Monday, June 1, 2009

Girls, girls, girls

Unfortunately while I was on the cruise my camera battery died... I was sure I had packed my battery charger, but when I looked for it I could not find it anywhere*! So I relied on the girls to take pictures for me -- something that was very hard for me to do as I love taking pictures! So far I have not been able to get my hands on the pictures the girls took to share them, but one of the lady's at our dinner table was nice enough to email me this picture of Amanda, Candice and I at our last dinner on the cruise. We had lots of fun dressing up for dinner and I, of course, loved being able to have whatever my little heart desired off the menu! One of my favorite parts of the cruise =)


*turns out my battery charger was in my suitcase... right where I had put it... in the inside secret pocket that I never use! Great thinking, Jess, great thinking!

Thought I would also share a lovely picture of the ladies from the wives' club for BW's squadron, also known as the "WinderChicks." We had a little function this weekend and then had dinner to celebrate one wife joining us and another leaving. We have a great group of ladies and I am very thankful to be included in it (seeing as how I am not a wife... but that is a whole other post!).

Obviously I am not looking forward to BW deploying soon. However, I am thankful beyond words for the excellent group of girl friends that I have made and will have as support through this next step in our relationship. The friendship that I have built with Amanda and the girls at work is amazing and I am thankful over and over for it. She has been here for me in in ways that she definitely has not had to so early in a friendship, but boy am I thankful she has been! And I cannot begin to express what a blessing it is to be a part of a group of women like the WinderChicks and feel the connection that we have. Sure, you put that many women from all different backgrounds and beliefs together you are bound to have some drama... but for the most part we all get along and are very supportive of one another. I have built a very close friendship with Beth (sitting to my left in the picture) already and am so thankful for that as well. Yes this group of women, like I said, come from different backgrounds and do different things, but we are all going through the same thing with work-ups and the upcoming deployment. Some have been through deployment before (some many times) and a couple of us are on our first... but the support that is in this group lets me know we will all make it through.

All of this being said, I am still of course very thankful for the friends I have made who are spread across the country and cherish each of those friendships as well. Alicia is irreplaceable, and the understanding that we have with each other is unbelievable. The girls in Ohio (Lori, Dena, Jen) are fabulous and I always look forward to the times we are able to spend together. The friends I have in NC (Alix, Lisa, UNC girls, Erin) are wonderful and I hope to spend time visiting with them these upcoming months. And, of course my girls in San Diego are forever in my heart and I miss them dearly. The Navy friends I have met along this journey (Cara!) are unbelievable and I love you; you have taught me so much while watching you go through this journey too.

I am blessed.

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