Back at Fort Rucker

My 6 1/2 hour drive was uneventful. Marie and I and the girls, all three of them. We met in Pooler for some lunch, Karaline flew in to Savannah Saturday she spent the weekend with us after she came down from Virginia. She had Thanksgiving with her family, She's like one of my daughters now, It's only a matter of time before Robby pops the question. Marie and I are very fond of her, she is a great kid. Her folks live in Virginia her dad is a retired Marine Corps Officer who works for the VA and Her mom is a professional photographer and I think Marie's new best friend, they are great people.  I often wonder what that type of relationship would have been like. Nonetheless Marie and I are lucky to have our wonderful family and the amazing opportunities that are in front of us. We have three amazing children who continue to impress me every day. Robby has been in Korea for about a month and he is doing great things as a new young lieutenant in the army. Shirley who is in her second year of college is doing great thing as well she is going to make an amazing nurse. Elli and her second year of high school home alone with mom helping her to maintain her sanity is an amazing young lady as well. I hope that someday when Robby and Shirley have for fill their obligations to the army my family and children can all settle down somewhat close together, or at least in the same country.

So anyway I had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend with the family and now it's time to get back to work, my training with DOSS hopefully will be complete this week. I look forward to flying new students and molding young minds of future aviators flying what I consider to be the most amazing attack helicopter in the world. Shirley is planning on coming over here for a visit into weeks I look forward to it, her and I should have a pretty good time.