Arrival
After a late night, an early morning, and a 6 hour wait, A finally got his interview. And got hired with ExpressJet! 18 months after we made the decision to follow this dream, we achieved his goal. I can’t believe we are here.
Details are sketchy at this point; he won’t be home for another 4 hours. But right now is a nice feeling.
Have to start thinking of a new name for the blog.
Diverted
I swear, not even an hour after I posted about A having the weekend off to study, I found out that plans had, again, changed. He ended up working about 11 hours yesterday and (hopefully) just a half day today. This is the part where being a CFI sucks. You are at the whim of the students training needs. At least the way his school organizes things. So the latter half of the day will be spent getting paperwork together, updating logbooks and that sort of thing. Let me try and muster some excitement for that. I’m torn, he left all this stuff until the last minute. Should I help him out or make him stay up all night doing it himself. Is this the right time to teach him a lesson about procrastination?
A should be done flying with what will hopefully be his last student on his last flight as a CFI. He has the weekend off to “study”. Which means lazy breakfasts at Waffle House, “quick” errand trips with M and I that turn into 1/2 day trips and probably celebrating St. Paddy’s day at a local bar. And very little studying. That always seems to happens when he has time off on the weekends… But it may very well be the last chance for us to hang out as a family for a while. I’d rather take the opportunity and then repeat it again when it turns out it wasn’t our last opportunity then to miss it.
Conversation I had recently (may be TMI…)- Did his being a CFI effect our sex life since he was home every night unlike being an airline/freight pilot? The answer is yes, or should I say YES. And I don’t think that either of us would say it was in a positive way. A girl only has so many weapons to counteract stress and fatigue. And this girl has an expansive repretoire of tricks…
 Hoping for good news on monday.
Friend got hired yesterday. There is potential they will be in the same class after all. Like gossip, aviation news seems to travel (and change) quickly.