Find a Penny, Pick it Up...

I had a late night last night at work. I was paired with one of the newbies so I could sign him off on the overnight cleaning and search of the aircraft. It took us a little longer than usual to clean because we worked together instead of splitting the duties in half. This morning I had an appointment to get repairs made on my car. I set my alarm to get up at 6:30, but when it went off, I couldn't remember why I set it. I was about to fall back asleep when I remembered and made myself decent enough to drove over to the mechanic. I didn't have a chance to arrange a ride with the roomies, so I decided to take my iPod along and walk back for some exercise. On my way home, I found a penny heads up. Taking the advice of Grandma Erickson, I picked it up and pocketed it for the rest of the day. Thus far, it hasn't been an especially lucky day, but nothing too bad has gone wrong either. My muffler did get fixed and is so quiet, I now have to look at the tach to know when to shift. Gas prices went down a few cents in Dubuque. 87 is now at $3.95/gal at most stations. Work this afternoon went fairly smooth. We had an inbound delay from Minneapolis because of thunderstorms in Minnesota. Dispatch was pretty late with getting our paperwork to us. Probably because they had to reroute a bunch of other aircraft. I'm not exactly sure how long it took to turn our plane around, but the delay went to dispatch. As long as it's not a station delay, we're happy. I have the evening off, but Matt is at work until 9 and Tad spends Thursday nights with his fiances family. I'll keep myself busy working on my lesson plan for tomorrow morning. The topic is aerodynamics and load factors. If I don't get completely done, I can work on it after I work the early shift tomorrow. I'll probably pack a lunch so that I can save a trip. After my lesson, I'll work the afternoon shift and then have the evening free. Looks like the thunderstorms are making their way through the area now. Hope it doesn't block out the satellite.