[slodave]

What a wonderful ******* day. Went flying. My instructor wants me to get used to crossing class B airspace, so we headed back over LAX. It's been a week since I flew and he wanted me to handle the radios as well as fly - as it should be. I became overwhelmed and frustrated. Ended the flight in a bad mod. Then off to collect the 911 for a smog check. Something's not right, sounds like a VW on steroids and just wasn't running right - this after I just completed a valve adjustment.... Drove a few miles to TRE anyway.. Once there. Go through a few things. One thing mentioned - a valve may be too tight. Not what I wanted to hear and now I'm feeling really shiitty. Turns out a plug wire may not have been on correctly, so I was running on 5 cylinders. Relief. Calm down slightly, but now off to smog. Yay! It passed with flying colors. Another relief. Still in a bad mood though.