A Very Special Week

Well, i got to participate in some fun events this week. my friend rocky gave me a rose and chocolate for valentines day - very sweet! and last night, with the help of my close friends, i got up the nerve to go to the longview symphony with rocky - nice time with some cultural experience. then this morning at 3:30, we decorated the brothers' floor and this evening they are making us dinner with a movie. and as far as flight - last thursday, i landed for the first time without my flight instructor's help! soon i'll solo! :o)

Chance of snow???

Yeah right! was my first thought when my friends told me they had heard the news forecast snow in our area. However, it has been cold and windy today - yesterday, it rained quite a bit too. This week was a tough one with lots of tests, but I passed them all! As a result, this weekend has probably been one of my lightest as far as homework load - yeah! Yesterday, after my labs that go to 4:30pm - I never touched homework. Probably a first for me this semester. Last night, I went to a live comedy - really nice to be at peace and just laugh :o) Flight went really well on Thursday - we worked on S-turns, circling around a point, and rectangular courses. And now, we can actually look at the flight instruments, so we are graded on how close we keep our altitude and airspeed - annoying, but a good habit to form, right? Tonight, I've actually done all the work that I plan on doing, so i'm just hanging out - probably watch a movie later. This next week is midterms - but i don't think i'll have too many tests. God answered one of my prayers and provided me a job on campus! The secretary in the aeronautical science 1 building emailed me out of the blue and offered me a job working just a couple of hours a week. I'm really looking forward to it and I can do it for all four years! She is a really sweet lady too. Today, after 4 hours of math, I decided to draw something for one of my friends who had quite a bit to do this weekend - it felt really good to use my creative ability and just draw for fun. I hope everyone is doing well. And I wish you all a happy valentine's day! If you are happily single, remember that God is your valentine's every day :o) thanks for posting comments :o)

The skies are clear

Well...where to begin? I'm sorry for the huge delay in posting on my blog since last semester. To say the least, college life is keeping my running and it doesn't look like it will slow down anytime soon. This picture was taken after my first flight block - fun and exciting!! since then i have flown 6 more times and tomorrow is my first stage check--scary! I will show that I can listen to the weather briefer and ATIS, preflight, calculate the weight and balance, taxi (hopefully on the center line), make all the radio calls, takeoff, checklists, navigate from airport to practice area and back, perform slow flight - steep turns - power on stall - power off stall - and engine failure procedures, and enter the flight pattern around the airport properly to land. Its amazing how much i have improved and learned already - but the process is definitely not over. Classes are going ok - lots of new stuff to learn that will apply to my major such as meteorology, foundational concepts of aviation studies with a lab, dc electricity with a lab...Right now i'm taking a break from my homework and the superbowl game. This last week i played in a intermural basketball game - wow! i'm out of shape. And we lost really bad. A couple of weeks ago we had missions emphasis week - it was neat hearing from quite a few missionaries. I hope everyone is doing well. i'll try to do better with blogging - but no promises :o) sorry. I miss you and i hope everyone is doing well. please email me or comment and let me know how you are.