Rocket Launch and fun

So last night a group of us from school headed toward the beach to watch a Delta IV rocket take a spy satellite into space. Well the original launch time was at 7:33 pm but that ended up getting delayed 2 hours. So what do you do in those two hours waiting for a very large candle takeoff. Well you get a flashlight and set you camera to a long exposure time. The result, well I think it speaks for itself. What better way to show your affection for someone.

Happy 7 months, honey!

Well I must say that I am a horrible blog editor. For almost three weeks you have not heard from Kasi or I and for that I apologize. However, I am here now with a recap of what the two of us have been doing. First, I flew to Virgina for Christmas with Kasi and her mom and the three of us had a wonderful time. I was able to meet Kasi's friends Nicole and Tim and their baby. Then Kasi took me to Washington, DC to visit all the attractions there including the Air and Space Museum. All I can say was that I had too much fun and seeing everything there was awesome.! Christmas was fun and crazy just like I am use to with a huge family gathering. I got to meet all of Kasi's uncles and cousins who are just as much fun as Kasi is. Then her and I drove back to Illinois which was going to be the biggest test of our relationship, 12 hours in the car together. We had no problems at all and are ready for our next big road trip. Back in Chicago we just relaxed. Kasi had to work a couple of days so I tagged along on one of those days. Worked out great because I got some studying done. I also got to meet one of Kasi's best friends, Maria and her family one night where we played Blockus. For New Year's we went over to one of Kasi's co-worker, Cathy's house to celebrate with Cathy and Steve and their friends. We had great time bringing in the new year together! Unfortunately all good things must end and last night I was on a plane back to Orlando to finish up ground school. So we hope everyone had a good Christmas and wishing everyone a Happy New Year.

my instructor Hodges, Examiner Matt, and me after the check ride

Well today I passed my helicopter instrument check ride today. While the oral test had some bumps in it the flying went very smooth and no problems there. I always do the flying part better than the book work. So for those of you at home that are keeping track of my rating that I have here is the complete set

Commercial Certificate
Airplane single engine
Airplane multi-engine
Helicopter
Instrument airplane
Instrument helicopter

So what is next? Well I do not know. The game plan is instructor rating but I have not decided if helicopter will be first or airplane. Only time will tell.

On June 12th Kasi and I started talking to one another. Since we knew that our first few months would be apart we decided that this would be our first "date". Well that was six months ago and here we are today deeply in love with one another and looking forward to many more six months together. Hopefully the two of us will be together with one another sooner than originally planned. Then we can stop talking on the phone every night and actually get to spending some face to face time. So Kasi happy six months and I cannot wait to see you in 10 days.