Time is of the essence. I have no time at all (of course besides this time that I’m putting away writing again). It is not hard to keep this updated, but I’ve been studying. Learning just about everything and anything that I can take in during my Private Pilot Course on Weather while learning more and expanding my knowledge knowing that I will have an upper division course on weather once I get to commercial and jet training. Right now, we are doing Weight and Balance of an airplane in respects it and our capacity. It was a funny thing because after doing all this, I got worried that my trip to Vegas in the DA-40 was over weight. I did the computations and boy, we just slid right under the Normal Category for operation. I mean I did it before hand, but I felt that I might have missed something. It was a great relief to me that I didn’t. It’s just way too crazy how much you really have to plan out before you actually attempt to go anywhere. I can’t wait to get back home and start flying to Vegas. Who’s coming with me?!

I have a quiz tomorrow on airplane performance, have the final stage 3 exam (QE 3) and the FAA exam next week. I’m going to take it home! Oh yeah, and I scored a 95% on my last QE. I fell down to second in the class out of four…but I WILL REDEEM MYSELF!!! MUUWAH HAHAHAHHAA!!!

What a party I had today. It was great! I guestimated that about 15 - 20 would show up and I was right. I was right that the Pats would win, but they didn’t make the spread. Oh well. Anyways, I had a great time cleaning up and now I’m done. Back to sleeping and studying! My girlfrien is coming this weekend! I can’t wait! Oh yeah, and my roommate’s car, which is the only means of transportation around here, broke down today. I had to push it around the corner. It was exciting!

My morning went schedule was as follows:

-Went to bed around 12:00 AM.

-Woke up at 5:00 AM but got up at 5:10 AM to start studying for my first QE (qualifying event = final / midterm) while listening to Sirius Channel “The Beat” (kind of like electronic / dance music)

-Got dressed around 7:45 AM and packed a Red Bull and a Nutri-Grain Bar

-Got to school very anxious to download all my knowledge at 8:15 AM

-Downed the Red Bull in a matter of 10 seconds

-Got WIRED and I mean WIRED for the test

-I received the test and answer sheet and started backwards form question 50 (my anxiety really gets to me so I just play along with it and do things weird)

-I finished all 50 in about 8 minutes

The bad news is… I did not get a 100%. I missed two questions, one of which was just marked incorrectly by yours truly and the other I completely missed. Stupid me. But, if you count all the quizzes and this QE, I’m still ahead. But then again, if you only count this event, everyone missed two except my Crew Buddy Minoj who missed only 1. Oh well, I got another exciting day like this one on Tuesday. Apparently, we will be flying within the next two and half weeks making our way into the final parts of the Private Pilot Ground Course. I can’t wait to get my wings.

So the test was postponed for today, February 3, 2005, and I’m awake at 5:00 a.m. studying. It really shouldn’t be that bad, but I’m studying all I can so that I can ace this exam. I need a 90% but I want that 100%. Stay tuned! Check back at 12:30 EST and I’ll post my results. This test is only on the intro stuff to the Private Pilot Course. I’ve learned it before but now I know it much better. I can’t wait!

I also start flying in about 2.5 weeks which means I have a total of 3 QEs and 1 FAA Exam within this time period! It’s going to be insane!

As the days grow nearer until my first Qualifying Exam, distractions get larger! It’s always convienent that my computer (HP Pavilion dv1000) doesn’t want to talk to printer (Photosmart 2610) and causes Windows to crash. So I’ve been working on that instead of studying for a while.

This exam covers quite a bit. It shouldn’t be that bad, but I have another QE next week and then week after, then my FAA Final, and man…its going by so fast! I’ve been in Florida for about 4 weeks now. I can’t believe it. I guess its okay and its working out great. Anyways, I’m going to get some of that sleep that I need.

Oh yeah, I’m still running too!