktown, Virginia on sunday, but I'll still be able to get online every now and then while there, so I'll be seeing ya'll around!

~AKCameraGuy~

Meg here, another letter from Micah. It's shorter this time, but he explains why:

Well I only got a few minutes to write this. I just got off watch and so I've got a little time before I got to go to remedial swim. So anyways, good news, KILO COMPANY EARNED OUR COLORS!!! Sunday afternoon we were presented our colors. Totally rocks. At this moment, KILO 173 is the only company in the regiment that has their colors. Supposedly, that means we're the best company here! If you want to see what our colors look like, look up Nautical flags and look for KILO, it will be yellow and blue. Rock on. Anyways, I'm running out of time. I'll talk to you later.

Micah

If you would like to see his company's colors, the link is below.

KILO Company Colors

Hi everyone, Meg here. Once again, it's a letter from Micah. It's actually quite a bit longer this time, surprisingly. So.. here it is!

26 Jan 06

The time is actually passing rather quickly. A lot has happened in the last few days. On Sunday night, our Company, KILO, and our sister company, LIMA, started standing watches. We used to get 8 hours of straight sleep for teh first 2 weeks, but from the 3rd week on, we have to stand watch 6 days a week. The watches are an hour long, but we are woken up 1 hour before and have to be at the post a 1/2 hour before our watch. So we end up losing 2 hours of sleep.

Then, for those of us that failed the swin test, we are woken up at 0430 for remedial swim. So I have only been getting 4 1/2 hours of sleep. Needless to say, I'm tired. (Btw, swim started monday morning.) Anyways, enough of that except to say that there are a few good things about remedial swim:

ONE: I don't get woken up by bright lights and a CC yelling his head off.

TWO: I don't get the morning IT sessions, which is what happens if the company was all jacked up the night before and the CCs are in a bad mood.. which is more often than not.

THREE: I can send letters any day I want, while the rest of the company has to wait to send letters on Sunday. The mail drop box is behind the barracks, so on the way to swim at 0500, I run about 50 feet out of the way and drop the in. (Big no-no) Luckily, all the CCs are asleep at 0500, and the only other people up are the other recruits heading to swim, and they wouldn't bust me even if they did happen to see me. So yeah, waking up early for swim ain't all that bad.

Anyways, the present. I'm right now sitting on the hospital ward bed, in one of the hospital PJs and robe. First time I've ever had to stay overnight in a hospital. With me is Anthony Shettle, who is also from KILO, and Thomas, who is from INDIA company. He'll be leaving this place next Friday. He's done his 7 weeks and now he's getting out.. lucky dog!

Why am I here, being treated like a king, getting hours of sleep? Oh yeah, I jsut got my 4 wisdom teeth pulled. As did the other guys. Then I'll be on green belt for the next 2-3 days. No up-down-out-in, rowers, squats, or piece its!!! I'm so happy!

~Micah~

Hi everyone, Meg here. Another shorter letter Micah wrote:

22 Jan 06

Right now, I'm writing because I won't have time after churhc. Divine hours are from 8:00-1300. Church is from 8:15-1000. I'll have about 2:30 hours after church. I tell you what, 2 1/2 hours goes by quick! Iron uniforms, polish our boondockers (boots), squad bag, maintenence, all that. Boom! Hours gone! LOL! Last week I ended up only having 5 minutes to write a letter home, which is why I'm writing to you now.. on this paper.. the ONLY paper I have in my Bible. LOL Anyways, Church is about to end, I'll try to write again after I get back to the squad bay.

Micah

(note, this was written before the last letter i posted. thanks)

Hi Everyone, Meg here. As promised, here is a letter from Micah:

22 Jan 06

Well, I got some time here, about an hour to write you and to home. Anyway, let I'll tell you a little about life here. We get up everday at 6:00, jump out of the rack, into our gofasters (running shoes) and get in line. We have less than 30 seconds to do that. Needless to say, we all sleep with socks on. We usually get 20 minutes to shower, shave, all that. There are 42 of us in KILO Company. Which includes 6 females. So, 36 guys in my squad bay. Many of us don't shower for days. Deodorant does wonders. LOL! Then we line up for chow. Anyways, after morning chow we usually have class.

I'll tell you right now, if I get reverted, it'll be for falling asleep in class. You're only allowed to fall asleep once, the 2nd time, and you go back a week in training. I fell asleep once, so I got a warning, and if I fall asleep again, I'll be graduating on the 10th instead of the 3rd. Hopefully that won't happen. Anyway. Afternoon chow is usually around 12:30. Today it is at 12:50. We live for chow and divine hours. Chow means 20 minutes that we can sit, eat good food, and not have the CC's breathing down our necks. And divine hours are 5 hours without the CC's. The CC's are our Company Commanders. We have 3 CC's: 2 guys and 1 girl. The woman is the LCC, the lead Company Commander. She is the boss.

Micah

And there you have it folks! He says hi and all that good stuff. I'll post the second letter in just a second. ~Meg

Alright everyone! Micah wrote back home to Bethel:

Hey Ya'll,
I've got less than 5 min to write,
I'll have to write again next week,
I'll have more time then.
Love ya'll
Micah
P.S. Love ya mom.

So I have the address now. If you would like to write him, then please email me and I'll get the information to you.

Thank you to everyone who has been praying for him.

Meg

Contact from our coastie! Got an email from Sister Connie saying that Micah had called home for 1 minute on Saturday. He has arrived safely, is getting settled in, and people should start getting letters soon.

I'm sure he's having the time of his life. I know he'll be the best in his unit and will make us all proud!

Meg

Hi ya'll. Micah has arrived in Cape May by now. I said the last goodbye to him at 7:30 this morning before he got on the last connecting flight. :( Yeah. I cried. I hate goodbyes. But he is excited, like a kid on Christmas morning. But please remember to keep him in your prayers.. these first couple of days especially.

Gracie, ya, he'll have a lot of catching up to do when he gets back. Actually though, he'll only be back for about three weeks before he'll be going to A-School. (that's the name of the school, it's for extra training) He'll be there for.... 2 more months I believe. Then he'll FINALLY be settling down in Anchorage.

Jessa, actually, he has to be the one to iniate contact. So if ya'll did send him letters, he wouldn't be able to get them. But email me your adress and I'll send it to him in his next letter, that way he can write you.

Meg

Hi Ya'll! Micah called and I'm on the phone with him right now. He says hi! He is now offically a member of the US Coast Guard! *claps* Oh! On active duty (he points out)! He'll be flying out for good at 9:27 pm (Alaska Time). So as of 12:27 Tuesday Morning January 10, 2006 (my time) we will see the last of Micah...... at least for a while... ok, now he's informing me that he is in fact going to Chicago and Philadelphia and somewhere else.

Sorry Jenna, but he can't receive any packages or gifts or food of any kind.

Lae, he says thanks! He KNEW you had them!

Gracie, he says hi! sorry for not talking to you more.

Bye again.

Meg

Meg Here

Hi ya'll... Meg here.

Yeah, Micah's gone. Nooo!!! Come back!!! :( Man, I'm gonna miss him. Won't we all? But yeah, he'll be writing letters often and I'll be putting updates on here from him. Blog-by-mail.. how cool is that?!

Just wanted to let ya'll know what's going on. Later.

Meg

P.S- Oh yeah, if anyone has anything they want to say to him while he's at boot camp, just put it on the comments with intrustions to send the message to Micah and I'll include it in one of my letters.