Thanks Ma!
Am headed down there (3SQ) in the morning-- taking my Arrow this time so no three hour drive! Do some dual in the Duchess, ground, checkride after lunch. Gulp. I guess I'm ready. I'm a little anxious because five hours doesn't seem like much to me... I feel like I'm still getting to know the airplane, let alone the nuances of two engine (or more accurately single engine on a twin) work. But two of my friends have done it, so I guess it's doable. The owner of the FBO where I instruct part time has decades of experience, including over 1,000 hours dual given in Twin Comanches, and he said in his opinion 10-12 hours is more common, so I guess I should stop beating myself up. (Ever watch a duck beat itself up? It's not pretty-- lots of quacking and feathers everywhere).
Today I took a day off, and man did it feel good! Two weekends ago I was in Chicago on a work related trip (they conned me into it because I would have the opportunity to meet Captain Jim Lovell) then last week of course I was doing multi training away from home again. No days of from work and sim and instruction some nights and I didn't realize how exhausted I was. For much of the day today I did... NOTHING! Well, I cleaned the house and went grocery shopping. After breakfast I activated the gas fireplace, made some more tea, but some Vivaldi CDs on, gathered up my two pets, and plopped into the recliner with the Duchess POH. I think I stayed awake for about five minutes!
Anyway, I'm rarin' to get this done tomorrow. Cross your fingers for me!
TM