I last flew 11 March. After the flight, I was signed off for a stage check. I have to fly with one of the examiners who makes sure I can do everything I’m supposed to be able to do up to this point before I can go on to the next thing. I finally got scheduled for it on Saturday. Unfortunately, he took so long in the oral exam, (or I took so long becuase I answered the questions slowly) that we missed our time slot for the flight portion of the check. He rescheduled for Monday, but the weather…
I was excited Friday morning, thinking it was my last morning of having to get up before the sun. As I was leaving work that afternoon, I thought I’d better check with my new team leader to see what time I should come in on Monday. “Oh,” she said, “We’re not starting the new shift next week. But Barry says we’ll definitely start on the 28th.” Maybe I just shouldn’t have asked and shown up at 10:30 on Monday. Since no one bothered to tell me. My family is coming to visit next weekend, so I don’t know if the…
Yesterday, I got gas after coming back from the post office to mail something I’d sold on eBay. I was annoyed that it was a $1.97/gallon. I filled up Arthur, something I’ve gotten reasonably good at doing finally. If I just stop after the automatic shutoff, it’s anywhere between 1.5-2.5 gallons shy of full. Unfortunately, it’s really difficult to fill all the way up without getting gasoline everywhere. Which is why you have to actually pull the nozzle out and watch the level in the tank… much like filling up an airplane. This morning was cloudy and rainy, but it’s…