Howdy from down here in South Texas. I think this is the shortest turnaround time between posts from me in a long time. Anyways, things have slowed down just a touch. I have been scheduled for nothing but BI sims since my last post. I just finished my fifth one yesterday, and number six is tonight around 7 PM. They have been going pretty well as I have been getting the good civilian instructors for the most part.
The sims have been a double edged sword. Things slow down a bit when only scheduled for simulators each day. Each event is shorter, has a shorter brief, and their are fewer things to think about in the simulator. I do not have to worry about course rules into and out of the airfield, radio calls, or avoiding traffic. All I do is sit in the sim, and the instructor puts me at 13000 ft and we get to work. So, there is less to study and more time in which to study it (hence the two wall posts in the same week). However, I know the ugly side will show itself once I finally am put back in the plane. Today is the eighth day of not actually flying, and that surely means I will be quite rusty once back in the real cockpit.
However, I have been able to focus attention on other things which I let slip away from my mind during the first FAM flights. You know...little things like voting, cleaning the apartment, and determining the airspeed of a laden swallow. Also, it gave my mom and chance to come down last Friday for a few hours. She non-rev'd down in the morning to see what life was like down here in Corpus for the fledgling aviators. It was great to see her, and she also hooked us up with some things for the apartment. After showing her around for a few hours, I guess we scared her enough to jump back on a plane to Dallas before my sim that day. So, if you talk to her, and she has not repressed the memory, thank her for risking life and limb and coming to see how the young bachelors live down here.
Alright, I can see you are checking your watch trying to find something else to do...I will wrap it up. Things are going well down here, and once I start flying again...the race will start right back up. I am hoping to have solo'd by early to mid November.

Hang loose,
Chris