HerdingChaos

Andrew called me dad for the first time tonight. I’ve been daddy up till now. Calling me dad stuck out for some reason. He is growing up so fast.

I just received an email from an old co-worker. He is going to pick up his “new to him” plane this week. He is retired and has been working on his pilot’s license for the past year. He fell in love with flying.

While he was training I received email updates. It was like looking through a time machine at myself. I think every new pilot loves the same things about learning to fly.

For me it was all the firsts:

• Your first time taking off.
• Your first time landing.
• Your first time keeping up with a fast controller and not saying anything stupid.
• The first landing you don’t feel because it was so smooth.
• Your first solo.
• Your first night flight.

I have not flown since Jan 7th 2003 when I flew a Cherokee 140 for .6 hours. I am not current. I need to take care of a biannual flight review. At this point it will require quite a bit of instruction time to work out all the cobwebs.

I have a love for flying. Fortunately I can return to flying on my own schedule. I will never again see my kids at the same age they are today, tomorrow and the next day. I am on course. I will fly again.

I have been thinking about it for a while now. I have arrived at the conclusion that I really enjoy writing. Hold on.. Let me restate that.. I really enjoy writing when it is something I want to do. There is no way I will admit to enjoying writing software specifications (which makes up most of my writing at work). I have enjoyed the few entries I have made into this blog. But I’m pretty sure that in the grand scheme of things, I suck at writing.

Okay, I am doing better than the 14 years olds that write with aLL tHe CaPS N StuFF aNd UsE WErdS LiKE L8R anD WerD. But I am not much better.

I am an avid reader. I really enjoy a good story. I think I have a creative streak in me. I don’t know if that creativity extends into a literary form. I suppose I will find out. Since I read so much, I thought I would try reading a few books about writing fiction and see where that takes me. Of course I have no time for any of this considering the kiddos etc. But who knows.. I might find something I like to do that is a good outlet for stress.

So in the mean time, I will be posting more things to the blog to see if I can find a bit of a voice.