I like the part where I have to go to the dentist tomorrow morning and I'm eating lots of chocolate. My little brother is fabulous and bought me Lindt truffles - the 60% extra dark chocolate kind as well.I'm also watching That 70s Show and going to go to bed soon. I like not working :-D.
I forgot to tell something really great that happened to me the other day. When Adri and I went to the mall on Saturday the first thing we did was go to the food court. She wanted Chinese and I wanted a burger so we split. I got in line at Johnny Rockets and decided I was at the Mall of America so I guess I could splurge and spend $9.50 on a burger and a shake. Not even fries. Just burger and shake. I'm getting ready to pay and a realize that I left my debit card in my uniform pocket. I tell the lady I couldn't find my card and I'd come back - was going to get Adri and bum from her. The lady behind me in line asked if I had ordered. I said yes but that I had left my card in my other coat so I'd come back. She told the lady to just put it in with hers. I argued with her but she wouldn't listen. Her total was $35 and some change for me, her and her two daughters and she gave the lady $40 and said to keep the change. I felt really bad and moochy but she just told me that it had happened to her and Merry Christmas. It made me happy to realize that some people still are really nice to strangers for no reason.
Today Peter and I went to the doctor at 615 this morning. I had to get something minor done to my foot but evidently they still felt the need to put me to sleep. It was really funny when I was waking up. I vaguely remember saying random things. Asking them if the crackers they gave me afterwards were Captain's Wafers( (the kind we serve on our flights), asking the lady if she was offended that Peter referred to her as a black lady... Who knows what else I said. I felt so good though. I came home and slept until about 4:30pm, only waking up once. Since then I have moved to the couch, eaten Zaxby's and chocolate, watched lots of tv and now I'm going back to bed.
Monday, December 4, 2006
Sunday, December 3, 2006
All shopped out.. :-)
What a lovely few days I've had... See, when I'm happy and busy I hardly write. When I'm grouchy and bored I write all the time. So I guess that means for the most part no news is good news.
I just saw Adri off to the airport. My flight doesn't leave for a few more hours so I've just been sitting here at the hotel, browsing open time and listening to Andy Stanley's sermons online. I heard the first sermon in a series called "Pause" last month and have been wanting to know how the rest of it went. The series is about temptation. It's really awesome and has given me a really different perspective on things. He says that temptation isn't just about your self control. It's about how much faith you have in God. When Jesus was tempted in the wilderness, the devil didn't tempt him to do evil things. He tempted Him to meet His legitimate needs in a way that would displease God. It wasn't about whether He could do the things the devil tempted him to do (turn stones into bread). It was about whether He trusted God to come through a provide for the natural needs God had given Him.
Anyhoo... Minneapolis is nearly the coldest place I've ever been. This morning I was outside for about 30 seconds. My hair was wet from the shower (smart move, Grace) and during that time it froze stiff. It was so weird. When we got here yesterday it was 15 degrees. There were a few snow flurries today but nothing significant. It was so much fun to have Adri come up with me. Last night while we were eating I realized I was also "working" and it didn't feel like it at all. Just felt like I was hanging out in Minn with my friend. We went to the Mall of America which is absolutely ridiculous. We would go different ways to get to stores we wanted to see and come around a corner and see a whole different part of the mall we'd never come across before. I still don't think I've seen half of it and I've been there 3 times now. We rode a roller coaster, bought fuzzy socks, ate a lot, bought Lindt chocolate, and just had a lovely time.
Friday night after I got off work J and I finally made it to see "Casino Royale". I'm glad we went. I really enjoyed it. Then we had Taco Bell and wandered around World Market afterwards. What a classy date ;-). It was a good time. You know you have a good friend when you can do silly/normal things and still have fun. Then it was back home since I had to get up at 4am on Sat. Always a great way to start the weekend.
I need to start getting my stuff together to go to the airport. I'm off for the next few days which makes me happy, except that I have to go to the doctor tomorrow and the dentist Tuesday. In between those times I'm just going to be chillin though.
I just saw Adri off to the airport. My flight doesn't leave for a few more hours so I've just been sitting here at the hotel, browsing open time and listening to Andy Stanley's sermons online. I heard the first sermon in a series called "Pause" last month and have been wanting to know how the rest of it went. The series is about temptation. It's really awesome and has given me a really different perspective on things. He says that temptation isn't just about your self control. It's about how much faith you have in God. When Jesus was tempted in the wilderness, the devil didn't tempt him to do evil things. He tempted Him to meet His legitimate needs in a way that would displease God. It wasn't about whether He could do the things the devil tempted him to do (turn stones into bread). It was about whether He trusted God to come through a provide for the natural needs God had given Him.
Anyhoo... Minneapolis is nearly the coldest place I've ever been. This morning I was outside for about 30 seconds. My hair was wet from the shower (smart move, Grace) and during that time it froze stiff. It was so weird. When we got here yesterday it was 15 degrees. There were a few snow flurries today but nothing significant. It was so much fun to have Adri come up with me. Last night while we were eating I realized I was also "working" and it didn't feel like it at all. Just felt like I was hanging out in Minn with my friend. We went to the Mall of America which is absolutely ridiculous. We would go different ways to get to stores we wanted to see and come around a corner and see a whole different part of the mall we'd never come across before. I still don't think I've seen half of it and I've been there 3 times now. We rode a roller coaster, bought fuzzy socks, ate a lot, bought Lindt chocolate, and just had a lovely time.
Friday night after I got off work J and I finally made it to see "Casino Royale". I'm glad we went. I really enjoyed it. Then we had Taco Bell and wandered around World Market afterwards. What a classy date ;-). It was a good time. You know you have a good friend when you can do silly/normal things and still have fun. Then it was back home since I had to get up at 4am on Sat. Always a great way to start the weekend.
