Like I posted previously, I’m flying 10 out of 11 days.  Today is day 5 and I’ve been bogged down without having the pleasure of being connected to the outside world.  It’s definitely boring with the Internet these days, but I guess that I should be reading and studying for my recurrent training scheduled in the next few weeks.  It’s definitely not by choice either believe me.  The Internet at the Hilton charges $9.95 for 24 hours of connectivity pleasure and that’s just not really in the budget.  Not sure if you caught wind either but my loan payments are in full swing at $1100.00 a month for the next 20 years.  Really…it’s that much.  It’s more than my 2nd paycheck here at ASA’s 2nd year rate too.  I’ll try not to let it depress me, but hey, like I’ve always flown by, I’ve got the best office view there is.  Maybe not the FL410, but it doesn’t matter because I’m not comparing myself to the other pilots out there.  It’s isn’t the largest cabin either, but that doesn’t matter, because like I’ve said, it’s all about fun and doing what you love. 

Am I going to work out today?  I just might, but I’m forced to run indoors again because of the forecasted 6-9 inches of snow falling in Peoria, Illinois.  We have a 6:15AM duty in too but I’m a little weary on the fact that we might not be leaving that early.  Who will be cleaning the runways? 

I’ve upgraded to my sister’s hand me down Palm Treo 755p.   Do I like it?  It’s definitely got more pep to it and the Internet is quicker using EVDO rev. 0, but it’s still not the BlackBerry 8830.  It does have a camera, but I’m not too sure if that’s a concern anymore.  Maybe I’ll just bring my camera with me everywhere instead.  What do you think? 

I’m going to post all my DVDs online on Amazon so that I could begin converting them to Blu-ray editions.  Of course, I’ll be a little smarter in my purchases limiting them to not every new Tuesday release, but to the ones that I think I’m going to watch more than just once.  Shoot, maybe I just won’t buy any more movies.  I’m talking like I could afford them!  :-) 

Here’s a picture to enjoy of Adelle and I touring the USS Midway Museum in San Diego.  We went spur of the moment right after she picked me up so I was pretty beat but it’s always fun hanging out with buddy!  You have to check it out but be sure to have 3-5 hours for the entire trip.  We had but 1 hour to roam around and we only got through 20% of it and we rushed too.  When we going again babe?

Well, today is day one of the 45 days until my second 10K.  It’ll be here in San Diego around Fiesta Island (without hills) so it shouldn’t be that punishing compared to my first one.  Today’s quick “back to workout” mode consisted of a 20 minute light jog (treadmill speed 5.0 with a little speed increase during the last few minutes) followed by some stretching and quick weight lifting.  I’m not trying to get bigger, just lose some weight, tone up and shape up.  I don’t want to end up hurting for an entire week. 

Today’s flight were pretty nice a long and uneventful.  Remember that these ones are the best!  So far my food intake for the day has consisted of water, a Triple Threat Power Bar, and a couple dips into my trail mix bag.  Time now is 12 hours after I’ve waken up.  I think I better replenish. 

There it is…posted on the right hand sidebar.  Take a look closely though and you will find that I will be flying 10 days out of 11 straight.  It’s going to be freaking ridiculous the way that they have it for me in February.  I also have a lot of Recurrent Ground Training (RGT) and two Simulator Proficiency Checks (SR2A).  It doesn’t look like I’ll be making it home that much to San Diego.  I have to maybe even get a trip taken away because per our contract, we are suppose to have a day off prior to any of our training events and if you look at the 11th of the month, I’m still working.  I don’t think that I have that I have that many good overnights, but I always try to make it the best I can.

I’m also looking at maybe participating in the St. Patrick’s Day 10K here in Fiesta Island, San Diego.  Should be fun right?!  I better start training now or something.  Check it out!

 

Update: Adelle and I just registered to run the 10K.  Come join in on the fun and let’s do it together!  Leave a comment if you decide to register. 

I haven’t had that much time to blog at all either on here or on PhoneNews.com because I’ve been back and forth again to San Diego and dealing with the 60th birthday of my girlfriend’s father.  So, until then, here’s a quik pic!  Enjoy!

Now this is what I’m talking about!  All that debt that I incurred is going to pay off…somehow. =)

Here’s another one during my Mexico City / Cuernavaca Excursion.  Good times!

If you’ve noticed already, I’m blogging a little less because I’m finding most of my time is being spend researching articles and learning how to write correctly.  In other words, I’m learning how to be a little more professional in my news reporting. (www.phonenews.com)  I’ve written quite a few articles in the last few days but they aren’t ones that have gone without editing from the Admin.  =( I’m still having trouble here and there especially because of the fact that I’m so used to writing the way I speak which isn’t that proper anyways. 

I’m back to commuting once again.  After this four day trip, I’ll be heading back to San Diego on Thursday to hang out with the parents and continue my journey into cleaning and organizing what I can in the house.  It was nice to actually have some time in the Farmhouse and get organized a little bit, but I still have a lot to do there.  More specifically, all the clothes that I brought up from Palm Coast, I probably don’t need anymore and other various things I just need to get rid of and throw them in a large giveaway box.  I also have a lot of papers to file as well as play catch up on 7 months worth of logbook entries.  I’m all electronic right now, but I still like to somewhat maintain a paper copy just in case.  That’s going to a large undertaking.  Well, onto Atlanta, Georgia followed by a one way to Charlottesville, Virginia for an overnight.  You see, these first two days out of four only have 3 legs total, but the next two combine for an very very busy 11 legs!  It’s going to a doosie!

I was a “live-in” landlord during my stay in Palm Coast which proved to be quite successful but my recent stint in managing and trying to be a friend to the students that lived there has been the opposite.  It was the first time that I did not make tenants sign a contract of any sort and I am paying for it.  Not dearly, but in the fact that now I will be forced to go back and forth to Daytona Beach to check up on the property and try to getting rented out as soon as possible.  I really don’t have much to talk about except the fact that I learned the hard way.  Even though you want to be friends, there still has to be a line drawn in order to complete business.  Too bad.

After a really long day of flying and losing $200 on craps last night in Harrahs’ Omaha, I came back to the crashpad and it started snowing!!!  Check out the pix.  All this snow fell within 1 hour of each other.

Okay, so it might not have been that much snow but it’s the most that I have seen ever falling at once. It was so nice and calming. I just wish that my girlfriend was here to enjoy the moment with me. 

I also ended up heading out to a local bar called Bonz in off of Fairburn Road.  They had an awesome Triple Play Hamburger which was basically three different kinds of melted cheeses.  It was tremendous.  I’m probably staying here in Atlanta this weekend to rest and clean up all the stuff that I moved back from Daytona. 

Justin just told me about the Sundance Film Festival this weekend in Salt Lake so I might just hit that up.  Sounds like fun!