Flying: Weather *didn't* hold.

No pattern work at Livermore for me today. Winds heinous. Phoned my instructor to discuss; he said it would be my call, and I said the real question was whether I'd get anything out of it. So we bailed.

I felt like a coward. Later learned not one plane was up at Palo Alto this afternoon, and the flying club even closed the office early. I still feel like a coward.

Still, got to talk to my instructor. I told him I didn't want to wait for the Good Flying Fairy to come by. He suggested "chair flying"* a couple of times around the pattern, several times this week, including just before my next lesson. I'll give it a go.

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* I looked for a web site with a succinct explanation and didn't quickly find one. Basically you sit in a chair, pretending it's the pilot's seat, and you visualize every detail of a flight, in order, just as if you were flying it. What did you just do with the controls? Where are you looking? What's your airspeed now? What does the horizon look like in that turn? What do you do next? Will you have to add rudder?

House In Order, day 4

Forgot to post this yesterday.

For the first time, there were no pressing "maintenance" things that really needed doing. I put away a few dishes that had been drying in the dish rack, I folded a couple of shirts, and I still had time left. This may explain why some days I spend a lot of time doing chores: there are other days when I don't do squat.

So I sorted through some old, old stuff and made a pile for the rag-bag. I have new, I just hadn't gotten rid of the old. That drawer of my dresser is roomier now. Ta-daaa! My first task that wasn't daily maintenance.

House In Order, day 5

Yet again with the not very much daily maintenance. What with my flying lesson cancelled, I figured I'd do a lot today.

Sadly, this was a Day of Pain. Plus I spent nearly two hours at the grocery store. (I escaped without killing anyone. Be impressed. Be very, very impressed.) So then my feet hurt a lot, too.

Decluttering: threw away a large number of plastic bottles that used to contain vitamins and supplements of various kinds. Yes, this is embarrassing. I had kept the empty bottles in case I needed to carry various pills and suchlike on a trip. We clutterers are such Just In Case people, aren't we?

Am now putting Finland pictures in albums. Yeah, from October 2004. This is also embarrassing... but recording it here is my way of holding myself to my challenge. At least I'm getting this done now.

(edited: Got five whole days sorted, ordered, and into the album. Five.)