I need to start getting my stuff together to go to the airport. I'm off for the next few days which makes me happy, except that I have to go to the doctor tomorrow and the dentist Tuesday. In between those times I'm just going to be chillin though.
Thursday, November 30, 2006
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end... not today though
I just had the most frightful coughing spell. I hope I don't die :-P.
It was nice being at home for a few days. Now it's back to work. I'm so excited - I get to spend tonight in the oh so fabulous Albany, GA. Saturday night I'll be in MSP with my favorite Amherst resident. I'm so excited.
Yesterday was a day of waiting. I had to go to the foot doctor and you know how doctor's visits go. You wait, then you fill out paperwork, then you wait some more, then you see a nurse, then you wait some more, then you see the doctor.. and that's usually about it.
After that it was time to take care of my car. I'm trying really hard to be a responsible car owner so my lovely car lasts me forever. The brakes were making funny noises, the oil needed changing, and I wanted to make sure it was ready for winter. And you know how it goes when you're at the mechanic. You wait, and wait. Except first we drove the car to hear the sound the brakes were making and of course, they were completely quiet. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I brake like a 25 yr old girl and the mechanic brakes like a 65 yr old man... I need to work on that. Needed a new air filter so $60 later my car is good for another 3k miles. Oh yeah, and it has a leak in the that I eventually need to fix. The part is only $275. Good times.
Next it's over to Verizon. I got my new phone last week which was great but it keeps freezing up, takes at least 30 seconds to respond when you dial a number that isn't already stored, and takes forever to wake up when i turn it on. I go in just to see if they can do anything about it and the same guy gives me a different phone. That seems great, but when he goes to swap all the numbers over it won't do it. So they keep trying. So I wait. And wait. And go across the street to the store. And wait. And knit half a scarf. And wait. I took old and new phones home, after deciding just to manually swap the numbers over, and discover you practically need a magnifying glass to see the screen on the phone. So maybe I'm spoiled. So what? I paid for the phone with the bigger screen. I shouldn't be swapped for a lesser quality phone... This morning I went to take the old phone back. I get a text from the guy and he asks how I like my new phone. I told him it was alright. Was trying to get used to how small the screen was. He said he'd mail me a different phone. For nothing... Nice hey?
After Verizon I went back by Faith's shop to get her to snip up the sides of my hair where I decided it should be shorter and to watch Tanya get her hair colored. More sitting around but much more enjoyable as I had Tanya and Faith keeping me company. By then it was nearly evening and time to go home and get stuff done.
Last night was apartment family supper. We made poppy seed chicken which was fabulous and asparagus which is such a lovely food. I cant' believe I ever hated it before. J's overnight last night got canceled so we had the pleasure of his company as well. Did 3 loads of laundry since I had no clean clothes and have to go to work today.
The weather is disgusting. It's drizzling. On the way back from Verizon this morning I had to stop and buy wipers. At least I can see now. My drivers side window has this problem of not wanting to roll back up when it's raining. It'll probably cost me at least one million dollars to fix :-P. I really have to go get ready for work now. Woo hoo.
It was nice being at home for a few days. Now it's back to work. I'm so excited - I get to spend tonight in the oh so fabulous Albany, GA. Saturday night I'll be in MSP with my favorite Amherst resident. I'm so excited.
Yesterday was a day of waiting. I had to go to the foot doctor and you know how doctor's visits go. You wait, then you fill out paperwork, then you wait some more, then you see a nurse, then you wait some more, then you see the doctor.. and that's usually about it.
After that it was time to take care of my car. I'm trying really hard to be a responsible car owner so my lovely car lasts me forever. The brakes were making funny noises, the oil needed changing, and I wanted to make sure it was ready for winter. And you know how it goes when you're at the mechanic. You wait, and wait. Except first we drove the car to hear the sound the brakes were making and of course, they were completely quiet. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I brake like a 25 yr old girl and the mechanic brakes like a 65 yr old man... I need to work on that. Needed a new air filter so $60 later my car is good for another 3k miles. Oh yeah, and it has a leak in the that I eventually need to fix. The part is only $275. Good times.
Next it's over to Verizon. I got my new phone last week which was great but it keeps freezing up, takes at least 30 seconds to respond when you dial a number that isn't already stored, and takes forever to wake up when i turn it on. I go in just to see if they can do anything about it and the same guy gives me a different phone. That seems great, but when he goes to swap all the numbers over it won't do it. So they keep trying. So I wait. And wait. And go across the street to the store. And wait. And knit half a scarf. And wait. I took old and new phones home, after deciding just to manually swap the numbers over, and discover you practically need a magnifying glass to see the screen on the phone. So maybe I'm spoiled. So what? I paid for the phone with the bigger screen. I shouldn't be swapped for a lesser quality phone... This morning I went to take the old phone back. I get a text from the guy and he asks how I like my new phone. I told him it was alright. Was trying to get used to how small the screen was. He said he'd mail me a different phone. For nothing... Nice hey?
After Verizon I went back by Faith's shop to get her to snip up the sides of my hair where I decided it should be shorter and to watch Tanya get her hair colored. More sitting around but much more enjoyable as I had Tanya and Faith keeping me company. By then it was nearly evening and time to go home and get stuff done.
Last night was apartment family supper. We made poppy seed chicken which was fabulous and asparagus which is such a lovely food. I cant' believe I ever hated it before. J's overnight last night got canceled so we had the pleasure of his company as well. Did 3 loads of laundry since I had no clean clothes and have to go to work today.
The weather is disgusting. It's drizzling. On the way back from Verizon this morning I had to stop and buy wipers. At least I can see now. My drivers side window has this problem of not wanting to roll back up when it's raining. It'll probably cost me at least one million dollars to fix :-P. I really have to go get ready for work now. Woo hoo.
