Grounded

A lot has happened since my last blog posting. Details will be spared, but in a nutshell life started becoming unstable and progressed in a downward spiral to a huge change on Christmas day. For those who know me personally, you know what I'm talking about. No details here. But, I DID finally solo on August 28, 2007 with (or really without) a new instructor, Nora. She was awesome and we really clicked. She was able to take a botched situation and make a soloist out of me in a matter of two lessons, I think. I'd have to check my log book to know for sure. (It's been awhile.) I continued lessons with Nora and did my first dual cross country to Shenandoah (SHD) That was fun to really fly "somewhere." We were planning a big X-C to Charlottesville to do the whole towered airport thing, but the weather wouldn't cooperate and then she had to run off to some airlines job. Soooo, my next instructor, Leslie, was great also. I only had a few lessons with her and I remember doing a solo flight to the practice area one day. Winter weather was being stinky and I didn't get anymore lessons in after about the middle of December. I've been grounded ever since because the money has run out. On beautiful 70 degree clear days, it's all I think about. I try to figure out how I can finish and where the money will come from. And then I wonder how I'll pay to stay proficient. Sighhhhhhhh.......