something has gone; "thwump" in my head and now i'm extremely...nesty.

i'm cleaning and putting things at right angles, but the nagging feeling that everything isn't clean enough is still hanging over me.  it's like every once in a while i get like this and that little voice in the back of my mind screams; "you must clean for your unborn children ( Read more... )

i didn't realize how tired i was today until i sat down.  i only meant to rest a little before i made dinner, but i ended up flat passing out and waking up too late to make anything really complicated.  it worked out for the better because what i really wanted was some comfort food.  and of course that means a casserole!  so i ended up making a ( Read more... )

my tea is keeping me awake ( Read more... )

i wasn't doing much at school and it felt like a nice calm day, good enough to fly solo on.  i figured that i hadn't done much flying on my own in a while so i should brush up on it.  the pre-flight checks went fine, but on takeoff this black soot starts flying at me from some of the front vents.  i'd just barely gotten off the ground when all this ( Read more... )

what's a good birthday gift for a sort of tomboy-ish 13 year old girl?

I SOLOED!!

this is my baby here:


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CONGRATS, FURJANGLES!!!

i think i'm getting it!  last weekend, my dad's friend who's an airline pilot/ flight instructor went up with me and  busted my balls and told me what i needed to change, what i need to improve, etc.  grace, you'd like the guy--he lived in peru for a while and speaks fluent spanish and also speaks some chinese (cantonese) because of his wife.  it ( Read more... )

right now, it's like my skill level has plateaued.  i know what i need to do, what's supposed to happen and how i'm theoretically supposed to do it, but something's still missing.  maybe it's the right touch, or finesse, or maybe i just don't got the proper mojo.  i don't know.  and it's just with ONE MANEUVER.  AGH.  it's making me feel like i'm a ( Read more... )

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