Never a dull moment

So we finished the plane in Eugene and came home to Oly Wednesday.  We rolled into town about 8PM after a non-stop 5 hour drive.  The plane is ready for the painter.  We are on his schedule for October 1, and he told us it's about a 2 to 3 week process.  This means we have about a month before we reclaim and truck the parts back to Washington where we will assemble and fly our amazing machine.

In the interim, our plan is to drive to Florida and shop for a house.  If you have read the earliest entries in this blog you should recall that we had decided not to buy a house.  Suffice it to say, that has changed.  If we can find a house that she wants and we can afford, then we will do our level best to buy it.  This is because she wants it.  It is an uncomfortable experience to be without a home base.  Some tolerate this better than others.

I was elated to hear from my Professor that I was receiving a favorable evaluation for the Summer quarter and my autobiographical writings.  I still have a couple quarters of work to do before I will get my BA, but that's okay.  Tomorrow I plan to visit the campus and seek a sponsor for another writing contract.  If I can do this while travelling it will be great.

We have just a few details to attend to and then Wednesday morning we will hit the trail to Florida.  I expect the trip to take a week of driving.  Not that we couldn't do it quicker, but I'd like to enjoy the drive.

Election season - is there anything else on TV?

We are once again in Eugene to work on the plane.  Work begins tomorrow morning and we expect to be finished some time Friday.  Then all the parts will be turned over to the painter for a couple weeks to make it look prettier.  After that, the current plan says, we will pack up and truck all the parts to Puyallup where we will (with the help of our EAA chapter buddies) get it all put back together and ready for airworthiness inspection by the FAA.  After that, we expect to have our friend and chapter member Jim, test drive it for us.  He is an expert pilot with a life of training and experience.  So it's looking like sometime in October (weather permitting) I will get to fly N9XG.

Today I had lunch with my friends Ed and Al.  They are both still employed by the government.  I think I may have convinced Al to pull the plug.  The people are all that I miss about having a job.

Yesterday, Boyd and I sat in his hot tub for a couple hours and worked on the solutions to all the world's problems.  It was a three beer session.

Those who know me know that I have definite ideas where politics are concerned.  I'm really trying to back away from the national election.  It's just too depressing for me.  In my humble opinion, it won't matter whether the R wins or the D.  Either way, they will not change the policies that are leading us to ruin.  What is funny is the drama that they put on for the amusement of the masses.  I wonder if anyone really buys the bilge water these guys are selling.  They lie with such alacrity and sincerity, it is truly breathtaking.

I recently found great comfort in Psalms 37.  It's printed here for your consideration.

Fret not yourself because of evildoers;
    be not envious of wrongdoers!
² For they will soon fade like the grass
    and wither like the green herb.

³ Trust in the Lord, and do good;
    dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.
⁴ Delight yourself in the Lord,
    and he will give you the desires of your heart.

⁵ Commit your way to the Lord;
    trust in him, and he will act.
⁶ He will bring forth your righteousness as the light,
    and your justice as the noonday.

⁷ Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;
    fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way,
    over the man who carries out evil devices!

⁸ Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath!
    Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.
⁹ For the evildoers shall be cut off,
    but those who wait for the Lord shall inherit the land.

¹⁰ In just a little while, the wicked will be no more;
    though you look carefully at his place, he will not be there.
¹¹ But the meek shall inherit the land
    and delight themselves in abundant peace.

¹² The wicked plots against the righteous
    and gnashes his teeth at him,
¹³ but the Lord laughs at the wicked,
    for he sees that his day is coming.

¹⁴ The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows
    to bring down the poor and needy,
    to slay those whose way is upright;
¹⁵ their sword shall enter their own heart,
    and their bows shall be broken.

¹⁶ Better is the little that the righteous has
    than the abundance of many wicked.
¹⁷ For the arms of the wicked shall be broken,
    but the Lord upholds the righteous.

¹⁸ The Lord knows the days of the blameless,
    and their heritage will remain forever;
¹⁹ they are not put to shame in evil times;
    in the days of famine they have abundance.

²⁰ But the wicked will perish;
    the enemies of the Lord are like the glory of the pastures;
    they vanish—like smoke they vanish away.

²¹ The wicked borrows but does not pay back,
    but the righteous is generous and gives;
²² for those blessed by the Lord shall inherit the land,
    but those cursed by him shall be cut off.

²³ The steps of a man are established by the Lord,
    when he delights in his way;
²⁴ though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong,
    for the Lord upholds his hand.

²⁵ I have been young, and now am old,
    yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken
    or his children begging for bread.
²⁶ He is ever lending generously,
    and his children become a blessing.

²⁷ Turn away from evil and do good;
    so shall you dwell forever.
²⁸ For the Lord loves justice;
    he will not forsake his saints.
They are preserved forever,
    but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.
²⁹ The righteous shall inherit the land
    and dwell upon it forever.

³⁰ The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom,
    and his tongue speaks justice.
³¹ The law of his God is in his heart;
    his steps do not slip.

³² The wicked watches for the righteous
    and seeks to put him to death.
³³ The Lord will not abandon him to his power
    or let him be condemned when he is brought to trial.

³⁴ Wait for the Lord and keep his way,
    and he will exalt you to inherit the land;
    you will look on when the wicked are cut off.

³⁵ I have seen a wicked, ruthless man,
    spreading himself like a green laurel tree.
³⁶ But he passed away, and behold, he was no more;
    though I sought him, he could not be found.

³⁷ Mark the blameless and behold the upright,
    for there is a future for the man of peace.
³⁸ But transgressors shall be altogether destroyed;
    the future of the wicked shall be cut off.

³⁹ The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord;
    he is their stronghold in the time of trouble.
⁴⁰ The Lord helps them and delivers them;
    he delivers them from the wicked and saves them,
    because they take refuge in him.

Pray for peace