2 posts tagged “army”

Well, I guess I have some updating to do since I haven't posted in a while.

I did my first IOE trip last week.  It was a 4-day out of Newark, with overnights in Dallas, DC, and Buffalo.  I got to commute in the night before, and the company put me up in a hotel.  On the last day we finished early enough that I was able to go home that day.  It was a pretty cool trip.  Seems as tho I'm pretty good with the airplane, except for a few minor things, and the crew I was with were really nice people.

This past weekend Jeannie and I ventured down to Raleigh to look at houses.  We found a development of townhouses that we really like, and I think we're going to try to buy.  I have no idea how the whole process works, so it will be a pretty steep learning curve.  I hope it all works out.  We had such a great time - I didn't realize how much I missed being in a city that has everything.

I'm currently on my second trip of IOE.  It's just a two day trip, and tonight I'm in Halifax, Nova Scotia.  We got here early enough that we were able to walk downtown and check out the sights.  Throw in the fact that it was a beautiful, clear day and about 80 degrees F...very cool.  I think a summertime vacation up here would be very enjoyable.

Tomorrow we do a turn out of Newark to Rochester, and then we're done.  I should get signed off, and then I'll be good to go.  I actually received orders from the Army to report to the nearest reserve station and update my records on Friday, so I'm guessing that I'll be in Houston next week sitting reserve.  Joy.  I love the flying, but reserve blows.  I'm hoping that they use me a lot.  I don't want to get a crashpad right away, so the more they use me, the better.

So, about that workout...I need to start it again.  I'm looking a little pathetic these days.  My spare tire is inflating, and that's no good.  Time to deflate.

Did you know that Halifax is an hour ahead of the east coast?  That makes it 10:30 here now, and I have to get up at 4am.  Time to go to bed.

I've got an early report tomorrow.  5:45 to be precise.  It's now 11:33pm.  I love to fly.  I hate to work.  No, not really.  I just hate being away from home so much.  I need a corporate flying job that doesn't involve so much time away.

Anyway, today involved laziness for a while, and then we got busy.  Not in that sense.

We unpacked a bunch of boxes, took out the empties, set up the Christmas tree, and bought a shredder.  We left our old shredder in Phoenix.

We left a lot of stuff in Phoenix.  We still can't find our silverware, and we've been here for a month.  We still have a few more boxes to unpack, but it's not looking good.  I can't believe the movers forgot to pack the damn silverware.

I've got J's Christmas present in my Jeep.  I really don't have any other good places to put it.  I can leave it in there and it will be fine, but I've got to wrap it eventually.  I guess when I get back on Thursday...maybe.

So she got a call today from the hospital.  They offered her the job, albeit at $21 an hour.  Just for reference, she was making $28 in Phoenix.  I guess that's to be expected, but it still sucks.  Oh well, at least it's a job.  And it's what she wants to do.  The most important thing is for her to be doing what she wants to do while I'm away all of the time.  If she were unhappy, things would really suck with me being away.

Time to iron the shirt.  I hate ironing shirts.  But I hate having wrinkled shirts even more than I hate ironing.  I guess that's the Army in me.

Speaking of the Army, I've come to the realization that I miss it.  That pisses me off.  This "grass is always greener" bullshit sucks.  No matter what you do, you always think that something else is better.  Not that I think the Army is better, 'cause it's certainly not.  I just miss the camaraderie, the paycheck, the flying, and the people.  Oh well.

Back to that shirt.  Tomorrow nite I'll be in Manchester, NH.