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
eatin popcorn and playin hookie
What a lovely, lovely Tuesday afternoon... It's so nice to be at home right now and not working. I figured out that due to a lot of my flights earlier in the month being longer than scheduled I had enough hours to drop the day trip I was supposed to do today. I'm so glad cause if I hadn't I would've had to rush home yesterday to get ready for work, then rush around all day tomorrow getting everything done that I need to get done.
On Sunday I drove Joy back to school and had a really nice visit with her up there. At times I envy the dorm life, the closeness of going to a small school where the majority of the people have common beliefs. I can't help but wonder how different my life would have been if I had gone to a different college. Or moved when I went to college. It's not a matter of would it be better, would it be worse, but just as to what the differences would've been. I probably never would've gone to South Africa. But who knows.. I'm really happy for Joy and the life she has up there. Everywhere we go on campus people know her, and I don't think it's because of her reputation for meanness :-P. I got to see where she works and see her at work. (She washes a mean dish.) I was able to meet people I had heard stories about. We baked a cake, ate pie at a friend's parent's house, watched basketball practice (she's the manager), went to several classes, saw people I've met before... And just in case I had forgotten what a small world it is, I was walking into the main building to meet up with her for a class and a girl walking next to me asked if I was a Holby. Not surprising since Peter and Michal have been up there as well and a lot of people greet me by saying "Hi Joy's sister". Her next question was the surprising part. She asked if I had gone to music camp in Pensacola. I told her I had, wondering if she had gone there herself. She said no, but her sister in law had. Turns out the one other person from camp that I lost contact with and have wondered about is married to her brother. She had seen pictures of me from camp while visiting them over Thanksgiving, heard my name and made the connection somehow. I'm so happy to have found my friend after all this time.
Somehow, mid-blog I got really distracted. I'm trying to get stuff done around here before I go get my hair cut. I'm quite excited about that. I love getting my hair cut. After that it's Michal's basketball game and who knows what else... The world is my oyster - except I don't really like oysters. Where did that phrase come from anyway?? Anyone want to clean my room and do my laundry?
On Sunday I drove Joy back to school and had a really nice visit with her up there. At times I envy the dorm life, the closeness of going to a small school where the majority of the people have common beliefs. I can't help but wonder how different my life would have been if I had gone to a different college. Or moved when I went to college. It's not a matter of would it be better, would it be worse, but just as to what the differences would've been. I probably never would've gone to South Africa. But who knows.. I'm really happy for Joy and the life she has up there. Everywhere we go on campus people know her, and I don't think it's because of her reputation for meanness :-P. I got to see where she works and see her at work. (She washes a mean dish.) I was able to meet people I had heard stories about. We baked a cake, ate pie at a friend's parent's house, watched basketball practice (she's the manager), went to several classes, saw people I've met before... And just in case I had forgotten what a small world it is, I was walking into the main building to meet up with her for a class and a girl walking next to me asked if I was a Holby. Not surprising since Peter and Michal have been up there as well and a lot of people greet me by saying "Hi Joy's sister". Her next question was the surprising part. She asked if I had gone to music camp in Pensacola. I told her I had, wondering if she had gone there herself. She said no, but her sister in law had. Turns out the one other person from camp that I lost contact with and have wondered about is married to her brother. She had seen pictures of me from camp while visiting them over Thanksgiving, heard my name and made the connection somehow. I'm so happy to have found my friend after all this time.
Somehow, mid-blog I got really distracted. I'm trying to get stuff done around here before I go get my hair cut. I'm quite excited about that. I love getting my hair cut. After that it's Michal's basketball game and who knows what else... The world is my oyster - except I don't really like oysters. Where did that phrase come from anyway?? Anyone want to clean my room and do my laundry?
Sunday, November 26, 2006
chillin with the mormons
I'm so far behind in blogging I don't even know where to start. Last week was really busy. One thing went right into the next thing and by the time I got some free time I was so tired I couldn't do anything.
Right now I'm in Salt Lake City. Been here for a couple of hours now and am allowing myself to veg and not feel bad about it. I should've just left my running shoes at home since my bag now weighs about a million pounds, but I guess I need to leave myself the option to run if I feel like it. I didn't run any last week. I feel kind of bad about it but it was pretty much all I could do to sleep, much less do anything extra. I'm really happy because for the next week I don't have to get up ridiculously early. I'll be here in Salt Lake again tomorrow night, then Milwaukee Wednesday night.
God has really blessed me lately. Things have been crazy and haven't always turned out like I wanted them, but somehow it's always turned out better. I dont' know if that makes sense. I did my charter flight on Thursday and didn't come back that night like I had planned. I had gotten tickets to take J to the opening of Casino Royale for his birthday at midnight and missed that, which was really disappointing, but because I had to spend the night in Ft. Lauderdale I got paid a whole extra lot of money. A whole lot. I also got a huge tip from the passenger so I earned nearly half what I make in one month on that trip. God is good. It's amazing how differently I feel about the holidays knowing that I'll be able to buy Christmas presents and not go into debt. This will be the first Christmas in years that I haven't used credit cards and it was making me nervous. I actually voluntarily listened to Christmas music the other day. It felt nice.
I also dropped my cell phone yesterday on the way down the steps to church. It went off and would only come back on when it was charging. A piece of metal had already come out the charger and I was wondering how long it was going to last. A little worried cause I don't want to have to spend a ton of money on a new phone right now. I can upgrade in June and wanted to hang on til then. I took it into Verizon and left with a brand new version of my same phone, all my numbers, pictures, everything from my other phone - for only $50. My phone has been through a lot of abuse so I was grateful to get a new one without spending all the money I just got.
There's a lot more to tell but I'll tell it later. I'm going to see if I can find some pictures of this airplane I worked on the other day. It was amazing. I'm anxious to get my schedule for next month. Wonder what I'm going to be stuck with over Christmas...
