Ryan's Solo!!! Finally, Progress in PT!!!

Hey everybody!!!I am sure many of you have already seen mine or Ryan's Facebook page regarding the solo! I am just blogging about it for those that did not catch it :)

Ryan recently had his first solo ever in the T6 Aircraft, not to mention his first solo ever in any plane! Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This means two things:

1. Ryan hit is first milestone in PT and is soon to be progressing.

2. Ryan bitter sweetly washed back into the class behind him (class 11-03). (This was due to all the bad weather, when you get far behind then they end up washing people in to the up and coming classes so they can catch up....)

For #2 this means that Ryan will be in PT 3 weeks longer. Although it does not seem like much, it seems like forever to Ryan.....and probably will for me once it gets closer. The benefits of this wash back are that he can finally catch up while also having more IP's per trainee. (they were kind of short IP's in his other class.) Right now Ryan is kind of mopey.....being washed back also means new friends, new classmates, and it is sad when you are no longer in the same class and seeing the same people everyday. There were a couple other people that washed back with him so its not so bad, but still the whole, "belonging to a group," thing is important and his group of friends had grown to be close. Ryan is also mopey because the weather has finally been beautiful and he is sitting waiting to be actually moved into the new classroom and flying with that flight (paperwork takes a while) and he wants to be flying. (Days get to be kind of boring just sitting in a classroom without windows not doing much :(

Other than that everything is going well and I will be home soon in March for two weeks to start some major wedding planning!!!! Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, here are some pictures and a small clip of the solo celebration. Enjoy! We miss everyone and hope to see y'all soon!!!!

February 2010 Update

Hello!!!!!!

I kept up my promise to write again!!! Here is the update:

The weather here has been so blah and for the beginning of Phase 2 and blah weather is not the type of weather they can fly in yet. Due to the weather being so awful, Ryan has been only flying about once a week. :( In fact, most of his flight is in a similar boat. The flight received some news last week that because everyone is only flying around one time per week it is causing them to be too far behind and some will have to, "wash back," into the class that is behind them. Although this seems like some negative news, they were originally going to have to fly almost every Saturday until May, in order to catch up. I feel it's bitter sweet because washing back means having to stay in Pilot training three weeks longer and in Del Rio, but on the other hand, things will slow for a bit, people can catch up, and they will not have to work Saturday. :)

We have yet to hear as to whether or not Ryan will be washing back.........I will keep you all posted. (By next week it is supposed to go back to being sunny and clear skies everyday........who knows......I don't trust the meteorologists down here....they are always way off

On a good note, Ryan flew yesterday and had a good ride and is still doing well academically. He told me yesterday that he may solo soon!!!!! EEEEEEEK!!!!!!!!!! I am so proud of him!!!

The pups are doing very well! These days they are loving their crates. Molly is all healed from her wound she had last month and Bruce is getting kind of chunky!! Ha ha. Recently, Ryan and I were going to leave them at the house for a little while and did not want to put them in their crates (just to give them a break), and we created a barricade in the kitchen to allow them to come only so far into the house, but also have complete access to the back yard. Well, Ryan and I did a mock exit and as soon as the dogs thought we left they tore at that barricade and created a small gap, at which Bruce proceeded to climb into until it was big enough for him. We could hear all this ruckus and were laughing hysterically. We even got a little video of him trying to get through :) Ryan and I swear he is the dumb one most of the time, but he can be so sneaky like his fridge escapade and now his barricade break through. (SEE VIDEO AT BOTTOM OF BLOG POST) lol!!!!

I am doing pretty good and still working every week! I don't have to try to stay busy and more, I just am busy now. I was sick quite a bit this last month and finally I have caught a break and have been sick free about three weeks now!!! I have mostly subbed at Elementary Schools and I can only imagine where I was getting sick from! I recently got to go on a nice little hiking trip with some girlfriends while the guys had to work a Saturday. Other than that I am just trying to be Ryan's support. I'm keeping him fed, organized, and hopefully sane! :)

We hope to get a boat this weekend and cruise around. It is not warm enough to swim, but if it is sunny out and seventy it should be nice to just get outside and be on the water. We plan on keeping it a low key weekend, lots of movies and chilling out. It is a three day weekend for the both of us so it will be a nice break!

That's it for now!!!! Ciao~ Kalee