Pooped

I couldn't go to sleep last night to save my life. I saw 3 a.m. go by, and saw 4 a.m., and then I quit looking at the clock. I could have gotten up and worked on the computer, but I was trying to be good and actually get to sleep. So when Kaylee wanted me up at 8 a.m., I was probably less than friendly. I don't remember what time I actually got up this morning, it was either 8:30 or 9:30 a.m., but I was woken up a few times in there before I actually dragged myself up.

We spent the morning at the house, doing dishes, playing, a little computer work, and Kaylee played outside swinging on the swings. I love that it's Spring, did I mention that? ;)

Then Kaylee and I headed to Applebees to meet with Chuck, Steve and Nathan for lunch. And the rest of the day was spent flying. Not all overly productive flying, but flying none-the-less.

Nathan and I went in the Baron to Sheridan, doing a low pass at Glenndale (and being 'shot down' by Greg in his "Farmer Joe" get-up, as pictured here. If you look closely you can see the smoke and fire on the two engines, added later by Greg, which I find pretty funny). and Nate dropped me off so I could pick up the new C-172. There was an AIRMET for turbulence, and the winds were fairly gusty. I brought the C-172 into Glenndale, but upon taxiing up, Steve noticed the nose strut had almost completely collapsed. So a short time later, Chuck and I flew the 172 back to Sheridan. Jeff pumped up the strut, and Chuck flew the 172 back to Glenndale and I flew the Warrior back to Glenndale because it needed to be there too. We float into Glenndale, and I'm waiting for a flight student who cancels at the last minute, so while Steve does some work, we watch the kids play and sit outside in the pretty day. Finally it's time for me to take the 172 to Kokomo, where it will be housed. Chuck and Justin are up in the Citabria, and I go to take off from Glenndale, and in my run-up I notice that my flaps aren't working. My flaps were working fine the last two times I flew it, but now I definitely have no flaps. So...one more trip back to Sheridan! I do a no-flap landing into Sheridan, but at least the winds were calmer by then. Chuck comes in and gets me in the Citabria, and takes me to Kokomo where my car has sat all day since I went there after lunch to fly the Baron to Sheridan the first time. Is this getting confusing to anybody by now?? Ha. Chuck offers to drive my car back to Glenndale so I can fly the Citabria for awhile, and I appreciated that. So I flew the Citabria back to Glenndale and did three take-offs and landings. It was just a beautiful evening at this point. Low winds, bright skies, that perfect Spring airport evening. I really enjoyed the flight around. And I had some gorgeous landings, too. What can I say, they were real greasers-ones that you wish you had an audience to appreciate them. lol After I did three TOLS, I took Justin up and and we flew around for a bit in the nice pre-evening day. Finally I was done for the day, and we pushed the Citabria away and called it a day. That makes four airplanes, three trips to Sheridan, two trips to Kokomo, and three trips to Glenndale. Well, I may not have gotten the 172 to Kokomo where it belongs, but at least we got some maintenance done that we didn't know needed done! And at least the flaps failed on me, and not a student pilot. And at least I got legally current in one plane and a little refresher course on three others.

Kaylee spent today having a Blast. She ran around at the airport all day long. The girl has got to be exhausted. She got to play with Grace and Noah a lot, and the rest of the time she ran around on a scooter, played on an old rusty roller that is being used to roll the runway, and generally made a giant mess of herself with dirt. She was quite pleased. When I got her home, I threw her in the tub even though it was way past her bedtime, because I couldn't subject her sheets to those feet, knees, well, and hands, legs, arms, face, etc. She was a walking dirt ball. I should have taken a picture. :) But how's that for a perfect Spring day? Playing in the dirt, playing with friends, playing in the sunshine.

And now I've hit the wall, it's taken me forever to write this post because I am So Tired. My lack of sleep the night before has finally caught up with me, and I am so ready to go to bed. On to tomorrow. :o)