Right now I'm in Salt Lake City. Been here for a couple of hours now and am allowing myself to veg and not feel bad about it. I should've just left my running shoes at home since my bag now weighs about a million pounds, but I guess I need to leave myself the option to run if I feel like it. I didn't run any last week. I feel kind of bad about it but it was pretty much all I could do to sleep, much less do anything extra. I'm really happy because for the next week I don't have to get up ridiculously early. I'll be here in Salt Lake again tomorrow night, then Milwaukee Wednesday night.
God has really blessed me lately. Things have been crazy and haven't always turned out like I wanted them, but somehow it's always turned out better. I dont' know if that makes sense. I did my charter flight on Thursday and didn't come back that night like I had planned. I had gotten tickets to take J to the opening of Casino Royale for his birthday at midnight and missed that, which was really disappointing, but because I had to spend the night in Ft. Lauderdale I got paid a whole extra lot of money. A whole lot. I also got a huge tip from the passenger so I earned nearly half what I make in one month on that trip. God is good. It's amazing how differently I feel about the holidays knowing that I'll be able to buy Christmas presents and not go into debt. This will be the first Christmas in years that I haven't used credit cards and it was making me nervous. I actually voluntarily listened to Christmas music the other day. It felt nice.
I also dropped my cell phone yesterday on the way down the steps to church. It went off and would only come back on when it was charging. A piece of metal had already come out the charger and I was wondering how long it was going to last. A little worried cause I don't want to have to spend a ton of money on a new phone right now. I can upgrade in June and wanted to hang on til then. I took it into Verizon and left with a brand new version of my same phone, all my numbers, pictures, everything from my other phone - for only $50. My phone has been through a lot of abuse so I was grateful to get a new one without spending all the money I just got.
There's a lot more to tell but I'll tell it later. I'm going to see if I can find some pictures of this airplane I worked on the other day. It was amazing. I'm anxious to get my schedule for next month. Wonder what I'm going to be stuck with over Christmas...
Saturday, November 25, 2006
just emptying out the brain so it can sleep
10:15 on Saturday night and I'm in bed. What a way to end the week. This week feels like it's lasted for at least 2 weeks. 6am Monday morning feels like it happened months ago :-P. Okay.. maybe that's exaggerating a little.
I don't really know what to say right now.
Does anyone really live happily ever after?
I really need to get rid of the disgusting fishtank in my room.
I really need to clean my room. I can't walk without stepping on something. I'm running out of clean underwear. I can't find anything.
I have lots of scarves to knit.
None of my sleeping clothes feel right right now.
I'm happy with my schedule for next month.
I want to love someone and have them love me, all at the same time and not have to stop.
I want to be able to be happy whoever I'm with and whatever I'm not doing and not always feel this sadness below the surface because one person isn't there.
I need to change the message on my voicemail cause evidently it's annoying to some people - though when I went in to change it the other day it just made me laugh.
I want an ipod.
I want to go somewhere warm and relax on the beach.
I want the people I love to be pleased with me.
I want God to be pleased with me.
I want to want to do what's right.
I want my feet to stop hurting.
I want to stop feeling bitter.
I don't want my heart to be broken again.
I want my loved ones to never die.
I love this weather. The blue skies and windy days make me happy.
I'm nearly 26. I'm completely single. If I ever have children I will be an old mother.
I think that I pushed my limits on how much I can work and still like my job this week. It makes me happy to be nice to people though and I'm getting a lot better at it these days.
I can't believe this year is nearly over.
I'm reading a book about a lady who was from Zimbabwe but she also lived in Hong Kong and Manhattan. I wonder if I'll ever live in a foreign city again, and if I do where, when, how, for what reason, with who? I want to but I don't want to go alone again and am not ready to change jobs again (I don't want to lose my flight benefits.)
I'm going to sleep. Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving break, rested lots, ate lots, and spent lots of time with loved ones.
I don't really know what to say right now.
Does anyone really live happily ever after?
I really need to get rid of the disgusting fishtank in my room.
I really need to clean my room. I can't walk without stepping on something. I'm running out of clean underwear. I can't find anything.
I have lots of scarves to knit.
None of my sleeping clothes feel right right now.
I'm happy with my schedule for next month.
I want to love someone and have them love me, all at the same time and not have to stop.
I want to be able to be happy whoever I'm with and whatever I'm not doing and not always feel this sadness below the surface because one person isn't there.
I need to change the message on my voicemail cause evidently it's annoying to some people - though when I went in to change it the other day it just made me laugh.
I want an ipod.
I want to go somewhere warm and relax on the beach.
I want the people I love to be pleased with me.
I want God to be pleased with me.
I want to want to do what's right.
I want my feet to stop hurting.
I want to stop feeling bitter.
I don't want my heart to be broken again.
I want my loved ones to never die.
I love this weather. The blue skies and windy days make me happy.
I'm nearly 26. I'm completely single. If I ever have children I will be an old mother.
I think that I pushed my limits on how much I can work and still like my job this week. It makes me happy to be nice to people though and I'm getting a lot better at it these days.
I can't believe this year is nearly over.
I'm reading a book about a lady who was from Zimbabwe but she also lived in Hong Kong and Manhattan. I wonder if I'll ever live in a foreign city again, and if I do where, when, how, for what reason, with who? I want to but I don't want to go alone again and am not ready to change jobs again (I don't want to lose my flight benefits.)
I'm going to sleep. Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving break, rested lots, ate lots, and spent lots of time with loved ones.
