Training Taking a Toll

This training is really starting to get to me. It is very difficult and so exhausting. It can be fun and rewarding one second and then a kick to the stomach for the next thousand seconds. I had two really good flights last week, but then flew with the boss and totally pooched it away. I get to do that ride over again and that isn't a good thing. I only get two more of those and I am going home early.

We are learning to use a targeting pod, which is like having an all weather Hubble telescope on your jet that can shoot lasers and infared beams at targets to help guide bombs and mark targets for other guys. We are also employing laser guided bombs and GPS guided bombs. Cool stuff, but I invent new ways to dork up simple things.

On the good news side, my dad and stepmom came to visit Jarrett...just so happens they had to see us, too. It has been good having them here, although I had to ditch them to go study for a few hours. They took care of JJ so we could have a dinner by ourselves, which was great until Candi thought we needed to return. I was thinking Phoenix for a night or two, but she apparently wasn't. Here's a couple pictures of JJ and the visiting family. His favorite toy right now is Bee. His new thing is to roll over every chance he gets & he's getting more talkative all the time. He is officially four months old now. Boy, does time fly by!

Well, keeping this short and sweet so I can get back to studying and trying to be a good host.