As promised, Bobby and I went to my favorite spot in DFW, Dough Pizzeria after I finally got to see him for the first time in 24 days due to training. After packing our cars we got a much later start on our drive and made it to Tinker AFB around midnight on September 1st. After what seemed like forever driving to Oklahoma and Kansas we made it to my sister-in-laws house in Omaha and enjoyed some nice coal-fired pizzas and homemade ice cream. Then on we went to my friends house to enjoy lunch at Zombie Burger with her family and new baby which I held all through lunch! If you're ever around Des Moines, IA check out that place because their cake and dessert shakes are awesome!! At this point we began to realize that we underestimated how exhausted we'd be after a day of driving. Once we got to Chicago we showered and crashed, unfortunately missing their night life. After some much needed rest we did get to check out the city for much of the day and we'd be happy to visit there again. While we were there we had the most amazing breakfast at the Wildberry Cafe in Millennium Park. I had their Signature Bliss Pancakes which tasted like vanilla creme brule in between each layer of sweet vanilla pancakes!!! I wouldn't dare add syrup at the risk of ruining them. I'll post a picture once I find one. Bobby had a pretty awesome breakfast buritto; neither one of us wanted to stop eating...surprise surprise. The most gorgeous part of the drive was from Niagara Falls through New York and Pennsylvania to Maryland. It was a long day driving through all of that, but we had to stop so many times because it was so beautiful. First off, Niagara Falls has a reputation for a reason, well at least on the Canada side. We stayed on the 39th floor of the Embassy Suites with some of the best views I have ever seen. On our last night of the trip we caught the last bit of the Broncos v. Ravens game so needless to say we slept well after that win!
Finally, we made it to Dover and there was a house ready for us to move into upon arrival! Our first house! With the movers coming after the weekend and my dad coming just 2 days after that I had my work cut out! With my dad in town we cruised through nearly a 200 mile radius of Dover by going to NYC and Colonial Williamsburg, VA in only 10 days. It was nice to have family after moving even farther away, but I think we'll wait a few weeks before entertaining next time. Only now, 2 months later do I feel settled in and like this house is slowly becoming home. Originally, when we arrived I thought a whole house to ourselves was going to be plenty big, after all we didn't even own a bedroom set for ourselves. After I started unpacking the kitchen and our textbooks we quickly outgrew the some 1800 square-feet. On the social realm I forgot how hard it is to make friends in a new area! Fortunately, some neighbors introduced themselves to us the first day and took us out for some pizza! A few weeks later, we met some people from Bobby's squadron that have since invited us to more social events and parties and I am having a great time!!
Now that we are going broke from buying furniture for our new house I am excited to announce that I have been offered a job as of this morning!! I am officially transferring industries to the finance sector as a Project Manager. While I have no background in finance I enjoy working with numbers, and the PM position at my last job seemed to be a better fit for me than Design Engineer so I think this is going to be a great opportunity for me!!
Who knows when the next post will be so keep in touch!!
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