<p>Jamzmom, </p>
<p>Don't forget where your Mid goes to school. Blue and Gray are Kings Point colors</p>
<p>Must be a bear for you guys to pick sides in Civil War reenactions! ;)</p>
<p>At the risk of seeming self-agrandizing, I am shamelessly bumping my own thread. It's been close to five months since it's been in circulation, and now with all the acceptance letters coming in, I think it mught be a good idea for the parents to be reminded (or informed for the first time, as the situation may dictate) of what I said on page 1.</p>
<p>Current mids are strongly encouraged to chime in and offer their own perspectives.</p>
<p>Hang in there, Mom and Dad. :)</p>
<p>Ooooo. Thanks for the bump. I missed post #78 & #82 way back when! Funny stuff. Hmmmmm. Ironic that KP colors are blue and gray....</p>
<p>Its no use Zap. Alas, parents are insane. Thats the long & short of it. I'm sending chocolate bunnies to KP along with those nasty peeps. My Mid needs to be reminded of the embarrassment that parents can still cause. I may be 800 miles away but UPS is my friend. ;)</p>
<p>Ah, yes. "The Brown Truck of Happiness", as we gun collectors call it! :D</p>
<p>I know parents are insane. I are one, and I get misty eyed just THINKING of my two little one graduating from USNA.</p>
<p>All I ask is that you guys realize that your excitement can rub an already-rubbed-raw mid the wrong way, so try and take it easy for THEIR sake.</p>
<p>This is true. Their nerves get a bit raw and they need their space. Especially those few weeks before they leave. They hear nothing but "congrats", "hope you do well", "please write", ect. over & over again. Someone is forever bringing it to their attention. My kid kinda said, "enough already". But being the savvy parents we are, :) we knew to back off. He was like, "settle down about it". I suppose he put us in our place in that aspect. Yea, and where were you last year when we needed someone to say shutup already......</p>
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<p>Better late than never! ;)</p>
<p>Too late! :) I have 1204 post to date & I gotta stay ahead of you.
Anyone else having trouble signing off? I've tried to log off for two days. Who hacked the system again? I'm trying to leave. I swear it. It won't let me. Strange.</p>
<p>zaphod, totally correct!! we did get REALLY REALLY annoyed sometimes...when your children call you and tell you about stuff at the academy, sometimes we are asking for advice, a sympathetic ear and essentially, some one to tell us that they are proud of us and that they love us. especially plebe year. everyone is telling you that you sucks at life just because its your first year there, you definitely need someone to just say that "hey bobby, i know its hard but you are an awesome kid and im so proud of you. i love you" honestly, thats the best thing my mom ever said to me plebe year. just some advice...</p>
<p>imatnavy- thanks- I am putting your last post up right next to the telephone for when the calls start coming- as few and far apart as they might be!</p>
<p>that means alot to me! im gald i can help, and i know your mid will definitely appreciate the supportive comments coming from their biggest fans!!!</p>
<p>i know when i call my mother to relate some annoying minutiae of academy life, often the only thing i want her to say is "YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT! THAT'S SO RIDICULOUS" and then i would say THANK YOU, I KNOW! and be on my merry way. alas, she tries to give me actual productive advice. how silly, lol.</p>
<p>45 days to herndon.</p>
<p>YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT! (Parents can be) SO RIDICULOUS!</p>
<p>But we are unfailingly well-intentioned--not to mention very quick studies. :)</p>
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<p>That's why we don't kill you after the 19th rendition of "Do you know how proud you should be to be a Midshipman...?" </p>
<p>In a week.... ;)</p>
<p>This is tremendous help. The last thing we parents want is to make matters worse. Thank you imatnavy and Wheelah44 (and all at Academy that post insights!) The more we know the better (hopefully) we can give the "right" encouragement when getting those anticipated phone calls.</p>
<p>Hey you two (and others) how about some up-to-date stuff to start packing in care packages. I understand we can begin shipping pretty soon after I-Day? Maybe need to start another thread for this one!</p>
<p>Be safe!</p>
<p>WvDad ~ Boodle Ideas R Us. :)</p>
<p>haha DONT send anything that could be used to make of them...for example, someones mom sent them a care package and on the inside their was a card addressed to scooby doo...yes he heard about it all summer. Some of my friends thought they would be funny and sent me a coloring book. My cadre were gonna make me color things for them until i told them that i threw it away. any kinda food is nice from homemake cookies to like fruit roll ups and snacks like that. Your mid will only get an hour a day to sit around and write letters (and eat there stuff), and there is no junk food anywhere in the academy during plebe summer...so sometimes its nice to have a little yummy snack if you have a sweet tooth (like me!) of course they shouldnt be like eating a TON of it, but a little here and there wont hurt. also, sent letters as much as possible. that was the best part of my week to get letters from my family. ok well i hope that helps! bye</p>
<p>imatnavy, you are priceless. Keep posting!!</p>
<p>Make sure you do not send stuff that is perishble such as a cake or something. In the first place cadre will make the plebe open the package in front of them and if it is something like that will make them throw it away. Also mail is not gotten everyday. Usually only once or twice a week. Also make sure you do not send any magazines that could be offensive to anybody. Im talking about magazines like FHM, Mens Health and Maxim. These will without a doubt be confiscated and thrown out.</p>
<p>Ladies and Gentlemen....</p>
<p>I resurrect this thread after reading more than one story about the alleged antics of some of the parents of new Plebes. I urge those who have not read it to do so.</p>
<p>I wrote this during a different time, and perhaps I'd write it all a bit differently today, so I will ask you to simply take to heart some of the lessons I mentioned, and much more so the responses from the parents of now-upperclassmen. </p>
<p>As always, I stand ready to offer whatever assistance I can. </p>
<p>God bless you folks, but rein it in a bit, eh? It will do both you and your Mid a lot of good. :)</p>