Last night we won our first softball game of the season. I went 3-for-4 with 2(?) RBIs, which I would totally be gloating about if it weren’t for the fact that Jen with 4-for-4 with 5 RBIs. All gloating rights therefore fall to her this week.
I got to work a FDO-Booster sim this morning, which is a little different from the sims I normally work. Same phase of flight, obviously, since my job only exists during ascent, but this morning’s sim focused on main engine problems and each run stopped shortly after powered flight. This means we got to do seven runs instead of the normal four. Everything went pretty well until the final run, when I had my finest ARD moment to date…
Something major went wrong at liftoff and none of the engine commands made it onboard. Therefore the engines didn’t throttle. Therefore the crew had to do it manually. I have never, ever seen anything like this case before, so when TRAJ called me with:
“ARD, TRAJ, what do you want me to do?”
I got to respond with:
“I don’t knooooooowwwwww!!”
In a slightly panic-striken way. Good times.
I am so happy it’s Friday. This has seemed like the longest week EVER. And now of course it will be a short weekend since I have over-scheduled myself already, at least for Sunday when I am supposed to run a lap of the marathon with Buzz, then jump in to take photos, then go to the rodeo. Whew.
