Mud pit now dirt pit

It is time for an update on the progress of the Volleyball court.  The update is that there has been no progress.  The only change in the disposition of the volleyball court is that the mud has begun to dry out and is now firm enough to walk on.  The mud pit is now a dirt pit.

In the last post, I had decided to excavate the rink on the following day.  Unfortunately, I got gun-shy, lazy, or just had a better idea do do nothing on my last day in town for a bit over a week.  As it turns out, I got a notification from Crew Control that my departure would be delayed about 14 hours due to maintenance being performed on the plane I would be flying.  My relatively early departure turned into a nasty late night sign-on.  Jennifer had decided that she wanted to drive me down to work since the Bronco is once again acting up, and she is not very excited to have it as her only car while I'm gone.  So to make a long story short, I had much more time than I had thought I would to do the excavation, and I feel that the opportunity was passed up for no reason.  Now I will consider doing it when I get home prior to the time we all leave to come back to Hong Kong for a visit.

I was out here to complete an all-too-frequent simulator check ride.  That is all done, successfully I might add, and now I have tomorrow off since a trip to Shanghai that I was supposed to fly has disappeared from my roster.  The next day I fly an all night trip to Singapore and Penang, Malaysia.  The following day I return home and then have the rest of the month off.

Summer is coming up quickly.  Andrew finishes school on friday (in fact today was his last real day of learning.)  After returning from Hong Kong we will be busily preparing for a big family visit in June.  I expect that things will go quickly once I touch Alaska soil again.

Stay tuned for the next update, which hopefully, will outline the excavation of the volleyball court.