Please excuse my lack of bloggage this week – nothing exciting happened. Actually, I wasn’t feeling too well. I’m not sure if it’s the new med I started a week ago, or just other stuff going on, but I’ve been dealing with a whole week of insomnia. Fortunately, I finally slept through most of the night last night.
Jan and I decided to head back to London Airport today for our second attempt this month to have breakfast at the Katana Cafe. It was closed when we went there a couple of weeks ago. Also, there was a book in the aviation shop that I wanted to buy, but thought I might be able to get cheaper online. Bad news – I couldn’t find it online. Ugh! I called the restaurant yesterday to ensure they would be open today, plus they put me through to the aviation shop. They set the book aside for me, since I think it was their only copy.
It was a really nice flight there. A bit of a head wind, but we still made it there in about an hour and ten minutes. We hit some wake from a Dash 8 that was ahead of us, while we were coming in on final. It kinda freaked Jan out a bit, as it felt like rather abrupt and rough turbulence. After she gave me the evil eye, I was able to get back to focusing on my landing.
We were both very relieved to find that the restaurant was open. Our breakkies came out fairly quickly and looked delicious:
As you can see, Donkey joined us this time.
Our meals were so good – we both cleared our plates. After noms, we went over to the shop to purchase my book. The guy there said he also had a very hard time finding a copy of that book. It was worth the flight back out there!
Back to Vyctor – notice how Jan pretends to need to duck to fit under the wing. I think she could stand under, jump and still not hit it:
Once back in the air, I tried to get Jan to allow Donkey to sit on her lap. She kept telling me to “Get lost” and threw Donkey over my way. I made about four attempts. Figured I would have to be a little more creative. I told her that my seat belt was too loose and when I reached to my right to tighten it, she didn’t notice that I gently placed Donkey on her lap. I wanted to see how far I could fly before she noticed:
About ten minutes later, we headed through Hamilton airspace. I had to change my heading a tad to accommodate this incoming jet:
After we landed back in St. Catharines, I started laughing as I taxied over to the Flying Club. Lil Jan asked what my problem was. I said she would figure it out soon enough. She went to take off her seat belt, saw Donkey, whipped him at me along with a few choice words.
We headed out to get groceries, then back to my apartment. It was a really great day and I felt better than I have all week. Yea!
Today’s symptoms: Hardly any aches and pains and my fatigue level was very minimal. Hoping tomorrow is the same, as I have a few flights planned. I will be flying out to Brantford to meet up with a friend’s grandkids, and taking them both for a flight. Paws crossed for another good night of sleep.
Lizzy McFly 