Updated plan

I haven't updated this blog in over a year! How sad.

Well, moral of the story is that I am not flying and haven't been for the past year.
Life just kind of got in the way. About the time I stopped flying, I started dating someone pretty seriously. We have been close friends, and even dated on and off over the past 10 years. (since middle school!) We started getting a little bit more serious and it quickly became apparent that we were meant to be together. a week or two before Christmas 2012, I drove her to Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood, and proposed to her next to the warm fire while a snow storm passed through.

Fast forward a year, and now we are 2 weeks away from the wedding! Over the last year, we have been planning the wedding, and planning our lives. I have moved into more of a leadership role in my job, which really meant more commitment and more time. With everything that has gone on, I have not had time(or money) to fly at all.


We are discussing our options for jobs and education after the wedding. The current plan is to get through the wedding, and get all of our debt paid off.(the cars, and credit cards etc).  We are well on our way to that first goal.  After that, My fiance(soon to be wife!) is going to go back to school to be a CNA, so that she can get a better full time job. After she is settled, and after we have our debt paid off, my plan is to obtain loans and scholarships to attend PCC and get their 2 year degree in aviation science. This will serve 2 purposes.
1) to get me back flying.. because..well..lets be honest.. that's where I want to be anyways..
2) Give me a good marketable trait that I can take with me the rest of my life.

 I feel like I need to move on with my life, and leave the hometown feel. My life really isn't mine. It is kind of absorbed into the borg so to speak.

I have always had a dream to be a professional pilot. That means to be payed..to fly an airplane..
There are many options out there for pilots. From fire fighting, to airlines, to bush pilots, charters, airshows, what ever.

I am tired of hearing the saying " The sky is the limit"
Honestly, it better not be.. cause I am hoping to be up there..in the sky..

That is where we sit right now.
 Life has changed, in that I am not taking care of just myself any more. So I have to put family first. That's the way it should be.


So if you were following this blog, sit tight. When I start flying regularly, I will start posting again. I hope to get up for just a fun flight at some point. Just to get my feet wet again.


Thanks for reading.
cheers