Still Alive

For those of you who might once have checked my blog, the news is... I am still alive. I am a little shocked to see a meagre 9 months have passed since my last post... Thankfully my last post was not however sounded on the bugle! ('The Last Post' being similar in purpose to the American bugle call, 'Taps'.)

With UNC's exit from the NCAA March Madness at the hands of Georgetown, the sporting focus is getting set to shift in our house. Baseball season is right around the corner.

Georgetown were the team that lost to Michael Jordan's famous 3-pointer in the NCAA finals 25 years ago, so it was a blow for UNC to lose in overtime. Wayne Ellington's miss right at the end of regulation time lost him the chance to emulate Jordan. Some of the starters in the UNC team were freshmen and sophmores, so the team should be there or there abouts, come March Madness 2008. Go TarHeels!!

As for baseball season, the Seattle Mariners season kicks off... oops wrong sport... climbs the mound on April 2nd. The winter's changes to the team received the kind of reception usually reserved for terrible decor in a home improvement TV show; in other words, "Oh no! It's horrible, but we'll live with it I guess." Spring Training results haven't looked so hot either, but I am looking forward to seeing the team in action again.

As for life at home. It sure is wonderful to be married. Friendship, fellowship, fun and food...

Some things are best done for the last time

Today is the landmark. The last Skype chat with my dearest, before the big day. I leave in 6 hours... and need to go to bed.

But first I just want to say an official goodbye to my companions of the last years... my headsets. No more will my ears roast in claustrophobia, while the rest of me freezes, while I chat, unable to tear myself away for long enough to go put the heating on!

No more will I sit, until my rear welds itself to a chair, slumped into the laptop, in blissful ignorance of the fact that blood long since ceased to reach various parts... until I get up trying to use them!

Worth it? Of course, and if there was no other way to get to know her all over again, I'd still want to sit right back down... but now there is a more excellent way.

My bonnie will live over the ocean no more for a married we will be.

For now we see in a webcam, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known. And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. (My adaption)

Currently Listening Singin' in My Heart - Songs of Love & Friendship I Love You (There's No Doubt About It) see related

Coming... Ready or Not!

Greetings all.... I take it that's all one of you then...

Somehow, I don't think my huge fan base will have continued to visit my prolific page of musings, since the river of creativity ran dry last November.

Well I didn't really have much to share with the world until today...

VISA!!! Esther has the visa to come and live in Britain. PARTY TIME on July 8th is now totally beauracracy free. We got all worried a few weeks ago, after I was a bit of a dunce and filed the wrong application forms with the British Consular office, and got a rather nerve jangling rejection letter. All sorted out now though. Thank you Lord!

So: What's happening other than that? Well I'm researching new technology and trying to help Airbus make the A350 a competitive aircraft. Let's hope it sells better when the new version rolls around, else I might be applying for a US resident's visa and going to live in Kansas where my parent company, Spirit AeroSystems is based.

But for now, I'll leave that in God's hands and keep doing my best, for the Highest.

Roll on June 30th (when I next see Esther), July 3rd (when I next see my parents), July 8th (The BIGGEST day), July 18th (When we arrive back in Scotland) and September 2nd, (We get to dress up again for a British repeat of the wedding).

So, let me see...

Actually, that was entirely and totally the problem for me this morning. I couldn't see, you see! Well, maybe not so dramatic.

My problem was this. Last night, I took my right contact lens out, cleaned it and stored it. Then the left lens... Except by the time I got to rinsing the lens, it wasn't there any more.

Never has a bathroom been more thoroughly given a forensic examination, even to the extent of removing the U-Bend from the drain on the sink... (YUK!) That sink drain was disgusting. All the pipes I could remove, are still sat in bleach downstairs. Then I pulled out the coagulated scum/hair grime balls and had a look to see if I could find the lens. (In case you wonder, I bleach my bathroom on a regular 2-4 week basis, so I didn't expect it to be so aweful.)

So, my 4 year old left contact lens is now officially, passed away. I cannae find it. I have a lens specialist appointment Friday afternoon for a replacement.

It was a faithful servant. May it rest in piece....es.

Currently Reading Stepping Heavenward: One Woman's Journey to Godliness (Inspirational Library Series) By E. Prentiss, Elizabeth Prentiss see related

Hi again everyone! I'm sure you all missed my extended absence... or not. I think only Estie noticed that I hadn't posted for a whole month.

The news from Scotland is as follows. I've been working on the Airbus A380 over again, but I can't tell you what I've been doing!! I'm also working on the Airbus A350, but I'm not allowed to tell you about that either... Do you begin to get the picture that some of my work is secretive? Well not to worry... I'm only putting in my best efforts to make sure you all get to fly safely over the coming 30 years.

So if you have any questions about how we build airliners, ask away!!

PS - If any of you have not yet read Stepping Heavenward, I can heartily recommend it. I blazed through 4 chapters last night.