Kaylee had a Vocal Concert today. She was supposed to sing "Santa Baby" as a solo, but because of all the Christmas programs and concerts and stuff happening, plus a lot of time that the vocal teacher had to be gone for new grandbabies, she just didn't get enough practice in on it to be able to do it well, so she "scratched" on her solo. She wasn't the only one. All the students who were also in Encore or Starlets did the same thing, and instead did trios. One trio for Starlets, one for Encore, and they sang songs they'd done for their Christmas concert at school, so no new things to learn. Kaylee and her friends sang "By Candlelight". They sounded good, of course, but she was standing behind the two girls who were sitting on stools, and the angle she was standing, I couldn't see her at all. I couldn't get any photos of her singing. Then they did a group song up on stage, and she was behind a row of girls taller than she is, and I couldn't see her at all or get any photos of her up there. I am disgruntled by this, and complained at her when she got back down. How dare she not let me get a photo of her singing? ;) This is the closest I got.
Putting stools back after singing.
After Kaylee's performance, we got home and I had an hour and a half to get to the airport and pull out the T-6 before the sun went down. Looking at the weather ahead, it looked like today was going to be maybe the last chance for the winter where it wouldn't be in the 30s or below. So I ran out there, pulled off the oil drain, covers, pulled the prop through 9 times, checked oil and fuel, and went to tug it out. The tug was hooked up to a battery tender, so I had to un-rig that, which didn't take too long. Tugged it out of the hangar, which actually took a little effort as it's fairly tight. I had to hop off the tug and check several times. Got it unhooked, the tug back in the hangar, climbed up in the back seat and pulled out the headset, and strapped down the back seat, so that when I went upside down, nothing would fall free or loose or jam up my controls. Hopped back in the plane, strapped in, primed it, flipped on the battery, and it was so dead that it didn't even turn on a light. DEAD dead. I unstrapped, relocked the controls, got out, went to two hangars hunting for the APU. Dragged it out to the plane, climbed back up for a screwdriver, went to the other hangar to get the extension cord, unscrewed the panel, started charging the plane, climbed back up to flip on the battery so it would charge, and waited. After about 15 minutes I climbed back in and tried it, and the lights/JPI came on, but nothing. So I just sat there in the front seat of the plane and watched the sun get lower. I tried the starter a few more times. It got enough juice to start "click"ing, but it wasn't even trying to turn over the prop. It would have eventually, but after 40 minutes I was tired and annoyed and out of daylight. So I jumped back down, unhooked everything, and did the reverse and put it all back together. I'll spare you repeating it all. I just wanted you to feel sorry for me. ;) I was going to just go home, but I was really still annoyed, so I pulled out Gumby, and just went up briefly around Kokomo. Watched the sun set, cranked it around a little, back down quickly for the day, and went to put it away. Couldn't get it up on the tug, it kept rolling back towards the hangar. I got it stopped, got chocks, put it away, put everything back on it, and by the time it was time to go home, I was still more annoyed than cured. I don't have a group of local friends I complain to and hang out with, so my therapy is a small enjoyable food snack now and then, some online communications, and some fun flying. My therapy was sort of averted today, but for a few minutes there I did enjoy the view. It wasn't quite long enough to really relax, but I didn't want to stay up in the dark, I had stuff to do, I needed to get home. So I took what I could get, and was glad for what I could do. I did take some pictures. I like looking through a camera lens too. :)
Kaylee has been practicing for tryouts for "Hello, Dolly". She is practicing opening monologues, audition songs, roles, the whole ball of wax. She's watching previous years' versions of the play, and she's really putting a LOT into getting main cast. Her voice is sounding really good; she's getting more vibrato, and can hit some really high notes pretty powerfully. She's in her room working on it still, and has been all evening. Over and over and over. If life were fair and you won something because you really tried and put effort into it, and politics was never involved, and effort could also make you better than other talented people, well, she would deserve main cast. :) Hoping she lands what she's hoping and working for...
Photos from the last two days:
Friendly Santa at the Wild's house for the party.
The view out the back door where I stepped outside to get some quiet and fresh air for a second. ;)
A shot of some of the folks hanging out. There were also people in suits and dresses, jeans and sweaters. It's nice that they can dress up if they wish, or not if they don't, and just have some food and drink and hang out. Several people claimed that some of us "cleaned up real nice". lol
I stole Kaylee's Encore earrings. I texted her this photo and she said "WAIT, are those MINE??" Lol. Oh, and this was before I fixed my hair and make-up, so don't judge. I took care of the eyes. Except the crow's feet. Those just exist. But hey, I AM almost 47 years old, and this is very close up, so c'mon. ;)
Sweaty, disheveled, disgruntled, unattractive and annoyed. But still, sitting in a T-6. ;)
Sunset in the prop arc.
Look in the spinner. Sun under the nose of the spinner.
On the horizon
Just a few pictures of the sky in a few turns.
The sky color is fading.
Gumby getting ready to be put away.
I love this. This photo was taken by a different CFI. It's THE LOOK. The look on the face of every student who hears the IFR clearance for an IFR approach for the first time and is trying to remember all of it to read back to ATC, and can't. So they turn and look at you like ^^^^^ that. :D
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