Weekend Relaxation

Bloody hell. Weeks that are too long, weekends that are too damn short.

I don't remember what I talked about in my last post so I may repeat myself here.

Scored perfect on Monday's Block I test. Tuesday I passed the National Weather Service's Tower Visibility Exam. That little number earned me a certification as a weather observer. At some point in the week, I believe it was Wednesday, we got into the tabletops and ran a scenario several times. It wasn't a very serious exercise, mostly just an attempt to get us familiar with the tabletop environment, and probably get some OTS kids used to talking to planes, but the class took it serious enough and it went pretty well. I worked the ground position on one run. It felt outstanding to be up there in the cab talking to planes, I haven't had this feeling since I was in the sims back at ERAU. At some point there was a Block II test, I got a 97% on that one.

Friday finally came and we finished up our long week of nights and headed into a rather short weekend. Saturday a large bunch of us headed down to the Wichita Mountains to a place called Meer's. Supposedly they have world famous Longhorn beef burgers. The wait was pretty long and the burgers were good but not the bestest thing ever. Not really worth repeat trips. I may head back down there again to go to the wildlife refuge though. Apparently it has Bison and you can drive up to the top of Mount Scott.

Sunday I got up and studied in the morning and then headed over to the gym after lunch. Aside from my usual run I tried using some of the weight machines but its all greek to me. After the gym I went to Kim's and relaxed in the pool. A bunch of the guys ended up coming over and we all ended up just relaxing and bullshitting. Headed home, ate dinner, watched the second Pirates of the Caribbean movie on TV and now I'm getting ready to study for my Block III test before I hit the sack for a very early bed time as we go into days tomorrow. This next week should be our last week of classes before we head into the tabletops and 3D. Five weeks left.