Beginnings

Well tomorrow at 9 am marks my first day in the Mesa Pilot Development program, and the beginning of my new life; and I couldn't be any more excited. To think that within a week I'll be flying, and within a year I'll be getting paid to fly still amazes me. Being a pilot has been a life long dream for me, and tomorrow I take my first step towards my dream.

My new house is incredible. It is literally brand new. As of two weeks ago there wasn't even any carpet or doors. I'm finally done unpacking and now it's starting to feel like home. We live directly across the airport under one of the main landing patterns which is really cool for us because we're starting to get an idea for what the different planes sound like and can peek our heads out to see what's landing if we hear something interesting. The sound isn't loud either, more of a soft hum when a prop is flying in. The jets tend to make a little bit more noise.

As of now I only have one other roommate. Since we have a four bedroom house we need to find two more. The house is going to be a pilot house and we're only allowed to rent it out to other pilots in the program so we're hoping to find a few more guys at the orientation dinner at the Mesa hanger tomorrow night. My current roommates name is Ben and he's from Phoenix. He's a cool guy and we have similar interests when it comes to hanging out, movies, partying, etc. so I think we're going to have a lot of fun. Plus it's nice to always have a study partner around.

I'm starting to like Farmington. It's not that I ever hated it, but I always thought of it as a small town and I've never been big on small towns. Now that I've lived here a few days though I'm starting to think otherwise. The mall is huge, nearly as big as the ones in Salt Lake, and there is every store you could imagine (i.e. Target, Wal Mart, Best Buy, etc.) if you need something. One things for sure, I'm not in Utah anymore. You can buy full percentage beer and alcohol nearly everywhere. They even have delivery liquor stores so you can just call in and order your booze; 10 minutes later, it arrives. The bars are also a lot more liberal here. On New Years Eve the bartenders kept buying drinks for people at the bar and then drinking with them, it was awesome.

So basically what I'm trying to say is I think I'm going to like it here. I've got an unbelievable house, a great roommate, a cool town and I'm beginning to live my life long dream. Yes kids, life is good. Life is good...