Pasta
I made Lasagna for Jonah’s birthday.
Stupid Weather
KOUN 231633Z AUTO 01004KT 10SM OVC017 07/02 A3003 RMK AO2
That’s overcast at 1,700ft. Which means I didn’t take my stage check today either.
At least I’ll have lots of time to cook dinner for Joanna.
And I’m still waiting.
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 was 900 ft overcast with a possibility for thunderstorms. It cleared up in the afternoon, but I wasn’t scheduled for the afternoon. Today isn’t much better.
At this point it’s looking like the end of APRIL before I even finish my Commercial. And I’ve still got CFI/CFII/MEL to do. I’m gonna be here forever.
Our garbage disposal died on Tuesday. Maintenance is currently installing a new one. They’re supposed to do something about the dishwasher as well, but my hopes of actual results are minimal after he started muttering about running bleach through it.
What a mess
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 shift change time is good or bad. On the one hand, it would mean I would have more time to spend with them (if only three and a half hours). But what’s bothering me is that my boss is probably going to change his mind and say he absolutely needs me there on that Monday, the first day of the new shift, where those of us who signed up for this will finally find out what we’re actually going to be doing. And my family is planning to stay through that Monday, because that’s the day my boss said I could have off. ARGH!
Berck and I have been giving the apartment a thorough cleaning in preparation for the fam’s arrival. This means that I scrub and cleanse and Berck straightens. You would think that this division of labor would work perfectly, each of us operating in the areas of housekeeping we value most. But what happens is I get ticked off that the chocolate stain is still in the couch, and Berck goes on a rampage against my table, the only place in the world I’m allowed to just put stuff. I can never find anything for weeks after one of these episodes. Maybe one day we’ll learn to clean as a team.
Actual Fact: Archaeological records show that the Babylonians were making soap around 2800 B.C.