Rob is a CFII! :)

It has been an exciting week here in Arizona. On Tuesday, Rob passed his CFII checkride, which means he has a license to instruct students flying with instruments. I honestly can't even figure out a better way to describe it, but essentially it was the final exam of all this helicopter training! He turned in a resume on Thursday to apply for an instructor position and we will hopefully be hearing something soon now that there is no other training for him to complete. As a graduation gift, he was given this fancy box of to-go coffee mugs!

We have been celebrating all week! On Thursday, we baked Rob's favorite, coconut pound cake. Ok, technically it was a bootleg celebration because Rob baked his own cake. I was cooking dinner though, so it all sort of evened out somehow. (Also, thanks to his mom for clarification of the amount of coconut and an acceptable pan!). It is delicious.

On Friday, we went to the park and flew kites! My kite had Buzz Light Year on it and Rob's was the Blue Angels. Hooray $1 Wal-Mart purchases. Mostly they nose dived until Rob tied them together and then somehow they magically helped each other stay up. Go teamwork! We sat in the grass and attached the lil plastic handle to my jeans pocket. :) It was probably the best way to fly a kite ever. Here are a few pictures...You should probably click on them individually to view them in all their glory :)

Another exciting thing: I got a haircut! Maybe we're stretching a lil for excitement here, but we are saving the big celebration (Cheesecake Factory!) for when Rob is offered an instructor position at the flight school. You probably can see a lil of the windblown haircut look in the kite flying pictures, but here's another of my new do :)

Mostly, I just work at Rolly Pollies and teach and apply for jobs like a mad woman. So far no second interviews. I've started applying to prep schools and districts far away. Another commute like I had at the Heart Association wouldn't be ideal, but I would be okay with it if it meant I could teach next year. I'm nervous about teaching jobs out here, but trying to stay positive and hope that everyone truly is waiting until the very last possible minute to hire. Please buy something nice for yourself to stimulate the economy and help me out. I recommend shoes, but if that's not your thing, that's okay too. :)

This is a very haphazard post. I apologize. There may or may not have been wine involved. (Sorry, it is Saturday night.) Oh, yesterday, Rob bought some nice Dockers shorts with the remainder of our wedding Macy's gift cards. Thank you to many of you, I am sure. They are nice shorts, but he refused to try on the ones with pleats or plaid patterns, which made for a less exciting shopping experience for all involved. [Rob corrects, not just plaid but very awful plaid with crazy colors. He's here too this time!]

On that note, I'm probably going to learn all about turnitin.com now so I can catch all my kids plagiarizing. Have a wonderful evening :)


OHHHH! ps, here is the gila monster! Don't touch, he's poisonous, but definitely click to enlarge because when Rob snapped the photo, his tongue was flickering out! Rob is rather proud of this picture/experience. He ran a lil after it to take the picture. Enjoy :)

Thanks for reading this far. Hope all is well by all of you and talk to you again soon! Love, Sarah and Rob (and the gila monster!!)