I thought it was spring now!

Well, it's a nice April Sunday evening... so why is the temperature only in the 30's?? Oh well, I'd rather have cold than hot, especially considering they just changed the dress code at work. One of the [slightly dorky] things I love about aviation is that I'll never be expected to wear a skirt and heels to work every day! So instead, I own more ties than most of my guy friends, and get to wear ties and dress shirts. They started that last fall, and originally I would've been allowed to wear a UCM polo and khaki's as of April 1st. Well they changed it, and now it's dress shirts and ties till the end of the semester, so the longer it stays cool, the longer before I have to consider investing in short sleeve dress shirts! Women's dress shirts that you can tuck in and wear a tie with are kinda hard to find, so they're not exactly cheap, which is why I'm just fine with colder weather.

There's actually not too crazy much going on with my students lately. James is working on his solo cross country flights, the first one went well, but he's having problems getting them done because it's always either insanely windy, low clouds (he can't fly in clouds), or there's a strong chance of accumulating ice on the plane. I think the weather is plotting against all flying in the state of Missouri! Paul is still waiting on his stage checks so he can move on to his instrument checkride. It was supposed to have happened this past week... but well, the weather didn't cooperate for him either. As for Andrew, he's been out of town for the week, but since he's working on his flight instructor certificate, he's got a LOT of groundschool to do, so he can actually get somewhere in his training. Next time we meet, he's going to "teach" me all about medical factors and how they relate to flying.

I've had a couple job interviews, one for an aerial mapping job in the Kansas City area, and one for an assistant dispatching job on Long Island, NY. Both of them went really well, so I'm just waiting to hear back from both places for a second interview. It's been almost 3 weeks since the first interview for the aerial mapping job, which is the one I want more than anything else, so hopefully they'll be getting in touch really soon! Wish me luck!

Other than that, I'm just trying to get everything wrapped up for (ohmygosh) my last semester of college EVER!! After 7 years of college, it's gonna be nice to be done! I'm more than ready to not be writing papers on things I'm not always interested in (like my safety program management class) or having multiple jobs. Don't hear what I'm not saying, I've enjoyed college, and no, 7 years is not average (4 is normal). I'm just ready for things to calm down a bit, get more consistent, and well, I'm more than ready to not be needing my parents help to pay the bills anymore! But before I can go do the whole graduation thing, I've still got one more paper to finish, a huge project for airport planning and design (spent all this weekend on that) and a presentation to go with it, and the most dreaded thing, the graduate comprehensive exam! That said, I'd better get back to work!