In an effort to squeeze much-needed sims into an already-full schedule, the powers that be have decided to start scheduling Friday night sims again. Because ascent and entry sims are only 4 hours long, they tend to get the short stick. This is all a way of saying that I have to be at work until 9:00 tonight. On a Friday. Woe is me.
Actually it’s not so bad. This is the last sim where I’ll be backseating Bini for a while — next week she starts simming solo, without her mentor (that would be me) to fall back on. And, since there was no need to get to work before 1:00 today, I stayed home this morning and slept in. It’s always a bit of a strange feeling to be home in the middle of a workday. It’s been more than a decade since I graduated from high school, and yet it still feels like I’m sneaking out… I guess old habits die hard. It probably won’t surprise you to hear that I never once skipped school; in fact, I never once even considered it.
One more weekend before the half ironman, and I plan to spend it well. Tomorrow morning I’m heading to Galveston for a practice swim session on the half ironman course. Bonus points all the way around for me — an open water swim, a chance to use my wetsuit again, and a chance to swim the actual course.
Tomorrow night I’m going to Cirque du Soleil! Jose got tickets for my birthday, which is Monday. I only had to drop a dozen hints before he finally heard me. He is the best.
On Sunday morning Jose will hopefully do his first solo flight, after being thwarted by winds all week. On Sunday afternoon I’ve got a long bike ride on the schedule, though I haven’t figured out a route yet. And Sunday night is my annual birthday outing to the Cheesecake Factory.
Life is good…
jamoosh says
Mmmmm, Chessecake Factory. All of the cheesecakes sound so good, but I am just a plain, no frills gimme my honkin’ piece and let attack this sucker kind of guy