Trip To Arizona

<-(this is from his dorm room-so beautiful!)

Well, I'm back from Arizona...already....the week flew by as things always seem to do when you have waited for them for so long. I had a great time though and got to get a feel for the base and what it will be like (HOT!). Jerrod had to work the first couple of days and that gave me a chance to have a exactly what i needed...a BREAK! i lounged around outside his dorms at the picnic tables all day soaking in the warm weather and sunshine and just relaxing! it was absolutely perfect!

I got to meet the faces of people i felt like i already knew just from Jerrod talking about them. We went over to his good friend Aaron's house for dinner where the guys grilled steaks and i hung out with his wife and 2 children. They are our age and its nice to know that they have been taking care of him for me and that we will have a couple to hang out with when i get out there. On another night me and Jerrod met Aaron and his kids and went galactic bowling. To follow we met up with Marlyn and Kris (two others in the AF who i met in Miss. last year) and they took us downtown Tuscon to a really great sushi bar. It was AMAZING and definitely a place i will be going back to. They gave me a quick little trip around downtown to show me the sights.

The one thing i really wanted to do was get our wedding rings picked out-seeing as we wont have the time when he gets home. I am so excited and it was definitely fun to go try on and pick out rings together and we ended up buying them right then and there! one more task done and to check off the list of things to do. Kris took us for a little ride on base and showed me the Bone Yard. It was so cool. Me and Jerrod were even able to find a few planes from Maine in there and it was definitely neat to see an old Air Force One plane.

I made us a spaghetti dinner with just a microwave one night (showing off my cooking skills)and it only exploded on me twice! Luckily for me Jerrod had clean up duty :-D

Overall it was a great trip - minus losing some money in the slots at the airport in Vegas- everything went great! I cant believe the next time i see him will be days before the wedding....but it'll be worth it because next time i see him we wont ever have to do the good byes again :-)