Still Grounded

Ughhhh!!!! This is getting old. So I get to the airport expecting to fly in some nice gusty winds...but oh no. It seems as though the plane is STILL out of commission. It's been like this for a week and a half. To say that I am a little bummed out is an understatement. I have been doing lots of studying and chair flying to get ready for today, but I am denied again. I am scheduled to fly next Tuesday, so hopefully that will actually happen. I am going on vacation in May, so I really hope that I am able to solo and take my stage I check before I go. I am really beginning to have my doubts though. PPL by the end of June? I am really beginning to doubt that too. If everything went to plan (yeah, right!) I would be done in June and off doing an accelerated instrument rating around the end of the year, but now I am wondering about that. The one thing that is solidified in my mind is that I AM doing my IR in an accelerated fashion. I know that there is a lot of instruction required if I do it through my current school and I know it would take FOREVER!!!! Ideally, I would like to be able to fly about the country at will without having to worry too much about the weather.

I guess the good side to this is I can work on some of my school stuff for my master's degree. Did I mention that I am doing that too? I am taking two classes now and have three left after I wrap these up. I also hope to be done with that madness in September. My master's stuff is incredibly boring, so I will save you the details. Besides, flying is much more exciting!!! This will probably result in me NOT graduation this fall with honors! HA!!!