Well, its been over a month since I've posted anything here so I figure I should write something.  I've been busy but more so I just haven't felt like blogging...  And I have a lot of stuff to write about but I can't think of half of it at the moment, oh well!

A few weeks ago I stumbled across a really cool website, its the archive for an astronomy picture of the day thing done by NASA...  Here are a few pics from it:


In other news, I have almost 14 hours of flight time and after about 80 or so landings I officially know how to land.  Which means I can solo soon, next Saturday as a matter of fact (but don't tell my Mom, she's worried...)  I've been having a ball and I'm looking forward to having my license so I can take people with me.

And someday I want to learn how to do this:


I was struck a few days ago with the realization that I really like FIOS!  Mostly because of the picture below...  (FIOS is fiberoptic internet for those of you who have no clue what I'm talking about...)


I'll be commuting to work an hour each way for the next couple of weeks, so if I'm grumpy, well, now you know why!  They need more guys at the other site for the moment so I'm gonna head down there and help them.  Needless to say, I'm not very enthused with the idea of leaving for work at the same time and getting home 2 hours later everyday!  (at least the company is paying for gas, if they weren't then I'd be in a tizzy)

I've been reading a book called "The Way of the Wild Heart" by John Eldridge, its really good, he goes through the stages a man goes through while growing up and he focuses on how the Lord wants to Father us in all the places that were missed in one way or another .  Its been a good constructive read, I've got a great dad and a great stepdad but things still get missed...  Its not an easy or quick read, thats for sure!  Its also been good because its helped me refocus on the Lord, I've been having a hard time getting up in the morning to read my Bible and just as hard a time not being distracted when I get home from work.  So yeah, there you have it.

I'm at the beginning of an effort to sell off a lot of the stuff I collected at the beginning of my job...  Stuff that I didn't need to buy but that I wanted.  I knew I shouldn't have bought it, I've lived my life up until now with the mindset that I wanted to avoid debt at all costs because it would hold me back if the Lord called me to do something.  Well, I'm not in very much bad debt (from a credit stand point) but I am in debt for my truck, plus I've got a very expensive computer and a big TV (among other much littler things).  Well, the mistake has been made and now I intend to correct it, its not gonna be a fun process because I'm probably going to loose money on the whole deal, but I really feel like the Lord wants me to simplify and I want to be obedient (and I'd like to simplify some as well) soooo, we'll see how it all turns out... 

Alright, I've got to go study some before my flight lesson, hope everyone has a great week!

PS.  I added a new song to my page...  Its kinda quiet but I don't have any good sound editing software so I can't change it.  Keith Green is a favorite of mine, enjoy!

Well, I had my 4th flight lesson last night and it went really well.  I'm starting to get used to the plane and how to control it.  It was the first time that I was able to keep up with the plane instead of reacting to whatever it was doing.  We did a little bit of everything!  We covered slow flight (see pics below), power on and power off stalls, ground reference maneuvers, steep turns, and I even did a couple of landings (well mostly, I had some help but not as much as last time! ).  I also found out that my CFI is a Christian, I had kind of suspected it but wasn't really sure...  Its pretty cool, the Lord found me a mentor and an instructor who are believers, fun stuff!  One of the main reasons my instructor got into aviation is because he wants to get involved with missionary aviation at some point.  Which could be really handy if I end up going that route.  Coincidentally, thats what I've been praying about...  We'll see what the Lord says, there are still a lot of unanswered questions and what-if's in my mind about the whole thing (and I'm committed to working here until august sometime) but if I do end up going that route it'd be another 3-4 years of schooling/training.  (it would be messy and hands on and a lot of air time, so it wouldn't be too bad ;)

Anyway, enough of that!  I took my camera up and actually remembered to take pictures this time around so here they are...