Thursday, November 23, 2006
This is the part where I ate too much
Myspace has been quiet lately. I guess I haven't been making much noise around here myself. It's about that Thanksgiving time. Actually it's almost over. Today was a good day. The trip I just finished was a good trip. It's amazing what a difference it makes not having to get up at the butt crack of dawn. I have really begun to like my job. I think part of it has to do with my schedule but I know that for the most part it is only a God thing. It's an answer to prayer to realize that I now have a completely different attitude toward something, and not because of anything I've done. This isn't to say that I won't hate my job and hate passengers tomorrow, but lately things have been really good. I flew with a great crew and once I left the fabulous Atlanta airport at 7am Monday morning, I didn't come back until this afternoon. It's so much easier getting in and out of Salt Lake. Anyway... too much airline stuff.
I had all this stuff to write about and now I've forgotten. I just got back from eating with my family and some of our friends. I'm super full and should fall asleep soon. That's probably why I can't remember what I was going to write about. No one's going to read this anyway :-P.
I had all this stuff to write about and now I've forgotten. I just got back from eating with my family and some of our friends. I'm super full and should fall asleep soon. That's probably why I can't remember what I was going to write about. No one's going to read this anyway :-P.
Friday, November 10, 2006
Oh Atlanta, I hear you calling
I know, I know.. the blogs are getting to be excessive this week. What can I say though? I have a lot of time on my hands, no one particular to talk to, and feel like writing.
I'm in Allentown, PA and the weather up here is beautiful. I just now walked down the street to RiteAid in jeans and a tshirt it was that warm. I had to get some generic tylenol pm and airborne. (I refuse to get sick.) I would have stayed out longer but I've been warned about this town so much that I started feeling like every person I passed was about to mug me, and I really don't feel like getting mugged today.
We ditched our Jamaican captain in Atlanta this morning and now our entire crew is Atlanta born and raised. That's quite unusual, especially in the airline industry. Everyone is transplanted. Our old captain had this theory about sleeplessness. He said it's a female problem because they have 4 or 5 circuits going to their brains as opposed to the one that men have. That's why it's so easy for men to shut down and go to sleep, while women can lie awake for hours thinking and thinking. I think he may be on to something there... I've been having this problem lately and it's driving me crazy. It's getting to the point where I'm so focused on going to sleep that I can't go to sleep. I got in bed around 730 last night, watched Grey's at 8 (excellent, by the way), and was still rolling around half awake at 1015. Got up at 415 again this morning.
One of my passengers asked me to marry him today. It was pretty funny and evidently I blushed. Kind of picked my day up since I was really tired and dragging, and since it was the first time I think anyone has ever asked me to marry them. Too bad he was quite bald (and not in a good looking, Shane kind of way) and old (and not just 35 old ). I had another passenger that seemed to be under the impression that it was my job to care about his travel woes... Crazy people.
I'm going to go run. Hopefully that will help me be tired enough to sleep quickly tonight.
I'm in Allentown, PA and the weather up here is beautiful. I just now walked down the street to RiteAid in jeans and a tshirt it was that warm. I had to get some generic tylenol pm and airborne. (I refuse to get sick.) I would have stayed out longer but I've been warned about this town so much that I started feeling like every person I passed was about to mug me, and I really don't feel like getting mugged today.
We ditched our Jamaican captain in Atlanta this morning and now our entire crew is Atlanta born and raised. That's quite unusual, especially in the airline industry. Everyone is transplanted. Our old captain had this theory about sleeplessness. He said it's a female problem because they have 4 or 5 circuits going to their brains as opposed to the one that men have. That's why it's so easy for men to shut down and go to sleep, while women can lie awake for hours thinking and thinking. I think he may be on to something there... I've been having this problem lately and it's driving me crazy. It's getting to the point where I'm so focused on going to sleep that I can't go to sleep. I got in bed around 730 last night, watched Grey's at 8 (excellent, by the way), and was still rolling around half awake at 1015. Got up at 415 again this morning.
One of my passengers asked me to marry him today. It was pretty funny and evidently I blushed. Kind of picked my day up since I was really tired and dragging, and since it was the first time I think anyone has ever asked me to marry them. Too bad he was quite bald (and not in a good looking, Shane kind of way) and old (and not just 35 old ). I had another passenger that seemed to be under the impression that it was my job to care about his travel woes... Crazy people.
I'm going to go run. Hopefully that will help me be tired enough to sleep quickly tonight.
Thursday, November 9, 2006
Why does it always rain on me?
The rain and dreariness seems to be following me around. It was gross in Atlanta the last two days I was there and evidently it's gorgeous now. Now I'm far from Atlanta (Toronto) and the weather is disgusting. I'm getting reports of amazing weather everywhere except here.
Despite the gross weather and grayness, today is a good day. I feel good. I'm learning to enjoy my job more and not hate passengers so much. haha... I can't believe I just said that. I'm really tired but that probably has something to do with the fact that I got up at 415 this morning. I'm having the old "to nap or not to nap" debate but I think I might not have a choice. I probably won't be able to fall asleep tonight anyway. I was planning on running today but I just don't have any energy.
I was going to watch Grey's Anatomy online so I could know what's going on before I watch it tonight but evidently ABC discriminates against people outside of the US. Jerks!! It's kind of scary that they know where I am. Maybe they're watching me right now...
I've decided that my mp3s need some serious purging. I can't even leave my music on shuffle because all these stupid songs that I've never heard before start playing.
My mission these days is to become less bitter. It's not a pleasant undertaking. Requires a lot of letting go and forgiving but I believe it's necessary. Now that I've begun the process I'm finding out a lot of other unpleasant things about myself. Yay Grace!! Go team :-D. It's all good though. I've been so busy thinking about other areas of my life that I hadn't even noticed this and am only now realizing what a bad thing it is. I googled bitterness and was reminded that I can't expect God to forgive me of the wrongs I do Him if I'm not forgiving other people the wrongs they've done me.
That's my soul baring for the month. Hope you enjoyed it.
I'm off to rest or something. I woke up with a sore throat this morning and was reminded of how important it is that I rest and take care of myself these days. Last November I got all kinds of sick and I can't afford for and don't want that to happen again. I've taken two airborne today and am trying to drink a lot of water. Any other suggestions for not getting sick?
