Some pics of D.C.

Hey everyone,
I'm here in Washington D.C. only one more day! So far the trip has been amazing. On Friday, the wind was pretty crazy, but we all walked the mall and saw the monuments. I've never walked so much in my entire life! Yesterday, Joyce and I went to the best kickboxing class ever! I'm trying to talk Cody into taking a class with me when I get back to Utah. I loved it. After the class, Joyce and I went shopping in downtown Alexandria, which was awesome. I can't get over how beautiful the scenery and houses are here. It's been so much fun visiting my friends out here. They are doing great and are very motivated and determined to start their careers.

2 Days to go!!!

Well there is not much to say other than I'm a nervous wreck. I hopefully find out on Friday about the Air Force Pilot situation. I say hopefully because the AF is always late and the 20th is just the projected release date. Man I hope it is Friday, I really can't wait any longer. Anyway, Tennille is going out of town tomorrow to DC (see last post), so I don't think I'll post any results I hear until after she gets back and I can celebrate or sulk with her.

Well, other than the AF thing, the turbocharger Jet engine is coming along really well. Yesterday I worked on it for quite a while and basically have everything somewhat done except the oil/lubrication system as well as the ignition system. As soon as I complete those 2 things we will be ready to test. I'm including some pics of the progress in this post, so I hope you enjoy!

I'm going to D.C.!!

Hey everyone!
So I kind of ruined Cody's surprise today, but I found out that he bought me a plane ticket to Washington D.C. to visit my friends, Kara and Joyce!! I'll be leaving this Thursday and coming back on Monday. About ruining the surprise... He told me a few days ago that we were both going to go on a trip, but he wasn't going to tell me where. Of course, I hate not knowing, so I started thinking of every possible option. For some reason, I had a feeling that he was sending me to D.C. because lately I had been complaining about missing Kara and Joyce. Well, I must be a pretty good guesser, because that's exactly where I'm going! I am so excited and so grateful to have such an amazing husband...I'll post pics when I get back!

10 more days!!!

Ok so here is a little background. I applied to be an Air Force Pilot and I get the results back in 10 days. Applying is not your easy job application though, it took me over 3 months to get everything together to apply. After a very uncomfortable physical exam, an interview with a current AF pilot, and many letters of reccommendation, I was ready to submit my package. Well its been almost 2 months since I submitted and the release date is almost here... OCT 20! So in my offtime I have tried to keep my mind off of the whole selection thing, so I have been building a Jet engine (this will double for my senior project). It has done a pretty decent job of keeping my mind off of it except for the past week now. I suppose the release date is so soon now that nothing can stop me from thinking about it. Anyway, a little about the jet engine. Well, we are using a turbocharger as the guts of the engine, so basically what we have to do is: Design, build and test the Combustion Chamber, figure out a way to keep the turbo's bearings lubricated and cool, mount the whole engine somewhere for testing, and that is really all the basics that need to be done; obviously there is more to it but no need for explaining right now. Well for the past month I have been working on the most important part, the combustion chamber, and today it made it all worth it. We did an archaic test but it was sucessful and showed lots of hope for upcoming tests. We just used a shop vac to blow air into the combustion Chamber, then lit the propane with an oxy/cetelene torch, and turned her up. It really roared when you would turn the propane up, and the outside can (burner can) stayed luke warm (you could touch it) and that is exactly what is supposed to happen with the design we used. I'll upload some pics when I get them but for now I think that will be a good first post!