Did my checkride yesterday, went well, I passed no problem. I actually thought I busted standards on a couple of the maneuvers, but the IP said they're more looking for people who notice when they bust and try to correct right away, which I did.

I solo with like 5 other people on Monday. Everyone in the class should be checking within the next few days, then doing their solo's. Yes, they are back to letting us solo by ourselves in the pattern. I've got 5 more flights in the syllabus after my solo before I do my final checkride, and I think they are going to double-turn me every day until I'm done (I asked them to). My civilian flight commander didn't seem to like the idea because it meant he would lose his class leader, but it's not like I'm doing a whole lot. If they don't advance me anymore, and I double-turn everyday, I should check on Thursday. If they advance me a few flights again (which they probably will) then I'll check on Wednesday. I hope it works out!!

We finished up yesterday at about 1500 so I went and grabbed the keg. We tapped it and started grilling at about 1700, and the keg was floated by about 2230! We got into a massive beer-pong tournament, so the beer went fast...

That's about it from here! Hopefully I should be home by the end of next weekend!

Later!