Ramblin' Squatch: August 2006 Archives

Well school is almost back in session and things are really picking up around here. We spent all last week going to inservice and trying to get our rooms back together and there just hasn't been much time--or energy--left to post. Last weekend, I volunteered at the Cowtown Warbird Fly-In with the EAA. I took some pics and hung out with a bunch of cool people while I signed up Young Eagles for free airplane rides. Here's the best one of the day:

I've been up to my eyeballs in school work these last few days. I'm STILL trying to get my computers working so my kids will have something to work on the first days but I doubt that's going to happen. I've been studying up on yearbook like crazy. I spent all day today at a New Adviser Workshop put on by my yearbook publisher. I learned a ton and I'm almost excited to get started on this year's book. I've already chosen my staff out of a stack of applications. I hope they're smart, motivated, and above all, not annoying. Every one keeps telling me that the move to Middle School is going to be great. I hope they're right. So far it's been a headache, but most of that is just related to the move to a new school. The Highland Staff has been very friendly and they seem like a great bunch of people. I'm sure I'll settle in fine.

Of course we're gearing up for Myra's big bowling party tomorrow. About 5 or 6 kids are supposed to show up so it will be just the right size for fun! If you mention the party her eyes light up and she begins bouncing off the walls like she was made of flubber. More info on this after the big party!

My friend Bob, the guy who helps out with the aviation club, invited me to eat breakfast with him at Rio Concho this morning. Rio Concho is a little restaurant on the Hicks Field Airport that features a crabby short order cook and an average-at-best breakfast plate. So I'm sitting at the lunch counter (I guess it would be a breakfast counter at this time) and Bob walks in and says, "You wanna go someplace else for breakfast?" I jumped at the chance. I was thinking the Hometown Cafe down the street, but Bob had another place in mind. There is a restaurant down at the Lancaster Airport so we decided to hop in his plane and fly down there. The consummate teacher, Bob showed me all the prep work involved in making the flight such as weather planning, radio frequencies, and the like. Then we hopped into the plane and took to the air.

It was HOT today and we never flew above 3500 ft so it stayed pretty warm in the plane. It was also super bumpy up there. I felt pretty airsick a few times but never lost my lunch--THANK GOD. I felt really green when we made a tight turn on the way down into the Lancaster Airport. The whole way there, Bob was filling my head with all kinds of aviation information. I was in charge of the radios and to tell the truth, I felt more like a hindrance than a help. All in all, though, it was a complete blast! We're going to take it up again next weekend when we fly down to Meacham Field for the airshow. Bob is going to give kids free airplane rides as part of the Experimental Aircraft Association's Young Eagles program. By the way, I'm the newest member of the EAA, and I plan on taking my big camera to the show to shoot some footage that I hope to turn into a Young Eagles information video to show at school. Here's a few pics I took:

Downtown Dallas. It was sooo hazy today!

On the way back we flew right over DFW Airport!