Whew! SO much has happened in the past month I don't even know where to start. First of all, MARK GOT A NEW JOB!!! I've been waiting so long to type that! A while back Mark interviewed with 2 airlines and was offered a job at both. He ended up accepting with Spirit Airlines! We are so excited for this next step in his career. He will be flying an Airbus A319/320 or 321, big jet planes!!!
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| Part of Mark's new uniform |
His last day with Colgan was the beginning of March, and he took a week off before heading out to training for Spirit. Here was his last flight with Colgan on the Q400 as I was tracking it.
Mark headed off to training in Ft Lauderdale, FL on March 11 for 6 weeks. I was so happy for him and he was so excited but I knew I would miss him so much while he was gone. While we're away from each other a lot, it's never been that long. Thankfully we have 2 JetBlue travel vouchers that Mark had won at an ALPA event and booked me a trip out this two weeks after he left! I just got back from Miami (they moved from Ft. Lauderdale to complete the rest of their training in the AirBus SIM place). I left this past Saturday and stayed until Tuesday. It was so nice to take a little break from work, and to get to see my hubby and the beach!
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| Hollywood Beach |
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| Miami Beach |
So the first night I was there our plan was to go eat down on Miami Beach. That turned out to be a TERRIBLE idea. There was an international DJ competition going out and it was mobbed, traffic was awful, and we were hungry and not in the mood to deal with any of it! So after sitting in traffic hardly moving for over an hour, we ditched Miami and drove up to Hollywood beach to have dinner, it was already dark by the time we made it up there. We still had dinner on the beach at a cute little seafood restaurant, who knows if it was good, we were just SO hungry it all tasted wonderful!
Sunday we drove up to Hollywood beach again and met up with Mark's cousin Shari who lives there. She has an apartment right on the beach, so we parked there and spent the day soaking up rays and playing in the water. After a few hours, I was down on the shore line collecting shells and hear Mark and Sheri yelling for me to look in the water. It was hard to see at first but there was a SHARK! He was about 20 or so yards off the shore swimming around, you could see his huge shadow under the water, and then his shark fin swimming around. The lifeguard pulled everyone out of the water and followed it for awhile until it swam off. He said it had been coming around once a day and he had to get in on his jet ski and scare it off the day before!
Monday Mark had to go back to training around 1pm, so I spent the day the pool while he was away. Mark's Cousins David and Nicole live in Ft. Lauderdale and drove down with their 1yo adorable baby Piper! I was so happy to finally meet her, she is so dang cute! We swam for a few hours and chatted and caught up and then they headed home.
I had to leave Tuesday and was so sad to say goodbye to my hubby :(. But so happy when he called and told me he would be home this Sunday through Wednesday! They have those days off and then he will be home again right before my birthday.
It was a great trip, and I am SO proud of Mark for this huge milestone and accomplishment in his career! He is so amazing and I am so proud to be his wife!!!
Sunday we drove up to Hollywood beach again and met up with Mark's cousin Shari who lives there. She has an apartment right on the beach, so we parked there and spent the day soaking up rays and playing in the water. After a few hours, I was down on the shore line collecting shells and hear Mark and Sheri yelling for me to look in the water. It was hard to see at first but there was a SHARK! He was about 20 or so yards off the shore swimming around, you could see his huge shadow under the water, and then his shark fin swimming around. The lifeguard pulled everyone out of the water and followed it for awhile until it swam off. He said it had been coming around once a day and he had to get in on his jet ski and scare it off the day before!
Monday Mark had to go back to training around 1pm, so I spent the day the pool while he was away. Mark's Cousins David and Nicole live in Ft. Lauderdale and drove down with their 1yo adorable baby Piper! I was so happy to finally meet her, she is so dang cute! We swam for a few hours and chatted and caught up and then they headed home.
I had to leave Tuesday and was so sad to say goodbye to my hubby :(. But so happy when he called and told me he would be home this Sunday through Wednesday! They have those days off and then he will be home again right before my birthday.
It was a great trip, and I am SO proud of Mark for this huge milestone and accomplishment in his career! He is so amazing and I am so proud to be his wife!!!
