I PASSED! I passed, with

I PASSED!

I passed, with only a few mistakes. (For reference, to have zero mistakes is practically unheard of.) Afterwards, I was declared ready for my certification sim! My final cert is scheduled for November 22. There's no question that it will be another tough sim, just as difficult as last night's, but in my mind, last night was the real test. If I hadn't done well last night, my final cert wouldn't be on the schedule, and without my final cert done by December, I wouldn't get to work STS-117 in March! Which would be sad. So hooray for none of that happening.

Now I just have to come up with some kind of Thanksgiving cookie to bribe my evaluators with at my final...

This morning, as part of the push to get me certified, I went over and had a class in one of the SSTs -- a big mockup of all the switches and displays in the shuttle cockpit. We talked about crew procedures and I got to do them myself and I must say: there is something very satisfying about actually flicking switches and hearing them click.

And.... I signed up for the Lonestar Half Ironman on April 1. I paid the money, so I have to do it now, right?? :)