My job lately has been feeding the animals, something Michele usually does, but she’s still recovering from foot surgery she had three weeks back. She’s doing great, but she moves a little slower with a big surgical boot on her foot. This morning I went over to the grain barrels and lifted the cover, but before I could start counting out scoops of grain into a bucket, I stopped and looked around. My buddy the cat usually hangs out in the barn, but he (or she, since I have no idea what sex it is) was mewing from by the…
I’m getting a bit lonely here and missing Joanna, but it feels like the end is actually in sight. With any luck, I should be on a plane headed to Colorado Springs on Friday evening. Finally got our tests back from Friday. Everyone passed, and I did indeed get another 100%. One more 100% to go, but it’s a heck of a lot possible questions. We were supposed to go work emergency exits this evening, but it turns out there wasn’t an aircraft available. So we went over the 10th and 14th stage bleed air systems, pressurization and air conditioning,…
I’ve got all 100 pieces of information memorized. I’ve taken the test every night this week, and scored 100% the last three times. I don’t think I could be better prepared. If I miss one, I just might shoot myself. The more difficult test will be the 60 question multiple choice test next friday. I plan to spend most of Saturday studying. We’ve got a couple hours of class and emergency door pulls (where we go out to an airplane and open all the emergency exits) on Sunday. Even on that test, I only need an 80% to pass, which…
I’ve been tagged to report what I was doing 10, 20, and 30 years ago. 10 years ago, I had recently finished college and was teaching my younger brother an American history course by driving and camping up the East Coast and down the Appalachians, visiting every fort, battlefield, museum, or other historic spot along the way. We even visited Cara, who graciously put us up while we exhausted every item along the Mall. We headed east from Mobile to St. Augustine, where it all began, and made our way all the way to Maine before heading back again. We…