Run, Larry and Pam, RUN!

The last two weeks has, once again, been crammed with stuff to do, people to see, and places to go.

While we were hoping, I guess, to 'settle in' once we got established in the area, it has yet to be realized. There are simply too many irons in the fire just yet and hopefully it'll let up on us in just a few more weeks.

Robin and I are both finished with the arduos task of drawing, memorizing, and testing out on airspace maps. We were thinking that we were homing in on a finale to our training program until it became apparent that we are now facing a comprehensive written examination that will require extensive study and much more memorization. There has been a bit of confusion over exactly what our training requirements are and this is stemming from the fact that Robin and I are the first new supervisors from "out-of-house" that have come through the 'new' training curriculum. There have been several changes of management personnel in the various departments here and it is still all coming together. Meanwhile we keep finding out that there are 'a few more things' that we need to work on and learn. We'll get it, and in our roles here we are helping in a roundabout way to bring the program together.

We will have to keep plugging along and doing the best with what we've been dealt. When life hands you lemons, that means you only need a couple more components and you have a boat drink. Mainly .. Rum :)

Last weekend we had great fun when Larry and Pam visited us from Colorado. Among our dearest friends, we've missed playing cards and socializing with these two and it was wonderful to spend time getting caught up and swapping stories from the old stomping grounds.

They came here to run in the Miami Marathon and while we didn't get to rock and roll with Mojitos we did have a wonderful evening on the docks at Bayside and a great time of fellowship.

CONGRATULATIONS to both of on amazing runs (3:18 for the full Marathon for LArry and 1:57 for the half Marathon for Pam). Simply awesome!

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The previous week saw us pack up the fifth-wheel and move to a new site at the C.B. Smith Park in Broward County, well north of where we had been staying. The commute turns ott to be a little quicker, even if a mile or two longer, however we do get to mix it up with four lanes abreast of 80+mph traffic early in the morning (meaning; in the dark). I have yet to figure out why people want to drive 90 mph in a 60 mph zone when they are -on their way to work-. I've not noticed that I am in that much of a hurry to get to work ... now, coming home? ... a different matter :)

We won't be staying there very long however, as we were unable to qualify as 'residents' to receive any kind of discount on the site rental. Even though we are officially residents of Florida, and even though we both work full time in Miami-Dade county, we don't own property there (nor will we if we stay in the RV) so we are not 'residents' of their tri-county area. We put up our best defense, but" rules-is-rules" and we have to pay steeply to stay here. So we'll be moving on very soon. I'm happy to stay in a nice site at a nice park in a nice town, but not if I could rent a 40th floor condo on south beach for the same money..

We've checked out a couple of new parks so far, and it looks like we will be able to come up with a good plan for a place to stay with a nice view and maybe even a hint of ocean breeze during the summer. Life is good, and this is still fun!