Friday, October 17, 2008

SD, CA & UH-1Y "Venom"


It's official!

WE'LL BE LIVING IN SAN DIEGO AND NATHANIEL IS FLYING THE UH-1Y "Venom" HUEY!!!

He is over the moon about his helicopter. And I'm over the moon about where we'll be living!

For the first time, he'll be doing exactly what he wants and we'll be living exactly where we want to live! Not that there's anything wrong with Jacksonville, NC. But given the two - (and bear in mind that we've already lived in Eastern NC), we were hoping for Sunny So Cal.

We're still in a bit of shock over it all... He'll be getting winged on the 24th of October, and we think that we'll be moving during the first week of November. Nothing is for sure though, except for the location of our move, what Nate will be flying, and the winging date. We'll get the details of our move sometime early next week.

So for now, I'm signing off. (Ahem). A Florida gal for now, but a California gal in the near future. And I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!

24 comments:

Courtenay said...

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

see you soon (finally! :) ) california is so awesome, SO glad you all will be on this coast! are you going out to celebrate?!

BreeWee said...

You are about to become a "Cally-Wacker"!! ha ha, just kidding, my best high school friend lives in San Diego & LOVES that place (ex Florida girl)... so happy for you, change is GOOD and you still have an ocean at your finger tips!

You know they say West Coast is BEST coast too...

Kim said...

AHHHHH!! I am so excited!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe it- that is awesome! That is such great news. You will love the weather and the training in all the sunshine and I couldn't be happier for you Marit! I am soooo coming to visit. Yes, I just invited myself. Yep, you saw it here first, I am the FIRST one to invite myself and I do not care.

Terri said...

Yeah for you! Glad you got the location of your choice and what a great choice.

I am soooo jealous.

Good luck with your move.

TriGirl Kate O said...

Soooo very happy for you. Tucson is so ON!
Congrats.
ko

rr said...

YEEEEAAAAAAAAAA!! That is so exciting! I'm so so happy for you, I know that is the place you wanted to go. Tri-central, here you come! Awesome.

Bob Mitera said...

Nate & Marit- Congratulations! That is so awesome! I have some friends out there if you need folks to ride with. I'll send you their names and cc them on an email.

California just got another great athlete.

Nate - some of my buddies are at 29 Palms and Pendelton. Pendelton guys are coming back from over seas soon.

cat. said...

i'm SO psyched that you guys get to go where you truly wanted to be. : )
and psyched for me that this means (hopefully?) we can periodically make the drive to train together.
YEAH!
cat.

Beth said...

Yipppeeeee!!!!!! I am so happy for you guys Marit!!! Great, great news. Watch out SD!!! And I'm with Kim....I'm coming to visit too. :) Happy packing!

Danni said...

Yeah!
Congrats Marit and Nathaniel!!!! Just what you wanted! You must be over the moon!!! Woohoo!!!!

Mary Eggers said...

BUMMER for me. YIIIPPPPEEEE for you sister!

Damie said...

san diego- awesome!!!!! it sounds like a dream, honestly. I can't wait to hear more details. Don't leave before Nov 1st!!!!

kerrie said...

that is so great! congrats!!! i'm sure you will make the most of the move and find your groove in san diego :)

m said...

Yeah!!! You will have so much fun as a CA girl.

Mer! said...

Marit!!! SO excited for you guys! I know what it's like to be waiting on the edge of your seat for billet assignments (ugh) and SO stoked it worked out for you guys!!!

I live down near Balboa Park--there are a lot of Tri Club San Diego rides/track/swims that happen up in North County so you are ALL set!!

I'd love to meet up once you guys are all settled, or if you have questions on locations (living, etc) just give me a holler!!
mtrowbridge@mac.com

Stoked! You'll absolutely love it out here!

little ol me said...

That's so awesome that you get to live in California! It's such a fabulous place for outdoor living and sport. You're going to love it!!!

Alili said...

WooHoo! Yay for Nathaniel AND yay for you two finally living where you want! :)

Marni Sumbal, MS, RD said...

I can't believe you are moving!! HOw will the kitties travel??? That is a LONG trip :)
Congrats on Nathaniel getting his wings..how exciting!!
Hope you travel safely. Wow california!
-marni

Sarah said...

Now, granted...I'm like 10 hours away from SD so who knows when we'll actually get to meet up...BUT YOU'RE COMING TO CALI, WHOOOOOOOO!!!!

That is SOOOO awesome! I am SO happy for both of you and esp for the fact that you're getting what YOU wanted.

Congrats, Marit!

Anonymous said...

CONGRATULATIONS to both of you! I'm really excited for you - maybe I'll actually see you at some races next year!

Amber and Eric Rydholm said...

Congratulations. San Diego should be great and the UH-1Y looks cool. I've heard that San Diego is the second best place in the country for training.
-Eric

kerri said...

SA-WEET. Sounds wonderful. So excited that you are excited!!!!

Cy said...

Wow-I'm so happy for you guys. Such an amazing accomplishment!

You must be getting pretty excited for the big move. The San Diego Community will be so lucky to have you!

Eileen Swanson said...

OMG - I am NOW just reading this.....WOOOOOHOOOO! I am SUPER EXCITED for you guys!! This is AWESOME! We will finally get to meet up and do some training together. Well, a 7 or 8 hour drive isnt so bad now is it? We will definitely hook up! YAY!! SO HAPPY NOW!

XO,
E