How's It Going?

I often get this question regarding WTI and for a while, I didn't have any idea how to answer. WTI is chaotic, stressful, fulfilling, miserable, overwhelming, amazing and many other things but that's entirely too long an answer for such a simple question. During this WTI though, the answer came to me and now I simply say "The best thing about WTI is that once it starts, it will end." Perhaps that's seems pessimistic but it was the best I could muster while actually in the middle of WTI.

We're through Academics phase and getting ready for flight phase. The pilots are already flying but my peeps are practicing planning. I HATE practicing planning but something miraculous happened today. The students finished their practice planning early, like 2 hours early, so I'm home before sunset on a Saturday! Yay students!!!!!

I'm not dead...

it's just spring WTI. What's WTI? It's Weapons and Tactics Instructors' Course, the biggest part of my job here at Marine Aviation and Weapons and Tactics Squadron -1 and it means I spend 3 weeks in Academics phase, about 11hrs a day at work, and 4 weeks in flight phase, which can be anywhere from 13-16 hours a day at work. Yeah, those times are "at work," not "hours I spend awake or doing stuff during the day." Thank God Charlie is here to take care of the house and, more importantly, the dogs.

Oh, did I forget to post about my new dog Bailey? I adopted her from one of the Marines I work with. She's 3 years old, just a year younger than Odin, and she's a pit-lab mix. I bounce back and forth between thinking that Odin is a pit-lab and a boxer-lab. I suppose I could cotton swab his mouth and pay a couple of hundred bucks to find out for sure but I don't really care that much. I love my little mixed dogs and they love their new primary care taker, Charlie. I'm not entirely sure what Bailey, Odin or I would do without him.

Pictures of the puppies will come as soon as I get my life back!