It's been a while....

since I updated this blog. A lot of water has passed under the proverbial bridge. Things have happened. Life has certainly not gone quite the way I thought it would in January.
Various circumstances have prevented the more frequent update of this blog, but in future, I will try to post more often. Any of my friends who are reading this blog, feel free to shout "Yeah, right!" at this point. But I'm serious.
One of the things that has prevented the more frequent update of this blog is my temporarily forgetting which email I associated with it. I've figured that out now, amazingly enough, and I hope to not forget it again any time soon.
Anyway, by post more often, I'm thinking once or twice a month. I don't want to get too ambitious too fast- that way lies disappointment, and plenty of it.
But, I suppose now is as good a time as any for a summary of what's taken place in my life since January.
-I am older now, and hopefully a little wiser.
-I'm in the Navy- hence the comedy of errors. At some point I'll change my colour scheme to reflect my proper branch of service.
-I am inspired by Seraphic of seraphicsinglescummings.blogspot.com, and I am a dedicated lurker of hers.
-I failed Nanowrimo this year.
-I have seen 'scenic' Great Lakes.
-I have taken lots of CLEP tests.

Anyway, this post doesn't have much of a point to it. Sort of just hoping to get back into the swing of blogging and soon. But what with S&D's wedding coming up soon, and much travel between now and then, I'm not sure if I'll have much of a chance. For the sake of easy reading, the next post will be my Christmas day post, even though I'm writing them both today, Christmas 2009.

First Post!

Hello, and welcome to my blog! As I don't have a readership yet, I am making this introductory post with a view to the random browser of blogger who might click on this blog without the intention to spam, and rather with curiosity about my title which, at present, is the only interesting thing about this blog.
'Stand By To Start Engines' is one of two very funny collections of short stories by Rear Adm. Daniel V. Gallery. I appropriated the title mostly because all the cool things I could come up with at 23.20 were already taken. I highly recommend 'Stand By To Start Engines' and the companion piece 'Now- Hear This!' Rear Admiral Gallery is one of my personal heroes.
Then, one might reasonably assume that I am planning on going into the Navy and have constructed this blog as a means of keeping all dear friends/family appraised of the situation.
This is not the case, and honestly that might be a bit might to read into the previous two paragraphs, but I'm sure someone out there could manage it. Um. Anyway.
The purpose of this blog is to chronicle my progress in my attempt to join the USAF.
So why do I want to be a zoomie and not a sailor? Well, for one, my ex-boyfriend is in the Navy. Not a very frequently used reason, but it does have some slight bearing on my decision. Also, the AF seems to have cooler toys, better housing, and let's be honest, cooler uniforms. "Good humor man in summer" and "Waffen SS in winter" are not my ideal everyday work clothes. (Though actually the Waffen SS bit isn't quite so bad... The Germans did have _style_ in WWII)
Granted, the new AF dress blues are kind of blah looking, but I'll deal with it.
And no, I'm not picking my branch of the service based solely on looks. I'm also picking it on marginally easier PT scores. And, to facilitate my training and improving my mile time, I will sign off now and leave all further updates to a later date and time.
Until then, CAVU.