Doh!

Okay, fine, I'm sick. I thought maybe I was just a little worn down from a busy weekend, but no, I caught some bug. Sunday I had a nasty headache and stomachache, but fortunately had brought enough Tylenol with me that I could still do the formation flight. Monday afternoon I felt fine but was hit with a wave of exhaustion and I fell asleep on the couch at 9 p.m. or so. I woke up shivering and achy, and had a weird night's sleep freezing cold and sweating at the same time, with my skin and joints all just aching. Tuesday morning that was all gone, so I thought I'd recuperated, but after lunch my throat started hurting, and by the end of that day I could hardly swallow. I almost couldn't get a Tylenol down. Today my throat is a little better but feels swollen, I've started coughing and sneezing, my nose started running, and I have eaten a pop tart and a shake (for my throat) all day because I'm just not hungry. Dumb viruses. Well, maybe that last one isn't so bad. ;) I really don't feel as bad as it sounds, well, other than at night. For some reason when evening hits, that's when I feel the worst. Like I'm starting to feel now again, in fact.

Kaylee and Steve are fine. Steve was working at his big computer job/project until 3:30 a.m. At least that's what time he said he made it home-I wasn't awake to find out for myself. He was back up and at it and at the airport for a 9 a.m. flight--who never showed up. He's headed back out to that computer job again now, hoping it won't be another late night. Kaylee has just been studying for her spelling test, going over some more of the math problems, cleaning her room, talking on the phone to a classmate friend, and playing on the computer. You know, life for a third-grader. :) Me, I've been trying to do end of month billing and catching back up on laundry and such. I've made progress, but I think it's about time to get a cup of hot tea with honey, a book and a couch, and fade out.

One thing. I read all the categories below of what killed pilots, and this graph just makes me kind of laugh. I think you'll find if you read all of those, you could lump them into one big one: they hit the ground too hard. It's like the old joke of "what killed him? His heart stopped!" Well, 25% stalled...and hit the ground. Insufficient terrain clearance? Yes, that means they hit the ground. Lost control in bad weather? And then hit the ground. Aerobatics below a safe altitude...still hitting the ground. Failure to avoid objects? Hit object, then hit the ground. So, personally, I was thinking that not 9% as listed below, but actually 100% of pilots are killed when they..."failed to avoid collision with the ground". Whew, glad that's settled. :) (They should have worded the article accompanying the graph more along the lines of what caused pilots to get into trouble. Or maybe I'm the only one sarcastic enough to find this ironic...I'm okay with that. ;))