Scattered Thoughts . . .

A year ago today, Adam began his new journey... a new career... a new life... by visiting the recruiting center for his first face-to-face interview and first taste of the long application process of the federal government. It didn't take long before he was testing, traveling, training, and deeply involved in his new career. It is hard to believe this all started a year ago today! It seems like just a few short (and busy) months ago.   While I was digging to find this photo of Adam and Sheila on this day a year ago at the "Career Center", I came across a number of other photos of Adam from previous blog entries over the years and figured I would insert some of them here as well... Sheila and I, pinning on Adam's wings... Adam's first flight physical... High School graduation... Mom, with Adam in the background as he chec

O dark thirty... in the Family Reception Center. I finally managed to sort through the video clips from our trip to San Antonio and put together a bunch of video clips of Adam's graduation ceremony from Air Force Basic Training  (a big sigh of relief from me).  The video can be found at the bottom of this blog post. Admittedly, this video can be a bit boring so I don't blame people for losing interest quickly or wanting to hit that fast forward button but there are points of interest in the video which I feel I should mention here. If you find yourself getting bored, before you close the page, please fast forward to the end credits. These end credits are worth seeing. The main speaker at this graduation ceremony is the  commander of this huge training facility.  Please find the time to listen to what he has to say. He is a vibrant speaker and listening to him is very easy.  At lunch in a Mexican restaurant in Market Square after the graduation. I had asked Sheil