Selene
Copyright© 2022 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 7
Puberty was particularly difficult. Actually unpleasant. I had Pre Menstrual Syndrome. When nature and hormones mix with a naturally ornery disposition ... PMSDD. (PMS DICTIONARY DEFINITION)(That’s my picture in the book.)
WOW! That was quick. Seems like it was just yesterday that I looked like a long-haired boy. Days ago I was wondering if the ‘girls’ were ever going to blossom. Thirteen to fourteen passed like an enema ... quick, wet and runny. I had classes. I tutored a class. I had ultra-light lessons. I learned to sail. I was pretty good with a kayak. Texas is Texas ... I learned to shoot ... everybody shoots in Texas.
Want to do anything outdoors in Texas? Texas is HUGE ... and if you can’t do it in Texas ... you don’t need it.
But ... more than anything ... I didn’t have a mom. I didn’t have a mom who literally knew everything her ancestors knew. And ... I didn’t know that I knew it too. So ... Summers I just did.
First ... I contacted a local simulator company, SIMFLIGHT and rented time on their training machine. Three Saturdays and they said I was ‘good.’
Then I rented time on a two place aircraft ... time and pilot. Pretty cheap.
The princessapality adopted Brazilian ultralight weight rules... 750 kg or 1,654 pounds.
There is a booming ultralight industry in the ‘pality ... and not just DIY kits. For four times the kit price several builders will build to your specifications.
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