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Biology gets in the way

I received notification yesterday (Friday) that the second wheel from BAS had been delivered. A short time after that, I got a call from Alex at the shop. He said the wheel had arrived and, as far as he could tell, it looks just fine. Hopefully there's nothing that will prevent this one from being installed.

However, just when that will happen is up in the air. Both Travis, the mechanic that's been working on my plane, and Preston the shop manager, were out sick yesterday. They probably have the same thing I came down with Thursday evening. It feels like a relatively severe head cold. Yesterday I felt like crap the whole day. I did attend a meeting for work but then climbed into bed and slept for several hours. I had a fever, too, but it feels like it abated in the night and I feel a bit better today. If Preston and Travis are feeling the same way, I expect them to stay home and get better. I wouldn't fly in my current condition, and I wouldn't want someone to work on my plane in that condition either.

So we're probably looking at next weekend. I'll be out there Saturday morning because I'm scheduled to have my bi-annual flight review. I was hoping to do it in my plane, but I'm going ahead and renting one of the 172s. After that, I'll head over to the shop and see how they're doing. Hopefully it will be done and ready to go. If so, I might just take it up and fly it around for a bit to start the break-in process.

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