I haven’t posted for way too long — this year has already been a flurry of lots of work and lots of outdoor ballooning activities. My private pilot training is coming along swimmingly (flyingly?) and I’ve logged about 2.7-3 hours of the ten hours of flight time I need. I’m studying no less than a dozen FAA books — and practically turning into a meteorologist thanks to the amount of weather you have to be familiar with for ballooning. And I’m loving every minute of it.

Second Flight Lesson

Since I have a “coder” job, I sit at a desk all day and then come home and sit around at a PC most evenings as well. On the weekends that I get to go ballooning, it’s just hard, physical work. Tough work — pulling ropes, hauling envelopes, working the crown line. And it feels great. Even the parts of ballooning when I’m not flying — set up / tear down / chase — I love it all. It’s a full-body workout that beats a treadmill in some dank gym any old day.

What are you doing to make your dreams come true this year? It doesn’t have to be to end world hunger, or cure cancer. It could be to lose five pounds or learn a new song on your guitar. Just find something you love, and then get out there and DO it. Don’t talk about doing it, just go do it instead. Make “one day” happen this week instead of some far-off pipe dream that’s always out of reach.  Find something that makes you smile as goofy as I do when I’m piloting a balloon. Trust me, that’s a goofy, happy grin. ;)

Goofy Happy