Aimee and Suzie both used to work for MWR on base in marketing! Bernie their boss in background.
My employee, Andrew, joined in on the fun! The next day Pacific Edge Outfitters Staff cooked me up a BBQ luncheon, outdoor recreation style! Thanks guys, I'm gonna miss you.
The Personnel team surprised me with Sponge Bob, Square Pants sheets for my new rack.
XO and CMC both attended the luncheon, my camera didn't focus well!
My card was creative and said it all......we are all going to miss each other!
Chris Cation, USS Stennis Fun Boss, took the time to come say good-bye! I am usually sending him off and welcoming him home, it is his turn to worry about me.
Even Rear Admiral Symonds took the time to wish me well.
Alas, it is difficult to throw a party for a party planner, but afterall they are "recreators" so of course they did a fantastic job! Love you all, here are some photos I'd like to share with you and others.....
If I had settled down enough to give my prepared speech, it never would have been as good as the one that came from the remarks made by my buddies....
Mary this ones for you....
"For many years my co-workers have said in jest 'Tammie you should go on SURVIVOR' and I'd say 'No, I couldn't eat bugs'. And then they would remark, 'Tammie you'd be great on the American Race"\' and I'd say, have you seen my navigation skills? (Hee Hee, just ask Skip). One day, I even auditioned for the "Apprentice" (before it became the "Celebrity Apprentice" but alas Donald's Team couldn't see I had it in me; or they did and that is why they wouldn't take me (afterall that was when the contestants were really odd characters!) Hmmm.....so I thought, why go on a silly reality game show when only one person comes home a winner! ??
So, when I applied to go to Afghanistan, no one thought I was serious...
And I said, 'At least this way, if they do send me home, I will still have some money in my pocket, I won't be out the "leave" and I will have the most "reality" I could ever get....in a war zone...that is.'
Who knew no one else would apply? Only kidding, the competition was tough; so I heard later (who really knows?) and I was offered this great opportunity 4 months ago!
At the party, Mary mentions yet another time we were both competing over a year ago in the "Biggest Loser" on base; and we both lost a considerable amount of weight; Mary won, of course.
With that, I challenge you, Mary, and anyone else today to lose 20 lbs before my first R&R homecoming party in August -- let's get to losing that extra weight again-- I have 4 months of party favors to burn, and I need to get back into the gym, so Game On.