This is getting long but I have to tell this: This morning when we were coming through security they let us in front of the old couple. The FO walked through first. I was behind him and I heard the old guy say "he looks like a terrorist". He was obviously joking but everyone around turned and looked at him. His wife nearly knocked him out and was fussing at him. The security lady got so mad. She's all you aren't allowed to say stuff like that in the airport. And I walked away laughing. I don't know why it seems so funny to me but it makes me smile every time I think about it. I'm going to put it in my brain file of funny things that are guaranteed to make me happy when I think of them.
Despite the gross weather and grayness, today is a good day. I feel good. I'm learning to enjoy my job more and not hate passengers so much. haha... I can't believe I just said that. I'm really tired but that probably has something to do with the fact that I got up at 415 this morning. I'm having the old "to nap or not to nap" debate but I think I might not have a choice. I probably won't be able to fall asleep tonight anyway. I was planning on running today but I just don't have any energy.
I was going to watch Grey's Anatomy online so I could know what's going on before I watch it tonight but evidently ABC discriminates against people outside of the US. Jerks!! It's kind of scary that they know where I am. Maybe they're watching me right now...
I've decided that my mp3s need some serious purging. I can't even leave my music on shuffle because all these stupid songs that I've never heard before start playing.
My mission these days is to become less bitter. It's not a pleasant undertaking. Requires a lot of letting go and forgiving but I believe it's necessary. Now that I've begun the process I'm finding out a lot of other unpleasant things about myself. Yay Grace!! Go team :-D. It's all good though. I've been so busy thinking about other areas of my life that I hadn't even noticed this and am only now realizing what a bad thing it is. I googled bitterness and was reminded that I can't expect God to forgive me of the wrongs I do Him if I'm not forgiving other people the wrongs they've done me.
That's my soul baring for the month. Hope you enjoyed it.
I'm off to rest or something. I woke up with a sore throat this morning and was reminded of how important it is that I rest and take care of myself these days. Last November I got all kinds of sick and I can't afford for and don't want that to happen again. I've taken two airborne today and am trying to drink a lot of water. Any other suggestions for not getting sick?
This is getting long but I have to tell this: This morning when we were coming through security they let us in front of the old couple. The FO walked through first. I was behind him and I heard the old guy say "he looks like a terrorist". He was obviously joking but everyone around turned and looked at him. His wife nearly knocked him out and was fussing at him. The security lady got so mad. She's all you aren't allowed to say stuff like that in the airport. And I walked away laughing. I don't know why it seems so funny to me but it makes me smile every time I think about it. I'm going to put it in my brain file of funny things that are guaranteed to make me happy when I think of them.
Tuesday, November 7, 2006
Will you hose me down with holy water, if I get too hot?
I just ran 2.15 miles in 25 minutes and I feel like I'm going to die. This should be motivation to keep running regularly, cause if I only run every once in a while every time feels like the first time, and it sucks. My legs will probably hurt again tomorrow as well. Hopefully they have a gym in Toronto cause I'm going to spending the whole day there.
Tonight I'm in Rochester for a really short night, then Toronto, and Allentown on Friday night. I don't like the schedule of this trip very much because as the trip goes on the work load increases each day. I have one leg today and 5 on Saturday. I'd rather work hard in the beginning and get it over with. Oh well. I have two long layovers and I'm hoping to be productive on this trip. I should bring my knitting needles with me but I think I've got enough to occupy me for the time being. It's back into birthday and Christmas season for me.
As lazy and "chill at home" as yesterday was, today has to be the opposite. I have a bunch of stuff to do before I leave. Have to go get food for the trip and return some stuff. I need to tidy up some so I don't leave a mess for my roommates. And I have to pack...
I had to pay my $60 AFA fees today and it pissed me off. Ever since I got off probation in January or February they've been taking $39 out of my paycheck every month, but until I pay the $60 membership fee I can't make use of the union. It's ridiculous. So when I got a letter from them saying I was in bad standing I figured I'd better suck it up and pay it. So frustrating. At least if anything happens to me now supposedly the union will back me up... Hopefully I won't need to find out.
It's shower then store then work time. Woo hoo.
Tonight I'm in Rochester for a really short night, then Toronto, and Allentown on Friday night. I don't like the schedule of this trip very much because as the trip goes on the work load increases each day. I have one leg today and 5 on Saturday. I'd rather work hard in the beginning and get it over with. Oh well. I have two long layovers and I'm hoping to be productive on this trip. I should bring my knitting needles with me but I think I've got enough to occupy me for the time being. It's back into birthday and Christmas season for me.
As lazy and "chill at home" as yesterday was, today has to be the opposite. I have a bunch of stuff to do before I leave. Have to go get food for the trip and return some stuff. I need to tidy up some so I don't leave a mess for my roommates. And I have to pack...
I had to pay my $60 AFA fees today and it pissed me off. Ever since I got off probation in January or February they've been taking $39 out of my paycheck every month, but until I pay the $60 membership fee I can't make use of the union. It's ridiculous. So when I got a letter from them saying I was in bad standing I figured I'd better suck it up and pay it. So frustrating. At least if anything happens to me now supposedly the union will back me up... Hopefully I won't need to find out.
It's shower then store then work time. Woo hoo.
And If I had a million dollars I'd buy your love
Yesterday's blog title would have been more appropriate today. It's raining, it's pouring. If it wasn't so grey I might enjoy it. I keep seeing leaves fall as well which is kind of sad. There's still one tree right outside my window that is mostly green and partially yellow. It's really pretty. Almost like a picture framed by my window.
