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Our friend Tom is seen taking off in this video, which gives insight into deployments :) The pilot they interview is based out of Oceana, where Dave is, and is from a squardron that dave could attach to in a few weeks (though unlikely)...

Photo-Shoot!

Last weekend Dave and I did a one-year anniversary photo-shoot on the Nolan Trail by CNU. Photos courtesy of Lindsay Pearson, aspiring photographer.










(Sad because we miss all of you!)

A Roll of the Dice...

Today, Dave submits his "preference" sheet for his next duty station. Our options are these:

6 squadrons in Oceana - 5 of which are not taking pilots currently.
6 squadrons in Lemoore.
2 Navy squadrons in Japan.
2 Marine-Support squadrons in Japan.

So those are our chances... All is at the whim of the Navy.

Halloween

While Dave and I did dinner and a movie for halloween, Slider celebrated it last week at Petsmart's halloween party - he attended as an academic, dressed appropriately in argyle. (He's taking obedience classes at Petsmart.)

Happy Birthday, ConnorBoo!

Today Connor is 9! Happy Birthday! We are thinking of you here in Virginia Beach, and I will see you in 10 days!! Love you,

Aunt Ann and Uncle Dave (and Sliderboo)

Wrigley's What Not to Wear

While Clinton and Stacy were unable to attend our shopping trip, Dave and I managed to create a make-over for Dave. Instead of $5,000 that Stacy and Clinton give for these occasions, we had less than $200. Dave was in dire need of some winter-wonderland clothing. Stayed tuned for his make-over pictures. :)

Dave's Heroic Return from Key West, FL

While two weeks in Key West, FL, sounds glamorous, especially as the weather is getting cooler in Virginia, we who guessed this would be wrong. Two week: 14 days, flying 12 of them, getting up at 5am 10 of them, having two flights per day most days, getting sunburned on your one day of "vacation." (Not to mention the fact it was Fantasy-Fest 2008, so men and women were strolling about town in just body paint. Yikes...) Dave's class was worked so doggedly they all came home and got sick. Cam had to cancel a flight on Thursday, which Dave was able to pick up. Dave's been feeling under-the-weather and has been downing Airborne like it's his job. Note to selves: Take 1000mg of Vitamin C while on Detachments. Here are some photos from his one vacation day.



Dave at Ernest Hemmingway's typewriter. This room is usually closed off, but Will and Dave impressed the curator with their jet abilities and they were permitted to take a photo :)




Classmate, and fellow 05 USNA Graduate, Will Vuillet, at the Southern-Most Point in the US.



Photographer David J. Wrigley



A ferrel Hemmingway cat befriending Dave (who's a sap for cats, anyway).



Hemmingway's cat's watering trough -- which in a previous life served as a urinal in a local bar. Yum.




Hemmingway's cats have 6 toes! Hemmingway's original cat had 6 toes per paw. Therefore most of the descendants have 6 toes as well.