Monday, February 24, 2003

The Little Man Well, we only have about two months left until our son arrives. I am very excited and a little bit nervous. My cute wife looks absolutely fantastic pregnant, and aside from a few headaches, she has been feeling great. We've painted the kid's room, purchased and assembled a crib and a changing stand, and now we are anguishing over decor (why, I ask, does it matter so much?). The one thing that I am excited about with all this shopping is that we are going to invest in a really nice lazy boy. It will be great to have when kids are fussy, but its utility will last well beyond the fussiness of the kid(s). The boy has been kicking his mom in all the vital organs, and is quite active. We have not yet settled on a name, but we are talking about Carson James or Conner James. I like Conner better than Carson myself, but I really don't think we can name him until he comes out. We have met with our doula (a trained helper lady for the delivery) and I like her. In a couple of weeks we are going to the hospital for a class on what goes on. Before you know it the little man will be here. 6:40:31 AM    comment []

CFI Update I am inching ever closer to finishing my CFI. I'm getting excited about it. I have a dozen or so potential private pilot students, so I should be able to get things going fairly quickly after my checkride. The last time I went flying with my instructor we did all kinds of landings and take offs, go arounds, and he even gave me the opportunity to take control of the airplane on a simulated botched soft field landing. On thursday we're going to do some private pilot ground reference maneouvers, and then all I'll have left is commercial stuff (an initial CFI ticket lets you teach private and commercial students). I'm also taking the opportunity to hone my CFI skills with pilots and non pilots. A week ago saturday I went flying with two pilot friends in thier airplane and we did some instrument work. I'm not sure how much value I provided to them, but we had a good time. This week I am going with a non pilot friend. I am also working on a logbook application using MySQL. CFIs have to record a few more pieces of information, and I have not been impressed by the commercially available logbook programs, so I am writing my own. 6:32:42 AM    comment []

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