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April 3rd, 2007

  1. Aviation Medical (to be continued, unfortunately)

    April 3, 2007 by Gail

    Today was my Category 3 Medical to obtain my student pilot permit.

    The good news:

    The one thing I was concerned about — my vision — did not prevent me from passing the medical.

    My blood pressure registers as back to normal levels, after a protracted period of being too high on my last two exams, in Oct ’05 and Jun ’06. No doubt this was due to extreme stress/anxiety, which has been chronicled here.

    The bad news:

    The heart murmur that was found in October 2005 during my U.S. Immigration Medical Exam, the same murmur that everyone told me was common and nothing to worry about, might prevent me from passing my aviation medical.

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  2. We’re Not So Different, You and I

    April 3, 2007 by Gail

    we're not so different, you and I

    A sculpture at the juncture of Peter and King streets.

    I was trying to see the credits, but it was raining and I was balancing precariously in front of a hedge to take this picture.