My father served 28 years in the Air Force, although he retired as a Major, this was the only picture that I had of him in uniform. He is the reason that I am who I am today. My father and grandfather, both instilled in me the wisdom and qualities of a gentleman and call to duty. My grandfather served in WWII and my father served for 28 years. I will always be grateful for their sacrifices and imparting their knowledge and wisdom into me. I miss them so much. But I honor them by continuing to live as they raised me.

After 2 days of being put through the proverbial “meat grinder” it’s time to relax! I just spent 2 days in the airplane doing an in plane recurrent training. It’s amazing what an instructor can do to take a perfectly good airplane and have literally EVERYTHING fail! 😂😂 I do 2 trainings a year. 1 in plane (optional) and 1 in the simulator (required). I prefer the in plane as the controls etc are normal. The sim is not an accurate representation of control feel. This is the outfit I wore for training. Albeit casual I still try to elevate it a bit. Now it’s time to relax this evening before I start a safety seminar tomorrow. Have a great evening!!

Todays outfit is Elevated Smart Casual as I have a job interview tomorrow and will be in a Suit and tie. Fridays is my regular #funfitfriday, not this week though. This idea behind this outfit is to give the impression of someone who understands tonal dressing. Most people just match the colours. This outfit shoes how to coordinate multiple shades of the same color family without looking washed out, to repetitive, or overly calculated. Todays outfit consists of; Stanton fine linen and cotton blend flat cap in Pale Blue MJ Bale Santoro Jacket in a cotton, linen, wool, silk lightweight natural blue gingham check fabric MJ Bale Sinatra Trousers in Empire Denim Charles Tyrwhitt light blue OCBD Sky blue pocket Sqaure with white Butterflies and Fauna OTAA Jack O’ Cups Shattuckite Skull Bracelet OTAA Maldives Crab low cut socks CNES MTO Oxford with Goodyear welted construction WOTD - Islander Greenport watch with Stone Grey Dial with Sky Blue Accents SOTD - Mancera French Riviera

I didn’t want to let the day get away without thanking my friends that served in our armed forces. I have posted photos of both my grandfather and my dad. Granddad served in France during WWI. Dad enlisted in the US Army in 1939, transitioned into the Air Corps during WWII and was again recalled for Korea, serving until retirement in 1966. He then worked as an Air Force civilian for another 18 years. I am very proud of both of these men! Oh, and don’t forget their spouses who support them!

Today, was a very interesting day at school. Somehow, our ethics discussion went into discussing whether students were innately stupid. One boy was being quite vehement with how there are stupid students, and I was strongly pushing back on that. I said "There are students who have been conditioned to be stupid, but that does not mean they are innately stupid." And I do seriously believe that, and indeed I think all teachers must believe that. If we did not believe that we can connect with students and get them to be the best possible version of themselves, then why go into the profession?