Today is get stuff done day. I had a fabulous night's sleep last night. I know there was a question about whether I liked the pillow top thing I bought for my bed, but let me just say, I love love love it now. My bed is so comfortable. I love sleeping in it, though I'm not sure how much of that is due to the rarity of me sleeping in it. Before I woke up I was dreaming (as always), and for once it wasn't something awful. I don't know what it is but the last few nights I've been dreaming about really disturbing things. Yesterday's dream had to do with someone who was like the child catcher on Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, except he just like catching little boys. Anyway, this morning I dreamed I was in Atlanta. I had been at some event in a skyscraper and was leaving to go to my car. It turns out the skyscraper had these showerhead-like sprinklers coming off the roof. By the time they got to the ground they were massive and were flooding the park area at the bottom where my car was parked. We walked through part of it but I couldn't get to my car. My purse was in there as well. Finally someone was giving me a ride home and they were just like, don't worry about it. You can just get a new purse. There were lots more dreams but I think all the rain and swimming across reminded me of that part.
I managed to swap and get the day off next week so I can do the charter flight if it works out. This means I have to work the two days after Thanksgiving. At least I'll be home in the evenings. I've also managed to swap my hours up to 93 for this month. That may not seem like much but that's only actual flight hours.
I can't remember what the point of this was going to be. I put my flannel sheets on my bed so it's all nice and pretty and ready to be slept in tonight and then again Saturday night :-P. Now it's time to tackle the piles of clothes all over the floor. Mara on Davefm is keeping me entertained. I was going to say that when I'm rich I'll pay someone to sit and talk to me while I clean my room, but if I'm rich why would I be cleaning my room??
Today is get stuff done day. I had a fabulous night's sleep last night. I know there was a question about whether I liked the pillow top thing I bought for my bed, but let me just say, I love love love it now. My bed is so comfortable. I love sleeping in it, though I'm not sure how much of that is due to the rarity of me sleeping in it. Before I woke up I was dreaming (as always), and for once it wasn't something awful. I don't know what it is but the last few nights I've been dreaming about really disturbing things. Yesterday's dream had to do with someone who was like the child catcher on Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, except he just like catching little boys. Anyway, this morning I dreamed I was in Atlanta. I had been at some event in a skyscraper and was leaving to go to my car. It turns out the skyscraper had these showerhead-like sprinklers coming off the roof. By the time they got to the ground they were massive and were flooding the park area at the bottom where my car was parked. We walked through part of it but I couldn't get to my car. My purse was in there as well. Finally someone was giving me a ride home and they were just like, don't worry about it. You can just get a new purse. There were lots more dreams but I think all the rain and swimming across reminded me of that part.
I managed to swap and get the day off next week so I can do the charter flight if it works out. This means I have to work the two days after Thanksgiving. At least I'll be home in the evenings. I've also managed to swap my hours up to 93 for this month. That may not seem like much but that's only actual flight hours.
I can't remember what the point of this was going to be. I put my flannel sheets on my bed so it's all nice and pretty and ready to be slept in tonight and then again Saturday night :-P. Now it's time to tackle the piles of clothes all over the floor. Mara on Davefm is keeping me entertained. I was going to say that when I'm rich I'll pay someone to sit and talk to me while I clean my room, but if I'm rich why would I be cleaning my room??
Monday, November 6, 2006
I swam across, I jumped across for you
It's funny how one day can feel so different from the next when nothing serious changes. I didn't even get that much sleep last night and I still feel sooo much better today. Maybe cause it's Monday. Oh wait, I don't really have Mondays.
I got up 39 minutes before I was supposed to duty in this morning. I was having a genuine, all out, freak out. I usually try to get to the employee parking lot 45 minutes before my duty in time. I can't be late or anything for a good long while or I'll get in a lot of trouble. I was praying really hard that somehow God would help me get there on time. I was out the door in about 8 minutes. Long story short, I lied to scheduling and they dutied me in. I feel really bad about it actually. I still made it to the airport on time. The traffic was easy and the bus was practically waiting for me when I parked. I should have trusted God to get me there.
I did a nice dayline. Went to Greensboro, NC and Oklahoma City. When I was in the airport between flights I saw a lady that I had played in a quartet with my freshman year in college. It's so crazy. Even with the amount of time that I spend in the airport it still blows my mind when I see someone I know. Especially someone I haven't seen in so long. Maybe because Atlanta is one of the busiest airports in the world and it just takes a few seconds difference to meet or miss someone. She was on her way to get on my favorite plane and go to Korea. I don't think that anything happens just by chance, but I'm not sure what greater purpose there would be to me running into her today.
I'm getting distracted now. Tanya, Amie and I are going to do absolutely nothing tonight except sit on the couch and watch tv. It rocks my face off. Tomorrow I have to clean my room. See what treasures I can unearth.
Oh yeah, I also got offered a very lucrative free-lance flight attendant job. Just one day. It's not definite yet but I'm praying it works out. Then maybe I can buy Christmas presents :-D.
I got up 39 minutes before I was supposed to duty in this morning. I was having a genuine, all out, freak out. I usually try to get to the employee parking lot 45 minutes before my duty in time. I can't be late or anything for a good long while or I'll get in a lot of trouble. I was praying really hard that somehow God would help me get there on time. I was out the door in about 8 minutes. Long story short, I lied to scheduling and they dutied me in. I feel really bad about it actually. I still made it to the airport on time. The traffic was easy and the bus was practically waiting for me when I parked. I should have trusted God to get me there.
I did a nice dayline. Went to Greensboro, NC and Oklahoma City. When I was in the airport between flights I saw a lady that I had played in a quartet with my freshman year in college. It's so crazy. Even with the amount of time that I spend in the airport it still blows my mind when I see someone I know. Especially someone I haven't seen in so long. Maybe because Atlanta is one of the busiest airports in the world and it just takes a few seconds difference to meet or miss someone. She was on her way to get on my favorite plane and go to Korea. I don't think that anything happens just by chance, but I'm not sure what greater purpose there would be to me running into her today.
