Yes, I'm keeping it.

Yep, I'm keeping the car. We just need to clean out the garage at home, which we've been needing to do anyway, maybe move the motorcycle and trailer over to the other side so the car will be on the less-traveled side of the garage, and then we'll be ready. Then we can go get the car from my Dad's. We'll then see where it goes from there. I'll probably just simply clean the engine first and then try to put a plan together for getting it in driveable condition again. I guess I had better to check eBay for a Helms manual!

Just for fun, I've started a new blog page. It's called My Gripe for the Day. I plan for it to be a place just to complain. I think it'll be interesting to see just how much I complain about stuff!

Since this blog is called "Flying and other stuff", I thought I should mention flying. Yesterday I went flying for the first time since the end of July. My coworker's dad was in town from New York and she wanted to surprize him with a flight. He has some time in light planes in the past so she thought he'd be cool with it, and he was. There's not a whole lot to see around Houston but I showed him where we work, Minute Maid Park (where the Astros play), the Battleship Texas and San Jacinto monument, and the Kemah boardwalk. As an added bonus, we got to see the Sanyo blimp that was flying around Kemah. That was an added treat. I had really wanted to get some practice in before I took him flying, but I just didn't have time. Still, it was a smooth day without too much wind and I got one of those takeoffs that you couldn't even feel the wheels leave the ground and the landing was very smooth, so I was very pleased! I still feel that my commercial certificate helped me a lot in flying smoothly and professionally with new passengers. I'm going to renew my medical certificate in 2 days and I plan to get a 2nd class medical, so maybe I can actually use my license to make my first penny in the next year!