Recently, Adam has been wrapping up his training and will finish this week. He has been very busy studying everything and being tested on everything. It is amazing all the information he has had to learn. We have been here for 5 1/2 months, but Adam has actually only been flying since January 4th. He has only been flying the Cobra for 11 weeks, but has done such a wonderful job. The guys at the squadron know he is a good pilot and a responsible, professional Marine. It won't be long until we are in real squadron and well into real Marine Corps life.
I have stopped working for the STAR program and am hoping to sub as much as possible in the next few weeks before we move. I really enjoyed working with the autistic children and I was really sad to have to leave that job. It's the first time I was able to work so closely with autism and the first time I used my sign language skills outside of a sign language class. (My students' parents are deaf and one of our goals was to teach her sign language so she could communicate better with them.) I also really liked the people that I worked with and have high hopes the program will continue to grow. With subbing paying more and giving me much more hours, I hope to have some big paychecks come in the in-between time of moving and not working. I have already put in my application to teach in Northa Carolina, and am praying to find a good school and a job quickly and easily. I am still stuck on third grade, but want to be open to teaching wherever I am led.
In-between all the working and preparing for our move, we have made it down to San Diego to go to the Air and Space Museum. Our friends Dan and Katy came with us. It was a great time. We weren't entirely impressed though. Most of their models are replicas, any planes that were real are on loan from Washington, D.C. or Pensacola, FL. We got a kick out of that.
Here are some of the antics from our fun day:
