“Do the next thing”

It has occurred to me just a minute ago that I am no longer in a position to document Erik’s life in photos.  With him in Alabama at flight school, and me up here in not so sunny Maine, (I know, is the sun really germane to the discussion? bear with me…it’s gray outside today!) Anyway, I went to his Facebook account to find a photo to post here, and I found one.  Yup, one.  Ok, just kidding, he’s actually go a whopping six photos on that account. Three are of him…sort of.  So, here is one:

It’s pretty indicative of his life…a self portrait.

Anyway, another one I like:

Don’t ask.  I know his caption mentioned something about that out his windshield indeed being a cloud.

So, yesterday he posted on his status that “94 is a good score.”  That begged a phone call from Dad which yielded the fact that Erik got a 94 on his “check ride” and so he is technically, if not officially, a pilot.

Woo Hoo!!!  No, that doesn’t mean he’s done.  Graduation isn’t until fall, but he might come home for a visit this summer between sessions.

I’m leaning toward Paul LePage for Governor. His site is the clearest on issues I value. Bill Beardsley doesn’t share his thoughts about all the issues on his site. Bruce Poliquin has conflicting opinions about gun control and like Mr. Beardsley doesn’t speak to social issues on his site. The others I’ve set aside easily long ago for other reasons.

Ok, I know I’ve been absent.  Seems my 5 minute blog entries end up on Facebook rather than here!  Maybe it is time to paste a couple things from there to here!  This is the latest quote I heard on the radio then pasted in my Facebook Status.  It seems to have gone viral!  I guess it speaks very loudly about what’s going on right now:

“So…they passed a health care plan written by a committee whose Chairman says he didn’t understand it, passed by a Congress that exempts themselves from it, signed by a President who smokes, with funding administered by a Treasury Chief who didn’t pay his taxes, all to be overseen by a Surgeon General wh….o is obese… and better yet it is to be financed by a country that is broke.”

…and another son has signed up for the Maine Army National Guard. We are so proud! He ships off to Basic Training at Fort Jackson in May.

We all made it down there to see him swear in!

Simmler Christmas Greeting (PDF)