It's been 2 years

(and a day) since I intoxicated myself. I'm feeling proud. This past year has been different than the first year. I originally quit as somewhat of an experiment. I figured I'd drink a toast of champagne at weddings, or wine at communion, etc. Special occasions drinking.
I've since had a change of heart and became more strict with myself. In the words of George Thorogood, 'Do it right or don't do it at all!'

Big whoop.

Don't be such an Idiom!

Sarah and I have been betting lately. For the longest time, and recently reminded by its radio play, she bet ‘Butterfly’ was by some other band and anything other than my bet, Fred Durst.

Tonight, we were reminded of the bet when we discussed idioms. I said, ‘Once bitten, twice shy.’ To which she edgily exclaimed, ‘I don’t know what that means.’ I joked how she frequently asks the derivation of such expressions. We then brought up ‘6 of one; half a dozen of the other’ (which I believe should be said, ‘Six of one is like half of a dozen of another’).

Blog humiliation was the wager.

Although my logic was sound (‘Butterfly’ is pitifully annoying as is Fred Durst…always), I was wrong. The song is performed by Crazy Town.

As for the expression, we’ll call it a draw. I guess I lose overall, but at least I got to write this narrative.

You remember me saying:

how much I couldn't wait to get back in the Coast Guard command out of flight school. Well, I adore this job.

I'm on duty at a desk right now, which normally stinks. I do, however, get to listen to one of our C-130's and H-60's practice formation flight over UHF. I'm kicking myself for not volunteering but listening in fun too. For us Coasties, formation flights are a rarity but they’re flying it today for a memorial service.

It’s pretty sweet that they’re matching air speeds and giving a good showing. Both aircraft are really loud.

Daily annoyances:

I'm just glad I figured out how to post pictures again. The new, and much better, blogger format had the best of me...

This sink sucks. It's at work. Please conduct a brief survey of the sink setup. Notice: the soap's on the left. The hot handle is all the way in the what-would-appear-to-be the open position (NAY!). The cold handle looks promising (ALSO NAY; doesn't work). Think, how would you wash your hands here? Yes, you'd use your left hand to get foam soap (just about the only good thing in this hand-washing experience) and then probably just use the cold water since the hot handle looks effed. You'd then find that no water comes out. Discouraged, you'd go for the hot water. Of course you'd want to use your left hand for that handle but if you did so, you'd get soap all over the handle. So alas, you're stuck reaching for the left handle with your right hand. This is tedious and annoying because it's a huge-ass handicapped sink. Not only are you peeved that you had to reach across, but now your sleeve and entire right arm gets soaked from the hot-ass water stream that surprised you with its Niagra-force.

Lastly, there are no paper towels in this stall 90% of the time.

AH-nnoying!

I signed up for this:

Smartwool Swamp Stomp 2007

a fellow pilot, a pilot getting his Master's elsewhere, and a rescue swimmer at the airstation are my teammates.

Happy New Year; back stateside:

I was deployed from 12/26 - 1/9. I spent my New Years Eve rescuing 2 people in the Bahamas. These 2 make for my first lives saved as a CG pilot....well, ever! That's all it took to make 2 years worth of BS flight school worth every calorie of work, caffeine injested, and tedious scolding.

I'm the youngest:

I adore being the youngest at work. There are rescue swimmers that are younger, but in terms of pilots, I am the youngest. I don't want a year to go by. There are younger CG pilots; those that graduated CGA in 2004 were the first in Academy history to go from CGA to some other job other than a ship. They, however, aren't in Clearwater. When asked, 'Wait! What year were you born?!' I smile as my riposte is '1981 (, biotch!).'

This status won't last long.

can?

caffeine turn into a gas?