Loving a cadet

Dear USAFA Significant Others,
I want to dedicate this post to all the other USAFA girlfriends, fiances, and wives. Ya'll are fantastic! When it comes to meeting new people I tend to be somewhat of an introvert but these ladies are so friendly, open, and inviting that it is hard to feel anything but perfectly comfortable with them. This past Tuesday I went to a local Mexican restaurant and had dinner with 8 lovely women who live in Colorado and are "cursed" with loving a cadet ;) It really is amazing to have a community that you can reach out to who knows the unique problems that can be associated with being involved

Amanda Fonda's 2013

with a cadet. On Tuesday we decided that we would all meet up on Saturday and surprise our cadets by bringing them along without telling them it was a giant group date. We all met up for barbecue and forced our cadets to mingle which I think was actually a huge success considering how socially awkward some cadets can be. Anyways, after this week I was really reminded how amazing these ladies are and just how many good friends I have made throughout the past three years. As tough as dating a cadet can be I'm so glad it has given me the opportunities it has and I hope I can make many more throughout our time in the Air Force.

Love,
Emily 

Acceptance day weekend 2010

parent's weekend 2010

Birthday Ball 2010

Football season 2010

recognition 2011

Founder's day parade 2011

Girlfriend meet up 2011








Stay Freeh!

parent's weekend 2011

send off for USAFA wife 2012

Dirty Girls

There doesn't seem like a good place to start so I will just jump right into it! This past weekend was a zoo! Saturday morning I ran a 5k, called the "Dirty Girl Mud Run", with my roommate Kayla and my good friend Jessie. It was absolutely freezing and it took us over an hour but I had an amazing time! 

Jessie, Kayla, and me in one of the numerous mud obstacles. Our team name is 

 Afterwards Jessie and I had an hour to drive to her house, get showered, change, and drive up to UCCS to present our research project "The Impact of Democracy on Industry in Post-Communist Russia". Jessie and I are taking an upper level remote sensing class where all we do is work on a research project of our choosing for the whole semester and hopefully at the end of the year we will be able to publish our findings! 

This is me in front of our poster at mountain lion research day.

After answering questions and explaining what we are studying for an hour I went home and took a much needed nap! The goobers (Stephen and his friends) went to dinner while Kayla and I attended Jessie's bridal shower. Yey! You're getting married!! After the crazy busy Saturday, Sunday was fairly relaxed. I'm not sure what I'm doing so if you constructive criticism feel free to let me know! Well, I'm glad I got my first post done now that it is almost the end of the week :P Talk to you soon!     

                  Stay Freeh!