So, I still can’t seem to get the twitter flash widget to appear on my blog homepage on Firefox or Internet Explorer, but it seems to work on Safari. It’s a little annoying really and I’m just thinking about simplifying the entire page because of this. So, I’m just waiting to get a couple hours of “time off” before I start on this journey. It’s going to be a little difficult really being that its all setup and stuff. I’m just on happy with it.

Did you see that dunk last night by Mr. Davis?! Man, he just slammed that one in. It was like I was watching a replay from NBA Jam or something. Amazing. Also in sports news, 10Ks by Padres pitcher Jake Peavy!!! Tremendous job in setting the record for 4 games in a row with double digit strikeouts.

I’m waiting for a package that should come in today from a friend and we’ll see what it contains when I get it. It’ll be hopefully awesome.

I’m also waiting to see if I get a line next month. I’m not necessarily going to be expecting it, but we’ll see what I get. I noticed that I moved down 3 spots on the CRJ FO list for ATL from #361 to 364 out of 435. My chances of getting a line are a little slim, but who knows.

The Office was definitely awesome but that’s all I have to say. I’ll end it with a quote: “may God guide you in your quest.”

breakfast: spinach, albacore tuna, two slices of bread.

I’m just coming back from a three day trip which ended up being pretty fun. I have to say that flying is still definitely exciting and fun especially when you have a great captain. Three day trips I find are a lot better than being out for four. I found that on my last roundtrip yesterday (ATL-AVL-ATL) I started to actually deteriorate a little bit in terms of preciseness and accuracy. It wasn’t anything to make the flight bad, but my expectations of myself and those from my captain just seemed to be getting lost. I was missing a couple of call outs and I guess I could feel myself slacking off even though I was trying to stay on top of the ball. It was getting annoying, but I’m just glad that I’m resting it up.

The last roundtrip to Ashville, North Carolina was pretty fun. It was a short flight so I thought that I could handfly the whole thing. It ended up being quite a lot of work and afterwards, I found my right hand a little blistery from gripping the control yolk too hard and that I was sweating a little bit more than normal. There was some good weather and build up along the way making things a little bumpy and the fact that the airport was a little hidden away in the mountains, etc., made it feel like even more of a challenge. I’m still in the learning phase, but I was definitely more comfortable than ever before. I’m no 100% confident pilot ready for an upgrade, but I got some good words from the captain and that made me feel a little better about the whole thing. I even got some of those words on paper for the May Evaluation worksheet. =)

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the Guard / Reserve and it seems like right when its out of view, something just brings me back into it. This time around, I’m going for an honest effort here to get myself back into shape for the interview in December as well as mentally prepare for all the various tests that I’ll be doing. I have a good schedule in front of me today: work out, buy a study guide book and begin at least 50-100 pages of it, finish up the book that Justin is letting me read (”blink” the power of thinking without thinking) and getting ready for what might be another exciting night in Lithia Springs.

Just hanging out in the cockpit. Kind of bored getting rdy for another trip to Tulsa. It's a 2 hour block too…man…

Well, my friend Jojo finally just sent me some of the links that he religiously checkout every time he opens up a web browser and I found an awesome picture of a pretty nice looking athlete. You have to check it out at http://withleather.com/post.phtml?pk=2811. I have to say that I’m pretty impressed and don’t feel guilty to think that she’s hot because she just turned 18! But man…I’m sure that after a few more records in college, she’ll definitely be attracting some seniors when she steps on campus. Anyways…

Flying my trip today was pretty fun. I have to admit that I’m feeling really good about flying here at ASA lately because I’ve been blessed with having some awesome Captains while some of my other colleagues aren’t that lucky. I was able to execute a night visual approach with a little more confidence but I was still a little behind (or at least I thought I was) in spotting where the runway was. That led me to keep the automation on a little bit longer until I was aware of my situation but everything turned out well. My speed on was target and my two landings today were great. I feel like I’ve gotten over the hump or plateau that I had a couple of weeks ago where things weren’t going well. It’s all good now though and I’m happy. I find that I’m heading in to Cincinnati more often these days and it’s funny that there are quite a few ASA pilots hanging around the terminal. It seems like we are all getting more than 1 hour layovers and have time to get something to eat which is awesome. We all happen to congregate around the Subway / McDonalds tables. Look me up if I’m in CVG when you are!

I’m starting to feel like I’m saving more money by bringing my lunches and I’ve been into the commuting the day of my trip. So far so good from San Diego as I’m not getting too tired and I’m loving the fact that I’m able to see my friends and girlfriend on a more regular basis. I haven’t been able to see my folks that often though as I’m only there for a very short period anyways. I’m hoping to be home this weekend for Mother’s Day and the Padres game.

I was able to see the Padres beat the Braves in ATL which was awesome. They lost tonight though. Oh well…tomorrow should be awesome with Maddux vs. Smoltz. I’m happy for Nicolas Sarkozy in France. That should be awesome esp. with the fact that he wants to change the French and American relationship a little towards a more positive one. I’m also starting to exercise on a more regular basis and my diet is getting better. Things are good and so with that, I’m going to sleep now!

Bases loaded in the top of the 6th with two outs! We need to score more!

Check these seats out! $15.00 for two tickets on the Lexus level!