Regal Air had a link to a discounted Introductory Flight on Amazon Local. 

I bought it! I’m so excited for my first flight…. I’ve been dreaming up ways to do this for ages!

Now, due to this awful breakup I need to keep on with my life goals. 

If you want to help with the first half of my flying, please donate to: http://www.gofundme.com/Flying4Eternity

You can practice and pretend like you are smart enough to create materials that will obliterate the United States. We’ll let you play the game because in the playground of life, you’re in the sandbox barely able to dig a hole while we’re the big kids hogging the tether ball and monkey bars. 

We don’t see you. We know you’re there, but for the most part we just ignore your presence because it doesn’t effect us. But the moment you throw a rock at us, we will stomp your sand castle so fast.

The United States: Total Area 3,794,101 sq mi 

North Korea: Total Area: 46,528 sq mi 

It would take seconds to squash you like a bug.

That’s my new goal. As a single mother living in fancy rich Bellevue while making not nearly enough to shop anywhere but Target or Walmart I can’t afford a higher education. I can’t afford it financially, or with my time. Online classes are great, but every teacher has different test rules and they always seem to clash with my work schedule.

I’ve gotten emails from teachers about how brilliant I am, or that I MUST promise them I’m going to attend graduate school, even though I earned a meager D or C in their class. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t earn just Cs and Ds; however my last quarter was AWFUL. Turns out, I can’t work full time… do school full time… be a single mother with ZERO paternal support and a whole lot of paternal drama… date…. and drive 600 miles a week and maintain my grades and sanity.

As a person who leans a little more conservative, I’ve decided that once I pay off my current small student loan, that I’d rather attend class solely on grants/scholarships and my own funding then deal with loans. If I can only afford one class at a time then that it how I will go. This economy is proving more and more to me that I do not want to end up with a massive debt when I’m just getting started in a new profession.

I wonder if an honest cardboard sign would drudge up enough funds to start with one class this winter….

The President’s speech required us to imagine what America COULD be like. And, as a relatively conservative person it pains me a great deal to agree with him; luckly, it only happens on occasion. Throughout this post I’ll be directly quoting the President and stating my own response to his words. The entire transcript to President Obama’s 2012 State of the Union Address can be read by clicking the link.

Imagine what we could accomplish if we followed their example. Think about the America within our reach: A country that leads the world in educating its people. An America that attracts a new generation of high-tech manufacturing and high-paying jobs. A future where we’re in control of our own energy, and our security and prosperity aren’t so tied to unstable parts of the world. An economy built to last, where hard work pays off, and responsibility is rewarded.

I must admit, this is the America we should all be striving for, and hoping to achieve. It will not be an easy job, however. In order to have high-paying jobs, we must continue to allow high-paying companies to exist without being over-taxed. He goes on to state that it is something that we can reach because:

we’ve done it before. At the end of World War II, when another generation of heroes returned home from combat, they built the strongest economy and middle class the world has ever known.

In an era where we had pride in our country and a strong sense of working together. When people had cars and they treasured them and and took care of their homes. America is very lazy now and has become very much a country that is lacking in any pride in ownership — unless its the fact that they own the very newest “i” product from Apple. Very few people seek to work for what they want, but rather feel that they are entitled to just get it.  You can see this lack in pride of ownership as you drive down any highway and so many of the car are dirty, broken down, etc. I know so many people have have never even waxed their cars. Honestly, my Explorer CAN look really good, but I lack the proper pride in ownership as well. I’m too broke to provide the care that she really needs — but she does get a good waxing and hand washing pretty regularly.

We can either settle for a country where a shrinking number of people do really well, while a growing number of Americans barely get by. Or we can restore an economy where everyone gets a fair shot, everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same set of rules.

It is true, there is a shrinking number of people doing really well. This is not anybody’s fault but their own.

http://www.gofundme.com/Flying4Eternity

Just going to get started with flying. Care to help? Spread the word!!