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Montgomery

I spent the last weekend in Montgomery with Tobin in his little apartment. It was mostly an uneventful drive there and back, except for the part where I got lost and had Tobin directing me over the phone while I was driving a stick and trying to look at my paper directions. I made it, though! After that, all was going well until the Ohio State-Michigan game, which as you all know didn't go very well for us. Tobin was happy, though. Maybe next year, guys!

Despite what I was told, there really are some very cute parts of Montgomery, and Tobin and I got to see them a bit on Saturday and Sunday. We went to the movies one evening, and we watched Bolt. It was hilarious! I loved it, and the picture was absolutely amazing. We are even more tempted to get a big screen, hi def TV now. And a Blu-ray player. Again, maybe someday.

There were Christmas decorations up and Christmas music playing...sure gets me in the mood for the holidays! We have some pictures, but I don't have the camera with me, so that will come later.

I can't wait to have my Tobin home and not in a tiny apartment miles away, microwaving pizzas for dinner.

Looooooong drive coming up tomorrow; fam, we'll be seeing you soon!

Holidays

Tomorrow, ALABAMA! I've never stopped in Montgomery for any length of time. Tobin and I are going to go exploring to see what we can find; and I'm going to live on my first Air Force base for a few days. We did stop in at Eglin once to get Tobin some rank, but that's the only other AF base I've ever been on.

I have been in green belt training all week, and tomorrow is our catapult competition. We have been reducing the variability in our shots for both training weeks, so tomorrow we get to compete and then present. Our catapult is the least altered, but we were tied for first in the trial run yesterday. We'll see how tomorrow goes! It is also the company Thanksgiving lunch. Mm mm, turkey and ham!

And in a few days, I will drive up to Montgomery again, pick up Tobin, and drive on up to Michigan for Turkey Day. :)

Project Update

Wow, what an awful, awful presentation. Hopefully the next stage will go better. I don't feel like I know how to fix it, but hopefully I will.

Time for ice cream and a hot bath.

Oh, and shiba puppies help everyone feel better.

Weekend #2 with Tobes

Although I seem to feel every minute and hour go by oh-so-slowly during the week, it sure makes the time on the weekends I get to share with my husband feel significant . I don't want to take for granted even a minute that I have with him. I've learned how inadequate a phone is; it sure is nice to not depend on one conversation to set the tone for the rest of my night.

This weekend was fantastic once again. Jesse and Melissa finished up ASBC and came down for another weekend with us; very fun! We had such a good time with them. They headed back to Texas before lunch time on Sunday.

Also, we had a dinner with the leaders of our OCF Bible study and another couple. It was a nice evening, and I was glad to have the chance to get to know them all a little better than seeing each other once a week for a couple of hours.

Below is a picture of the beautiful sunset on the pier downtown, looking out into the bay/gulf. Also, a very recent (a few hours old!) picture of Tobin and me in the mall parking lot. He left not too long after, since he was catching a ride with another couple headed to ASBC, and they wanted to leave early. That's where getting to see each other on the weekends gets hard. I don't like saying goodbye so many times!

Tomorrow is my presentation at work...it is for two (out of five) phases of my project, and I practiced the presentation once with Tobin while I was here. He asked some great questions, which will help me prepare a little more for tomorrow evening.

Trying not to be too stressed out or overwhelmed; and missing my best friend. I'm really looking forward to Thanksgiving! It will be a long trip, but well worth it to see the family for a couple of days. Hope you are all doing well!

Another Wonderful Weekend

ASBC is located on a base so close to me that Tobin can come home on weekends! He came back this weekend on Friday night; I was late coming home, because I was at a "girl's night" event for the girls in our Bible study. We had an amazing weekend, getting lots of things on our to-do list done. Plenty of laundry/ironing/polishing boots and shoes, for Tobin's uniforms (he does it all himself...isn't he pretty much fantastic?). He gets his completed new uniform on Tuesday, so he won't have to wear the borrowed one anymore. Oh, and Tuesday is Veteran's Day, so he gets a day off from ASBC. He won't be coming home, since it's only a day, but I'm glad he'll catch a break. Maybe he can go exploring in Montgomery.

Ok, on Saturday, we went to an O.A.R. concert that we won tickets for from a radio program. We were reeeally low on gas, so we got off the highway early and ended up in a shady part of town, but eventually we found our way. The pictures we took of the aircraft carrier (or maybe it was a battleship??) didn't turn out because it was too dark, but I posted one of the band. It was fun, and some guy who knew Tobin sat next to us! It was another person from the military who went to IFS with T. Random, huh? We run into a person we know in Mobile, AL, and I never see someone we know, from work or church or anywhere, even when I'm shopping in good ole Walmart back home!

This week is kind of looming in front of me, since I have to finish up the next part of my project and give a presentation not this Monday but the next. Yikes!

It was hard to let Tobin go today, but I'm so thankful I'll see him again this weekend. Thanks for all of your support, family!

Oh boy

We got a phone call yesterday telling Tobin to be in Montgomery, AL today for ASBC (don't remember what that stands for, except another 6 weeks of training). We've been kind of in shock since then, and he's leaving very soon to drive up there. It's a 2 hour 45 minute drive, so we are planning on seeing each other this time on the weekends, hopefully. We have that concert to go to this weekend that we won tickets for, and the next weekend is the air show that Tobin is supposed to be working. And Thanksgiving is nestled in there somewhere. Ah, the Air Force. It runs so smoothly. So anyway, just wanted to keep you all updated. Hope you have a chance to get out and vote today!

Happy Halloween

What a great weekend! We started off the weekend right after work, cooking for a Halloween get together with two other couples. One of the couples we know from training, and the other was Jesse and Melissa from Rose (Jesse was one of Tobin's roommates). It was so fun! We handed out candy to trick-or-treaters (not too many though...we were surprised at how few), ate dinner, and played Cranium.

Jesse and Melissa stayed with us for the rest of the weekend, and we spent most of Saturday at the beach. We decided to hike to Fort Pickens, and actually didn't get too many pictures of the fort; we were a little more preoccupied with the 14 mile hike. It wouldn't have been too bad, but as you can see in one of these pictures, the road wasn't exactly where it was supposed to be. So we hiked through miles of sand, and that wore us out! But check out the crab we found and the huge bird that I was convinced wasn't real until it started walking! Also, we found a horseshoe crab skeleton.

Jesse bought a Crossfire, which is what the car picture is all about. It's a pretty little car! Anyway, after our hike, we had a picnic at one of the pavilions. There's a picture of us, but we're all pretty worn out, as you can see.

Sunday was (is) relaxing, just going to church, heading to the beach and the base for a quick tour, and going to Applebee's for dinner. Now the weekend is winding down, and we're looking forward to a busy week. Tobin has a stash job now from 8-1 every weekday, so he will be pretty occupied. I have a presentation to give in two weeks and have to have a major portion of my project for work done by then, so I am kinda stressing about that! I think I can do it, though, so tomorrow will really be important for me in making some headway on this project.

Let us know how everyone's Halloween went. We're looking forward to Thanksgiving pretty soon here!