Happy to be home!!

Home at last!! I was gone for quite a while, but now I have a ton of time off to spend with my Family!!

I have new myspace page that I've been working on while I've been "on the road". Feel free to check it out!! Just click on the "myspace" link...

Namaste!!

Tom

From frozen wastelands to Japan!

Well now I'm sitting in Yokota, Japan. I flew up on the North Slope of Alaska for a little over 2 weeks hauling equipment back and forth for the Oil Companies. It was some though work, but I LOVED the flying. Very challenging..... We were landing on ice strips that were built on frozen lakes. Pretty incredible flying really! I was home a whole 10 hours before I had to catch a plane to Japan. I'll be here for about 2 weeks, then I'll be timed out! ("turned into a pumpkin" in aviation terms). So then I should be able to relax at home for a while.... I've been really missing my family lately. Sometimes I feel very guilty about being away so much, but there are pros and cons to any job I guess. It's not a 5-9 job by any means. The pros are that I LOVE what I do It's such an increadible job and when I'm home I'm HOME, no 9-5 job. I can just hang out with my little boy all day for 2 weeks straight, so that times pretty precious.....

Namaste,

Tom

Flying...

Just trying to figure out how to work this blog, so bear with me if some of my posts seem a little odd..... :) I've realized that this is a great way for my friends and family to "keep track" of me..... I probably shouldn't let them know that I'm having too good of a time..... :)

Sitting in NewJersey

Ughhhh! I've been here for over a month now, I'm heading home to Anchorage tomorrow. I'm sooo excited to see my wife and little boy. That's really the only downfall of my job. Being gone from home so much. But on the positive side, when I am home I"m home. I have a whole month off before I go back to work.

In February I'll be flying out of Barrow, Alaska for 2 weeks flying equipment for an oil company. It's going to be dark and cold as hell!!!! I lived in Barrow for 2 years, so at least I know what to expect...... :)

I'll certainly get some pictures posted!

Namaste,

Tom

Holding my Baby Boy Ash 1 Month old....

Back Home!!

Just got back from Japan! I had a great time there, but unfortunatley the weather was pretty crappy while I was there. Hot and very humid and I don't handle either too well.... I'm home for a month now so I'd all "Daddy time" with my little boy Ash. He's such a sweet kid and a complete flirt! I have no idea where he got that from.... I'll have to post some pics as soon as I can figure out how.... :)

Tom

Sitting in Japan...

Sitting in Yokota, Japan..... I've been having a great time flying. I've flown to Okinawa several times as well as several places in Korea... It's very hot and humid here right now, so I haven't been increadibly motivated to go outside except in the early, early morning to go running..... I've taken some wonderful pics here so I'll have to get them up first chance I get. As soon as I can find my damned cable that connects my camera to my computer! :)

Namaste,

Tom

Aruba!

Just got back from Aruba! We had a last minute charter come up so we flew to Houston, picked up some huge pump for an oil refinery. It took us about 10 hours total to get there. What a beautiful place!! Unfortunately my camera was on the blitz so no pics.... I am flying to the Azore Islands off the coast of Portugal tomorrow, so I'll try to get some good pics! Hope everybody had a great weekend!!! :)

Tom