Friday’s you have to love them!

What a day! Beautiful crisp, clear and sunny day and couple that with the fact that I am working at home adds up to an exceptional day. Then the real treat occurred – I helped pack Jess for the trip back to Purdue. You cannot believe how much stuff we packed into that Saturn, a whole years worth and more. The whole years worth is necessary because we do not see her for the entire school year except for Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter (sometimes). We have our orders to not show up without notice and to plan a month in advance for any telephone calls, trips down or IM chats. Again, I have to ask where did I go wrong, thinking of the glass half empty?

All kidding aside Jess is wonderful and a Junior year engineering student surpassing the senior engineer (that is me) with no problems. Then I look at the glass half full and say how lucky I am to have been a part of the growing up and life of Jess. I now sit here watching the sun go down and think how really fortunate I am. A life in need of nothing except a TRIP AROUND THE WORLD IN A WESTSAIL 32.

Can I wax philosophical? Of course I can since I am the author! I was in the air when 9/11 happened and was half way across Lake Michigan in a Cessna 310 twin. The whole world got real silent an I looked at my flying buddy Dwight and said “Dwight, it is really quiet on 122.8 that I had at subdued audio levels.” We discussed a lot of ideas very quickly since we were rapidly approaching a MOA that could be full of military equipment. Call the nearest “Class C” airspace was the answer and we did – Get your butts on the ground nearest appropriate airport immediately was the answer….From here on it is a loooong story for another day. Anyway, airspace got complicated, security got tighter and my buddy died so I have given up the air for the sea – and that is a subject of the continuing saga.

Thanks for all the readers who have cared to comment and those that just like to read.