My husband just found out about these awards that his flight club does (it’s like a car club, but for planes). He seems very likely to win at least two of the four or five of them. However, just last week, it seems like someone may have surpassed him for one of the awards.
It’s for the farthest birds-eye distance traveled from home in one of the planes from the club. Not combined, but from the home airport to whatever the farthest-away airport is. The irony of this potential other person’s having now beaten out my husband is that the guy actually offered for my husband to go with him on that very trip. It just happened to be during the festivities for my friend’s wedding, and we had made a huge effort to have my husband there with me. And I am glad he was there with me. However, I am also bummed that he missed this trip.
On the other hand, he now gets the excitement of having to figure out if he can manage an even longer trip within the next five days. He had actually planned with yet another club member to travel on a winning trip today. However, when they were over halfway there, something came up with the plane, and they had to do a little work on it and then turn around and head home, so that the mechanic could do his own work on the plane.
So, that sucked, but it was a fun adventure and potentiality for the both of them, as well as a good learning experience for them both, too, I imagine. Now, we are looking to see if he might take a day off work, simply to win this award. (And no, there isn’t any money involved in this. Just a few words he can include in his real and verbal resumes going forward.) In my mind, what’s a day of no work that costs us thousands of dollars we were already going to spend, when my husband is having a blast, wins an award he really wants and that is really cool, and builds all the more hours faster? Sounds reasonable to me. Two years into the future? Sounds very dumb and ridiculous. He’ll already have his hours and his pay will be spectacular. But he doesn’t currently have the hours he needs in order to get that spectacular pay, so he’s still on the total-junk pay that barely pays the basic bills. So, what’s a day’s worth of crappy pay being added to our already expected $150k debt when all of this time-building is finished? .0024%. That’s what it’s worth. (Haha. I know that I’m a nerd, yes.)
Here’s to hoping he can make it work!
God, guide us always and clearly, please. Show us your will and make it ours. Keep us safe and well, please. In your name, I pray in gratitude. Amen.
Post-a-day 2025
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