Flying, Mowing, and School

Well, that's what I've been up to. Tonight, for the first time in just shy of two weeks, I finally got to go up again. I finished up the night flying requirements for my license, and had a blast doing it at the same time. While en route from one airport to another, my instructor and I were heading with a nice strong wind, strong enough that the GPS said our groundspeed was 155 knots top speed. :D Fastest I've ever gone in an Eclipse. We did have a little trouble with one plane at another airport, since he hadn't announced his intentions over the radio, so we gave him a wide berth so we wouldn't have any risk of a "fender bender".

Flying at night again was fun. The weather was just about perfectly clear. We could see all over the place! It was pretty incredible, seeing the light displays some people put up. Wow. I think a few people spent a lot of money on lights. :D

School has been going well. We got a lot of work done yesterday and today, and we're starting to get caught up. Today was a math lesson, chapter review, and non-graded quizzes. Tomorrow's the chapter test. Great fun. Oh well. I also did English and physics a bit today. So far, the physics is ending up being quite fun (most of the time! :) Overall, it's been a good school year, except for the many interruptions for yardwork, flying, and a death in the family.

Yes, we mowed yesterday. No, we're not out of our minds. A yard had tons of leaves, and we didn't want to blow it all. Also, the grass was pretty tall and thick, so we just mowed it! It was kind of fun. We're thinking about mowing our yard here at home on Saturday, just to say we mowed grass in December! :D

Well, I think that's about it. I'm going to try to keep posting more often, so check back frequently. Good night.

Time for a new post

As the title says.

OK. Letsee. Flying? Some. Yardwork? Some. School? A bit. Scouts? Plenty. Blogging? Not till now!

Church has been pretty much the same. A family from about 40 miles to the west has been coming a bit, which is quite nice. :) The adult and high schoolers class has started on a new book. It's "20 Controversies that Almost Killed a Church" by Richard Ganz. So far, it appears to be quite useful and edifying, but I've only been there for one lesson. I trust it'll be the same for the rest of the book! :) Other than that, there's nothing else new or unusual going on.

Yardwork has been interesting. Mom and I aren't remembering the last time that we had to work this late. We actually mowed a yard three days before Thanksgiving! Weird. Thankfully, the grass is practically done, and the leaves have pretty much totally fallen. I think we're done until the snow falls enough that it needs to be shoveled.

Flying has been interesting. I haven't gone up for about two weeks, mostly due to weather and having been gone in Pennsylvania for six days for Thanksgiving. However, I did have a great time on Friday the 16th. I got to do a long (I mean long) trip. After leaving Bellefontaine, I headed off for Delaware (OH) Municipal Airport, a little under 35 miles to the east. I landed, taxiied back to the runway, and took off again for Wood County Airport (Bowling Green), just over 70 miles north. I hung around Wood Co. for quite a while, even walking nearly a mile round trip to get "lunch" at Arby's. Lunch ended up being a group of eight very tasty mozzarella sticks and a large cup of Pepsi. Yum. I'd already had some Dew earlier, in case you're wondering why I had Pepsi and not Dew. Anyway, I ate and drank, then headed back for Bellefontaine. The total trip ended up being about 166 nautical miles, or 191 statute miles. Long trip! It was lotsa fun.

Now, I'm unfortunately having my solo endorsement running out on Friday, so after Thursday I can't fly by myself anymore until I go up with an instructor again. However, that won't be much of a problem, since I was needing to go up with an instructor soon again anyway. Hopefully, I'll be able to get back into the swing of things soon and get up in the air more regularly again, soon to be getting ready for the Private Pilot checkride. I'm also working on a home study DVD course to get ready for the written test, so I'm keeping busy.

Schoolwork is going well. Nothing new here.

Scouts--we've had a bunch of younger guys interested in our troop. There's a chance that we could have up to 9 (I think) 11-year-olds joining our troop at the same time. Wow. That just about made my heart skip when I said that. Heh. It would be a very interesting experience to get that many new boys at once. Oh well. We're in a Christmas parade this Saturday, then next weekend we're on a hike, most likely at Kiser [sic] Lake south of here a little ways.

Thanksgiving was very nice. We all got to spend four whole days and parts of two other days in PA. My grandpa, who'd broken a hip, is doing quite well, considering the circumstances. We got to see a bunch of family, eat plenty of simply delicious food, and participate in several crazy games of Taboo. Thanksgiving is great for the food, family, and fun, but it's best for showing us what God has blessed us with.

I think that's it for right now. I'll hopefully post more regularly, but I also realize how frightening it is that I say that almost every post. I'll close with a video. It shows the REAL way to enjoy classical music. Good night all!

It's been a while

I never seem to remember to do this and have the drive to do it, unless I don't have access to the computer. Sigh.

Well, for starters, my grandma went to be with the Lord the day after the last post. She was indeed placing her trust in Christ, so she had every hope of deliverance, and we're confidant that now her suffering is over. As several friends of mine who've recently lost grandparents struggling with life can understand, it's very hard, but it's bittersweet. You hate to see them go, but, if they're in Christ, it's a great blessing to them to depart their life of sin, and be with their Lord, and be free of imperfection.

On happier thoughts, I surpassed my goal with popcorn sales for Scouts by nearly 200 dollars! :) As well, yardwork for the year is nearly over, so I have more time now to dedicate to school, flying, and other activities.

School: Everything's going very well. The Math and Physics are fun (for the most part), English and British Literature aren't too bad, and Government is actually quite easy. So far, I'm enjoying my senior year. Grades are good, and we're behind some, but, since we were out in Pennsylvania for a week when we weren't planning to be, that's kind of understandable.

Flying's been going great as well. I'm up to 20.7 hours, out of the 40 required. Tomorrow, God willing, I'm flying a pretty long distance: around 166 nautical miles. As long as the weather's good, I'll be flying this four-stop course as a requirement for my license. Boy, I'm looking forward to it. I sure hope God blesses me with clouds high enough and winds low enough! :) I think I'm still on track to be getting my license on my birthday, January 7. Yet again, weather seems to be the key factor. We'll see how it works out.

Church has been pretty much the same since the last post. The only major thing that's happened is that we've bought a TV/DVD player combo for use in the Adult Sabbath School class. Please keep praying for clear guidance for the Belle Center RP Church!

I'm going to sign off now. Hopefully I'll get back into posting more often. Before I go, I have one more thing, though. Any of you heard of Paul Potts? Well, watch this video, even if you have. He was a cell phone salesman who auditioned for Britain's Got Talent. Here is the video from that night.