Tobin and Erin

We celebrated Tobin reporting on Thursday night with some red velvet cake, balloons, and streamers. It was the first time I’d made the cake, so the frosting didn’t really turn out (you can see frosting running down the sides because it’s not very firm). Tobin helped me out with frosting it. Mmm, man that frosting’s good. Lots of cream cheese.

So, on Friday, T reported at the base. It didn’t start out so well. He drove my car, and the security guard wouldn’t let him on base at first because the windshield was cracked. T let him know he was going on base today, he had to report. So, the next half hour/hour was spent getting a vehicle pass; during the course of getting it, T found out my insurance card was expired and had to have the ‘rents insurance company fax him a current card. Arg. Finally, he got on base.

He spent a lot of time asking where to go, since his orders didn’t say, but got to the right place eventually. There was lots of paperwork and some powerpoint presentations, but we have a better idea of what to expect day to day. He’ll start with IFS training in a month or so, which is Introductory Flight School. We’re excited to not be in the dark so much anymore, and we’ll find out more next week after T gets a medical exam and begins reporting to muster every morning at 7:30.

AND, over the weekend, we spent a long day car shopping and came home with this little cutie:

He’s a Toyota Yaris, and his name is Petrie. Since we will be down to just the Prizm after we return the bug to Ohio, we needed a reliable car for T to drive to work every day in. He has an hour round trip, depending on traffic, so we made the decision to go ahead and get this car. It’s a stick, so it takes some getting used to for me. I love it, though! We’ll let you know more as we figure some more things out in the next week. Later.

Tobin starts on Friday! It’s so exciting, I can’t wait to see where he goes first and what training he will be doing. We’ve been assuming all along that he will do the classroom stuff first, but we aren’t too sure of anything. We’ll find out in a couple of short days!

Also, we think we have found a church we really like. It’s much larger than either of the churches we used to go to back home, which takes some getting used to…but we love the small group we have been going to. There are lots of couples our age, and the group is very active in organizing activities and ministries.

Work is going well for me. I am working on a project that costs waaaay more than anything else I’ve ever worked on…yikes! I sure have a lot to learn still, too. I’ve heard it takes six months to really get adjusted to a new job. So, in a little more than four months, maybe things won’t be so overwhelming!

Aaaaaand, we are looking for a car now as well. We are basically replacing the truck for the near future. Any bright ideas on what car to get? Gas savers would be great…but it has to be cute, too.