Officially Homeless

After our trip to Phoenix a few weeks ago we had to make a decision about whether or not I would keep my job at the university.  After much prayer and weighing of all our options, I decided to resign.  Today we moved out of our apartment on campus and moved all our belongings into storage.  For the next X number of weeks we will be living with different family members as I complete flight instructor certifications.

Arizona Trip

This past week Sara, Isaac and I took a multi-purpose trip to Arizona for both vacation and to see if it's someplace we could see ourselves relocating to when I become a flight instructor.  My buddy Conor, who got me into this whole deal, is working down there at Westwind School of Aeronautics.  I basically just do whatever he does... so there we went to check it out.

Sara's dad was kind enough to book a room for us at the Arizona Biltmore, a Waldorf Astoria resort
with his Hilton points (he's a points guy). But back up... first of all, it was HOT.  Stepping out of the airport was just like people warned us it would be: a sauna... a dry, water sucking, sauna.  We flew Southwest.  It was my second time being on a commercial jet since becoming a pilot myself.  I did geeky stuff like looking up our flight plan on Flight Aware and then viewed it in ForeFlight while in flight.

My friend Conor let me backseat one of his student's lessons and I got to see Phoenix from the sky...  It truly is a desert!  The man made lakes and green golf courses are easy to spot.  It was really neat to see Conor in action and see the G1000 up close in the Cessna.  Westwind seems like a great place to be a flight instructor.

Sara and I also looked at a handful of apartments...just in case we make a move :) We also got to spend some time at the pool and in the sun.  We caught the US Women's National soccer team games on TV, celebrated my birthday, checked out Scottsdale Bible Church with a friend of Sara's family, Isaac slept like a champ while we were there, and overall had a great time.