More ducks

 Last weekend Kristen was in New Orleans and she went to a crawfish boil.  It looks like Dallas had a good time.

So, this week I've flown twice.  Just three more flights left now till I'm done here!  I'm not sure what day will be my last here in the States just yet. I'm guessing it'll be either the 26th or the 28th of this month.  Wow...., that's coming up quickly!

It was too windy to fly but not too windy to sit at the lake.

On Monday the person on my crew who was DNIF (Duty Not Including Flying) went to the doctor and got off DNIF status.  So I was scheduled to fly on Tuesday!  Yes, finally we'll be able to get out of the slump and get some more flights under our belt.  We were on flight 8 of 12.  The winds were to crazy and we decided that the training would not be worth fighting the winds all day so we cancelled.  But it was nice enough to go to the lake and feed the ducks bread!

Here come the ducks once they saw we have bread

The next day, Wednesday, we briefed again for ride 8.  Right before we stepped to the jet one of our instructors said that he was feeling sick.  So we got cancelled again.......day two in a row.  But it was nice enough to go to the lake and feed the ducks bread!   

Click on this sentence to see a duck eat bread from Kristens hand. 

Click on this sentence to see the meanest duck at Bonita Lakes.

The following day, Thursday, we briefed again for ride 8.  Our plane was stolen from us because we were the lowest ride priority on the schedule and another plane broke.  So they took our jet to fill their line.  Aaagghhhhhh....  But it was nice enough to go to the lake and feed the ducks bread!

The following day, Friday, I was called at 10am by my mission commander and told that our flight was going to be cancelled because of weather.  Aaagghhhhhh x 2!  But this one I saw coming.  The weather was BAD!  There was a bunch of tornados spun from this very storm that rolled through here.  One even as close as Jackson, MS!  We didn't go to the lake.  I'm sure the ducks ate....don't worry.

Click on this sentence to see what we were watching outside our hotel window.

Kristen and I wanted to leave so bad that day to go back home and get Dallas.  But I didn't want to drive three hours home just to drive three hours back all in the same day.... that would suck....plus the weather was bad.  So we waited till the ATIS (flying schedule) came out around 6pm.  For some strange reason I was not on the Saturday flying schedule!  So we jumped on the chance to drive back and pick up Dallas.  The weather was not the greatest but I drove careful.  We ate at Carreta's Mexican Restaurant when we got home.....it was AWESOME!

Click here to see the dogs telling us hello when we got to Kristen's parents house.

I seriously spent almost five hours adding and organizing music in iTunes getting ready for my deployment.... I'm almost ready!!!

Dallas on the drive back to Mississippi

She was so tired

We drove back to Mississippi on Saturday.  I flew today, Sunday.  It was my ride 9!  Just three left!!!  Actually it's two left and then my first official Air Force check ride!  Which is pretty nerve racking all in itself.  I'll find out for sure when I'm leaving sometime during this week.  I'm hoping to get a few free days between my checkride and my departure to go back to New Orleans and hang out with the fam for Easter.

 

Today when I was done flying I picked up Subway and met Kristen out at the Lake with Dallas.  It's so nice out there.

I got an email from one of my buddies who was in my class, finished over here on time a week ago, and has been downrange playing in the sand for four days now.  He told me a few things to look forward to, or not so forward to in the very near future.  It will take a few days to get there because of changing planes and such.  When he got there the rooms we are supposed to stay in are full and they put all of us in a large tent (sleeps 200) in bunk beds (that sucks).  The bathrooms are 50 meters away......., in the sand. No internet in the tent. Oh well...., sounds like fun so far.  I'm sure I'll get used to it and it will be an experience of a lifetime!

Till next week.....