Marc's Musings

Random Thoughts

I have a few random thoughts from the past week...

• NBA Draft -- I think my worst fears came to fruition on Thursday. Joakim Noah, the freak of nature, is now a Chicago Bull. Great. It's a good thing I don't watch a whole lot of NBA hoops.
• Flying -- I think that Beth had a realization this weekend. Flying rocks. We went to Evansville, IN for her cousin's wedding. Here's an interesting comparison based on events (not exaggerated):

  	Beth's Parents	Us
  1330 CDT	Leave Arlingon Heights, IL	Pack
  1530 CDT	Sit in Traffic somewhere in Chicago area	Leave Mount Prospect
  1700 CDT	Finally on 41	Wheels up @ LL10 (we had to kill some time)
  1830 CDT	Are we there yet? No.	Oops, we can't land until 1900, time to slow down
  1903 CDT	Almost to Terre Haute	Land in Evansville
  1930 CDT	Phew. Terre Haute	Headed to dinner
  2100 CDT	Almost thereeee	Checking into hotel
  2115 CDT	We made it!

  I am now required to get my instrument rating so that there are more chances for us to fly down there (she likes to go down there at least once a year, usually 2-3 times). It also increases the probability of us going elsewhere, too.
• Weddings -- I heard a saying that if it rains on a wedding, it means good luck--or irony. What does it mean if you get a military flyby (and you aren't military)? It just so happened that the church was between the airport and the location along the river for the Evansville Freedom Festival--also the reason we couldn't land before 7 on Friday. Right after the pastor said "You may kiss the bride" I heard a 2 or 3 ship flight outside. Obviously I couldn't run outside and look (as is my normal inclination), but I thought that it was pretty neat. There was also an F-117 doing passes as we were driving to the church from the hotel.

Drat... foiled again.

It's been five years that I've been married to my wonderful wife, and each year gets better. In the past, we've planned a little mini vacation to celebrate the event. Usually a long weekend either before or after our anniversary--this year our anniversary is today, so this weekend is the weekend. Usually we plan for me to fly us to wherever we want to go. Usually the trip gets canceled due to illness or weather.

Perhaps I should change that usually to always, as today, in year number five, we are again not flying. Although I am excited that this time we are both healthy! I woke up this morning to a beautiful sunrise and a beautiful day for flying. All excited, I go and verify the forecast for today and for our return trip on Sunday. Uh-oh. Sunday doesn't look that great. Now that I've cancelled the flight, I'm sure Sunday will be beautiful.

At least this year's trip is close enough to drive, so we're still going.

T-80 minutes.