Let the games begin!

Sorry that I don't update much anymore! But if you want more posts, send me money or something! Hahaha!

Anyway, not too much is going on if Florida these days. After getting back from IFS and leave, I was relieved that all my stuff was still in my apartment and that it hadn't been flooded or anything while I was gone. I'm still doing the same job, basically being a living answering machine in the Air Force office. I did get a kick of "initiative" when I returned and started getting my paperwork to get my computer access. That finally got approved, but I'm still too lazy to make the final phone call to get my account activated. Soooooooooo, I still don't have computer access, even after being here almost six months. But I figure that as long as I can't get on a computer, that's less work I can potentially do, and as we all know, I'm big fan of work!

Other than work, I've just been working out and reading. I finally went on an actual mountain bike ride in the "mountains" of Florida...pretty much just a trail with some hills in the woods. It was pretty fun though. The last time I tried riding this particular trail, I rode around for a little bit trying to find the trailhead and couldn't find it, so I decided to leave. But the spare key I had wouldn't unlock my car, so I ended up sitting outside my car on the side of the road until a locksmith get there to unlock it about 6 hours later. Woohoo. Anyway, this ride was much better.

I also joined a soccer team! I was in the gym at Whiting one day and saw a flyer for an Allied Forces Soccer team, which basically meant anyone in any way associated to the military could play. So I emailed the guy in charge and found out the dates and times. Yesterday (Jan 28) was the first practice I went to. I figured it was going to be, you know "practice", like a bunch of guys kicking the ball around and playing some pick-up games. But we ended up actually practicing: we warmed up, stretched in lines, did drills, and all that other jazz! Needless to say, I'm pretty sore today! But I scored a couple goals in our offense/defense drill, so that was good. I found out from the coach/player guy in charge today that I'm playing with the "A Team" in our game on Sunday, so either the Navy was different definition of "A Team" than I do, or I made a pretty good impression.

Not too much else is going on these days. It's raining right now, but no Hurricane Ida. I'm scheduled to start pilot training on March 25th, so that should be exciting. But we'll see if that date gets pushed back any. Based on that date, I should be flying the new-to-the-Navy-but-not-new-to-the-Air-Force T-6 Texan II. It's a pretty cool plane and a lot more up-to-date than the 50 year old T-34s that we're currently flying. So all in all, I'm looking forward to getting started, but I'll miss my days of 2 hours working for 2 days a week.

Oh well.

Later!