Order Acknowledged..... Now It's Getting Real..

 So I got acknowledgement that my order has been processed and received.  I have been assigned my builder/customer number by Van's and have been informed my lead time is 4 months for the empennage.  This is good timing to allow me to build some tables, organize the garage, and get the tools all setup.

I signed up for the fundamentals class offered by Synergy Air South in Newnan, Georgia.  This is a one day hands on class which explains all of the basic skills required to build the plane and do the metal work.  I am looking forward to this and it will be the true introduction to much of what I will be doing.  I still plan to do a avionics/wiring type of class later in the build and will probably do a fiberglass class somewhere as well.  I don't think I'll do any of the fairings until closer to the end so I can concentrate on fiberglass at once and refine that skill a bit more.  Plus I heard its really messy and I would rather combine that to a shorter timeframe for cleanup.

I've begun setting up accounts with vendors so it will be easy to order things and have also started a list of items I will need as I go.  I plan to hit up Lowe's and Harbor Freight later this month to get started on the basic tools and tables build.  I'm not sure exactly how much of this has really sunk in yet.  I think once I start getting tools and such it will get more real to me.