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Happy Birthday to mopalia and my own Dougie the Terrible!

Hope the day and the year ahead bring you all the peace and happiness you both deserve so well.

well...

I was hoping to have more to tell, but.

I (of course) accepted my own assignment yesterday, and decided to seriously look into something I've wanted for a long time. I've wanted to fly since I got my first up-close look at an airplane when I was five. My eyesight isn't good enough, even corrected, for the Air Force to let me fly... so I've let that be my excuse for a long time. "I'd love to fly, but with my vision, they'd never let me" is such an easy line. But, well... the Air Force isn't the only game in town. And if my sight is more than good enough for me to be pushed into learning to drive a car, then it's good enough for me to look into learning to do something I want and would (will!) enjoy.

So... there's a small airfield in Smithfield, out of which some private aircraft operate. I didn't make it there yesterday, but I'm told that I'm welcome to look around during the week. I did pick up a couple of books, and some prep materials for the private pilot's written test. And I'm properly terrified but also properly enthused. Wish me luck. :)