Scrubbed IRA checkride

I have no reason to make this post except that none of my
coworkers understand my disappointment.

I had to scrub my instrument checkride today because the
aircraft I train in went in for a 50-hr inspection (my
club's code-word for "oil change") and ended up with
the door sent out to be welded. (Sounds to me like a
squawk from a recent annual that was deferred until
right before someone really needed the airplane!)

Anyway, I'm totally down in the dumps. I stressed and
studied all last night for the ride, and I can't get
another appt. with the DE for two weeks.

I really love flying, but I can't be the only person
who just sometiems wants to get certain aviation episodes
behind him. For me, right now, the instrument training
and associated financial bleed are one of them. Since
I started on the IRA in November, I have done no flying
at all for pleasure and friends. I think that was my
mistake -- but with the cost of two multi-hour flights
with a CFII a week, those $100 weekend hamburgers kinda
got dropped.

I know I'm being a snot, but I'd love to hear other
people's frustrating flying stories.

-- dave j
-- jacobowitz73 -at- yahoo -dot- com


PS -- anybody in the SF Bay Area want to be a VFR safety
pilot with an instr. student once or twice in the next
couple of weeks? Aircraft is a Warrior.