So, I have to saying that all the jet simulator work is starting to take its toll on my brain! It’s also just draining me completely. It’s great to fly and learn, but the rate at which we do it is crazy! It is faster at the airlines, and I’m sure that after this MD-90 training, I will be more than ready!

We are in the stage where our Jet Sim instructors want us to learn the systems instead of flying. Think of it as a bonus that we end up flying. Last night, I got to land from the right seat with a 15 knot left crosswind. That was interesting. My landing wasn’t the smoothest once again, but it was my first in the right seat. We landed at KSFO (San Francisco) and I have to say that it might have been my first time there.

I have quite a bit of work cut out for me this coming week with a possible stage check and an oral exam in the very near future. Memorizing the limitations of the MD-90 is so fun and exciting! No really though, I’m having a tremendous time reading and learning more and more. I just wish that I could actually be more into it which is impossible, but I’m loving every minute of it!!!

Oh yeah, the latest and greatest thing on my menu is the cafeteria chili. For $1.60 you get a 12 oz cup of not so fresh chili and a piece of cornbread. I’m really doing it for the cornbread, but it fills you up and makes for a good cheap dinner. Then some other days, they have a different soup and its just a whole other adventure.

In the CBT lab just trying to finish up day 3 and 4. Trust me, it pretty brutal.

quick note: this entire past week consisted of below freezing temps. check out the pic at trelijah If you can’t read the temp gauge, its reading 30 degrees F.

I just wanted to say thanks to lisa for coming to visit me here in Florida. It was a great week of just relaxing and hanging out. It’s great to know that we are still learning quite about each other and growing even though we are so far apart.

Adelle got to hang out in the MD90 for a demo flight (I wasn’t at the controls) for a little bit and it was nice to know that she acknowledged it as a good simulator. It’s not that I’m trying to prove anything, but hey, its pretty damn close to the real thing if not there already. I wish that all my friends could come out and check it out while its still here in Daytona Beach.

This picture is of us at Shayna’s surprise birthday party last Saturday. I haven’t been updating the blog because of just all the school and hanging out I’ve been doing. Last weeks schedule included me waking up at 3:00 AM everyday so that I could get to Daytona Beach by 4:15 AM to begin going over my flights. It was definitely a tiring week, but once Lisa got here, it was smooth sailing.

Sadly enough, I really didn’t plan too much because hanging out is something that is more fun to me these days. Is that a sign that I’m getting old or maybe that we are getting old already? It’s really fun though, trust me. We have done quite a bit already in Florida the past year so there isn’t that much to do. We almost went to a NBA game last night but found out that it was an away game. I like the spontaneity of our decisions. I mean its all last minute, but we try. We hung out till the last minute when I needed to take her to the airport this morning to catch her flight out of here back home to San Diego. Valentine’s Day was a chill holiday. I was sad that I didn’t take out Adelle to a nice fancy restaurant, but the time will come. Don’t worry babe!

It’s been a year (actually 13 months) and I’m ready to get out of here and head back home to San Diego. Most likely, I might be here in Florida (Ft. Lauderdale maybe) trying to learn as much as I can about the 747, but that’s all speculation right now. I can only hope for the best. Adelle has 3 more months to go before she is done with her Master’s of Public Health at San Diego State. I’d like to think we’re both making some good headway into our futures.

meesh you already nache…come back soon k?

Yeah…it’s below freezing here in Florida! Can you believe it?

Everyone has to pick up the new Jack Johnson Album entitled: Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George. It is definitely one of the best sounding, coolest, chillest, just laid back albums I have heard since, I don’t know, his last one. It’s great! Go get it already and stop reading this!

Quote from iTunes Reviewer: “all you have to do is pop this in and the girls strip all their clothes off.”

My serious review: If you love songs just about everyday life, this album stands out in happily creating “happy” tunes. It’s almost as if Jack Johnson was born to sing about Curious George. It is a little childish, but come on, you can’t expect that it wouldn’t be esp. with it entitled “Sing-A-Longs…” The famous intro to Napoleon Dynamite theme song is onboard and it just works and completes the theme of this release. His acoustics along with G. Love and Ben Harper epitomizes how great a release can be if you combine two musical geniuses. Grab it!

MD90: It was rather smooth today with Kevin and I definitely now finally moving right along together in the airplane together. What I mean is, is that we aren’t chasing it anymore being that we were way far behind it. We aren’t topnotch just yet, but we are getting comfortable. I did a circle to land in Boston Logan which was great at 700″ AFE and touchdown without consequence. We’re still navigating with the VORs / NAV radios, but soon enough, we will start using the FMS to its fullest automating glory!