Busy, Busy, and Tired
Amazing I've gone 10 whole days without updating my blog. Must be a record.
I've been really busy lately - too many late nights working juggling a million different things with no real time to relax. It's okay though - a little sacrifice now will pay off in the future.
I registered for the Canadian Nationals last week - I figure now's as good as time as ever to start going to competitions. I'm sure the Dominican XC Challenge will prove to be a good precursor to the Nats...at least now I know how it feels to share launch with 100 other pilots. I'll go into the Nats with an ambitious, but safe attitude. I don't want to have to head out to the Nickelson LZ 5 minutes after launching every time, but I don't exactly want to make any tree landings either. The Canadian Rockies seem a lot more intimidating to "practice" tree landings, then the Dominican...there are vast areas around Golden very, very sparsely populated...
My new wing is still in the works...by the end of this week something concrete should be figured out. It's not like I've had a lot of time lately anyway to fly it even if I had it now, so it's okay that I don't have it right this second. Definitely in the next 2 weeks though, I want it to be here.
My trip to France and the UK seems to be looming - so little time to get all this crap done. Most things haven't been going my way lately, so that's just added to my frustration. Things are starting to sort themselves out though, so that's good. I hope I can get some more shifts at the casino in before my trip too - I hate worrying about money while on holidays (actually, make that anytime).
Going to San Francisco was nice last week, even though it was only for 2 days. I can't say that I secured some absolutely incredible business deals or anything, but it was nice to talk to people in the same field. Good experience for sure. I stayed downtown, encircled by high end shops like Louis Vuitton, Juicy Couture, Neimen Marcus, etc. Funny, 3 years ago these stores interested me - I thought looking at overpriced designer merchandise was interesting. Now I could give a shit - why the hell would I pay for a new pair of shoes what I would a new glider? All about priorities I guess.
The wind out at Cochrane doesn't really seem to be cooperating as of late, and although I pay close attention to wind forecasts and weather, the idea of spending 4 hours at the hill to get in a 2 minute sled run hasn't really been appealing to me. For sure when I get my new wing, I'll try to get out there to groundhandle at the very least, but right now, meh, call me lazy. Whatever - next month I'll be the flying plenty.
Ha ha, the other day my sister Andrea was like "um, paragliding is just hang gliding in a chair". ???? This is coming from someone who's never seen a hang glider in her life - man, those fixed-wing pilots have everyone on their side!
I've been really busy lately - too many late nights working juggling a million different things with no real time to relax. It's okay though - a little sacrifice now will pay off in the future.
I registered for the Canadian Nationals last week - I figure now's as good as time as ever to start going to competitions. I'm sure the Dominican XC Challenge will prove to be a good precursor to the Nats...at least now I know how it feels to share launch with 100 other pilots. I'll go into the Nats with an ambitious, but safe attitude. I don't want to have to head out to the Nickelson LZ 5 minutes after launching every time, but I don't exactly want to make any tree landings either. The Canadian Rockies seem a lot more intimidating to "practice" tree landings, then the Dominican...there are vast areas around Golden very, very sparsely populated...
My new wing is still in the works...by the end of this week something concrete should be figured out. It's not like I've had a lot of time lately anyway to fly it even if I had it now, so it's okay that I don't have it right this second. Definitely in the next 2 weeks though, I want it to be here.
My trip to France and the UK seems to be looming - so little time to get all this crap done. Most things haven't been going my way lately, so that's just added to my frustration. Things are starting to sort themselves out though, so that's good. I hope I can get some more shifts at the casino in before my trip too - I hate worrying about money while on holidays (actually, make that anytime).
Going to San Francisco was nice last week, even though it was only for 2 days. I can't say that I secured some absolutely incredible business deals or anything, but it was nice to talk to people in the same field. Good experience for sure. I stayed downtown, encircled by high end shops like Louis Vuitton, Juicy Couture, Neimen Marcus, etc. Funny, 3 years ago these stores interested me - I thought looking at overpriced designer merchandise was interesting. Now I could give a shit - why the hell would I pay for a new pair of shoes what I would a new glider? All about priorities I guess.
The wind out at Cochrane doesn't really seem to be cooperating as of late, and although I pay close attention to wind forecasts and weather, the idea of spending 4 hours at the hill to get in a 2 minute sled run hasn't really been appealing to me. For sure when I get my new wing, I'll try to get out there to groundhandle at the very least, but right now, meh, call me lazy. Whatever - next month I'll be the flying plenty.
Ha ha, the other day my sister Andrea was like "um, paragliding is just hang gliding in a chair". ???? This is coming from someone who's never seen a hang glider in her life - man, those fixed-wing pilots have everyone on their side!
posted by Veronica at 8:00 PM
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