United At Last!

On the morning of Sept 8th- Labor Day- the Fosburg clan was reunited! I caught my family unaware of my presence when I picked them up from the airport. Here is a video Tamy took of the kids while waiting for me.

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So you would think that after 6 weeks my family would be happy to see me. But as soon as they got into the car, this was my glorious reception.

The night before they got here, Tamy was in Dallas, TX, watching BYU play Oklahoma in a brand new stadium- first game in fact. Yes, that's right, the game that you all talked about for days after

it was over, is the game Tamy personally witnessed BYU upset the 4th rated football team.

Our place until home-I transfered from my single bedroom to our lodging unit for our family the day before to make for a smooth transfer. The place looks bigger than it is on the first impression, still pretty nice though. There was a playground in eye shot from our door. Here it is.

"Home" Alone

September 4th 2009- Hours after ASBC graduation (which ended at 10:00 am) I headed for the Montgomery airport to take the shortest 2 flights I have ever taken. One from Montgomery to Atlanta (my 4th time in 6 weeks) which took less than 1/2 an hour! My second flight was from Atlanta- busiest airport in the U.S.- to Columbia, SC. That flight felt more like 20 minutes.

Just like that I was there. Where? Home... for the next 3 years or so. I was home, but all alone. Once I arrived in Columbia I rented a car that would last until we bought our first van.

Here is a picture of my rental, a Ford Fusion. I liked this better than the 2004 Impala I rented last time. I was really spoiled by the satellite radio. Talk radio + 90's grunge = heaven. Listening to Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, and Candelbox mixed with talk radio... I digress, anyway she was a great car that I shed a tear when I returned her.

Believe it or not, I made it from Columbia to Shaw AFB - about an hour drive- all by myself without my trusty navigator- a.k.a. Tamy). I found my lodging in no time. I thought I had it good at Maxwell until I opened the door to my new room. This one was twice as big with an LCD TV! Below is a picture of the building, my room was on the top- which sucks when you have to carry $130.00 worth of groceries plus your luggage. As for the weather, it was pretty much the same as Maxwell. Sept 6th- Thanks to the local library I was able to print a map w/ 3 sets of directions (which I used all 3 to get to 1 location). From the base it is about a 1/2 hour drive to church. Even though I arrived 30 minutes after it began I still managed to make it for sacrament- go figure. The ward is actually pretty big. Recently they combined the military ward with the local ward, partly due to priesthood issues that the military helped fill. The good news is church starts at 10:00 am. Met some good people, the Bishop, and sang in choir. Also got my records transfered over.

O.K. what do you really do during Blue Thunder?

Here is a post I never finished from Blue Thunder

We sleep... a lot! Eat 3 times a day (MRE's & grits), goof off, and have a good time!

Playing football

or Phase Ten...

Tent city (that A/C just barely makes it livable in there)

We learn to sleep anywhere.

Here is the pavilion. Under here we have meetings, get lectured, and eat breakfast and dinner.

At lunchtime we eat MRE's.

Grits kind of look like the food from the 'Matrix

I told you we sleep anywhere!

After hours of lecturing and a nice hot MRE, it is time to catch some shut eye.Ahh, good memories
10 minute break- nap time!

Inside the tent