I have not written anything in several days. As I started to gather my thoughts and consume my first cup of coffee for the day, I checked to see what day of the week it is. It's Sunday, and the anniversary of my Mother's birth.
While I don't intend to get all emotional, it is with a great deal of affection that I bring her memory to the fore. I consider myself a very blessed man to have been her son. She left us in July of 2001 after struggling with cancer.
Nobody gets to pick their parents or their siblings. And since she is probably unknown to most of the people who read this, you will have to take my word for it; she really was special. Memory's of her kind and gentle ways are never far from recall. It is often one of these memorys that will cause me to be kind or gentle rather than acting out my brutish, self-centered instincts. Revulsion at the thought of disappointing her is still a force in my life.
So, Happy Birthday Mother! Rest in peace.
We are just a week away from our final installment of labor on the completion of the airplane. It has been a week since I was in Eugene working with the guys at Synergy Air. I'm told that the panel is done and tested. So, September 4th we will come together for another week (give or take) of work. We still have all the FAA paperwork to complete, and a two week visit to the painter. Then a final reassembly. After its done and inspected by the FAA and declared "air worthy" we still need to fly the plane for 40 hours of testing.
I'll be sure to post updates and pictures as we go along, so I hope you'll stay tuned.
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