I did get an update from Papa Rich back in June and I was impressed with the list of people that actually came into town and participated. Wish I could have been there but I'm happy that I'm still in touch with you all even if we do see each other on an irregular basis.

 

Now for the meat and taters. The past, the present, and the future. I started school again back in January, I'm going through Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University working on a masters in Aviation/Aeronautical Safety and Management. I'm about a year out from finishing, taking only one or two courses a term. Not that I really like school or anything but I need the masters to make rank, the Air Force just passed a new regulation that starts in '07 that in order to make Major your education will be viewed by the promotion board. Makes things a bit more difficult but shouldn't be an overwhelming factor, as long as I don't get booted from the Air Force all together with the new budget cuts.

 

I'm still in the 81st Range Control Squadron at Tyndall Air Force Base in Panama City, Fl. It is a little more definite now that we will be moving this coming March, where, I have no idea. Most likely Tinker again in Oklahoma City but I do have about a 10 to 20% chance of making Germany, it's a crap-shot but we'll have to wait and see. The 81st is treating me good.

 

In about a month I will be leaving for Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama to attend an Air Force school (SOS) from September 11th through October 13th. Josh, I'll be close to your area and I'll have weekends free. The thing that has me worried is that the school starts on 9/11 and ends on Friday the 13th. Just my luck.

 

So that's about it, not too exciting but life has been keeping me busy enough. Aside from cancer, work, school, and honey-do (all) lists, Keri and I have been able to have some fun. This past April or May we visited Disney World for a week, I think Keri bought every Mickey item available, she went nuts. This past week my parents and sister with her two kids came to visit and this coming New Year the Haberstroh family will be taking a cruise to celebrate my parent's retirement. A lot to look forward to along with a move shortly after the New Year begins.

 

Well, thank you for your time and I hope I won't be a stranger as long as I have been recently. Please keep Keri and I informed on your lives as well.

Thanks again and hope to see you all soon, when we can.

 

Doug

 

 

A Note from Doug: We're also telling Keri's breast cancer story as a weekly comic strip. Check back each week to follow her treatment. In this week's episode, Episode 16, Doug reviews what his life has been like, as a newlywed supporting his wife in her breast cancer fight.