I'm getting distracted now. Tanya, Amie and I are going to do absolutely nothing tonight except sit on the couch and watch tv. It rocks my face off. Tomorrow I have to clean my room. See what treasures I can unearth.
Oh yeah, I also got offered a very lucrative free-lance flight attendant job. Just one day. It's not definite yet but I'm praying it works out. Then maybe I can buy Christmas presents :-D.
Saturday, November 4, 2006
G to the R to the A, C, E
The thoughts in my head are like a broken record. I'm getting so tired of them but don't know how, or necessarily want to move on to the next thoughts. I haven't run all week which frustrates me. I was doing so well for a whole week or so there :-P. I wish there was somewhere convenient to here that I could run outdoors. Instead I have to go to the smelly little "gym". Oh well. Complain much, Grace? I know what I sound like. I can hear myself and I'm tired of it as well.I'm going to try to run some of this craziness out of my head.
Thursday, November 2, 2006
huh???
What's the deal with 32 views in the past 30 minutes and 1 comment?? Guess I'll have to write something more comment-worthy next time.
the time has come to say fair's fair, to pay the rent, to pay our share
I have nothing significant to post about. My last one was so long it should make up for not writing for a few days.
I've decided I don't like daylight savings. We aren't all farmers anymore. We don't need the daylight at 6am to milk our cows. Why can't we have it back at 6pm so we can feel a little more alive? I don't like when I get to work at 545am and the sun is coming up. I don't like getting to work at 545pm and it's already getting dark. Makes me tired. Seasonal depression, here we come!
I finished my 4 day yesterday. The next 3 days went sooo much better than the first one. I had a good time actually. I was dead tired and very grouchy by the last round trip yesterday but that's to be expected after 4 days. I didn't run the whole time I was away and I feel pretty bad about it. Obviously not bad enough. Tuesday was the only day that I had a whole lot of time to run but it was in the upper 80s and I was tired and preferred to lay by the pool.
My schedule is swapping out nicely for this month. I was supposed to work Wed-Sat every week which would have me working the entire Thanksgiving weekend. Now I work Mon-Thurs and get off around 3 on Thanksgiving day. Woo hoo!! Having a line is so great. I might not be able to hold a good one but I can swap my way to a good one. I also have 14 days off this month which is just ridiculous. I don't know what I'm going to do with myself. I have lots of people I need to visit and will probably pick up something since my hours are pretty low... Anyway, enough about work.
I've had this odd feeling lately that I'm about to get in trouble for something. I can't think of anything I've done that I would get in trouble for though. I guess it's just the way they train you at work - to always be on your toes cause someone is waiting to bust you for something stupid - like following someone through an open door instead of swiping your badge, not wearing your scarf, not marking a new revision down, leaving your manual somewhere.... aaahhhh... So if I did anything to anyone or anyone is mad at me for something I did or didn't do, let me know so I can get rid of this feeling. I also had really weird dreams last night so that might have something to do with the odd feeling.
Now I need to go exercise or shower or do SOMETHING productive. I have to do a nap tonight but otherwise am off until next week.
I've decided I don't like daylight savings. We aren't all farmers anymore. We don't need the daylight at 6am to milk our cows. Why can't we have it back at 6pm so we can feel a little more alive? I don't like when I get to work at 545am and the sun is coming up. I don't like getting to work at 545pm and it's already getting dark. Makes me tired. Seasonal depression, here we come!
I finished my 4 day yesterday. The next 3 days went sooo much better than the first one. I had a good time actually. I was dead tired and very grouchy by the last round trip yesterday but that's to be expected after 4 days. I didn't run the whole time I was away and I feel pretty bad about it. Obviously not bad enough. Tuesday was the only day that I had a whole lot of time to run but it was in the upper 80s and I was tired and preferred to lay by the pool.
My schedule is swapping out nicely for this month. I was supposed to work Wed-Sat every week which would have me working the entire Thanksgiving weekend. Now I work Mon-Thurs and get off around 3 on Thanksgiving day. Woo hoo!! Having a line is so great. I might not be able to hold a good one but I can swap my way to a good one. I also have 14 days off this month which is just ridiculous. I don't know what I'm going to do with myself. I have lots of people I need to visit and will probably pick up something since my hours are pretty low... Anyway, enough about work.
I've had this odd feeling lately that I'm about to get in trouble for something. I can't think of anything I've done that I would get in trouble for though. I guess it's just the way they train you at work - to always be on your toes cause someone is waiting to bust you for something stupid - like following someone through an open door instead of swiping your badge, not wearing your scarf, not marking a new revision down, leaving your manual somewhere.... aaahhhh... So if I did anything to anyone or anyone is mad at me for something I did or didn't do, let me know so I can get rid of this feeling. I also had really weird dreams last night so that might have something to do with the odd feeling.
Now I need to go exercise or shower or do SOMETHING productive. I have to do a nap tonight but otherwise am off until next week.
Monday, October 30, 2006
I heart my company
Or not...
I really hope that yesterday, day 1 or 4, wasn't any representation of what the rest of this trip will be like. I showed up at work yesterday all ready to go work and have a good time. But when I signed it I saw that our flight was already delayed an hour. Never a good way to start the day. Our flight was delayed because the plane we were supposed to take was late coming in. No idea why. The weather in ATL was perfect... but whatever. When that plane finally got there we went out to it, only to find out that it has maintenance and we can't take it. Our captain gets them to swap us to a different plane, which of course, isn't in Atlanta yet. We go to one gate and wait and wait for the plane. Only to be sent to another one all the way at the end of the terminal. (We're walking around outside as well).
We finally take off around 740 (flight was supposed to leave at 515) and still have to go to Detroit and back and to Montgomery... I knew then it was going to be a long night. I did the math and figured out that we'd get back from DTW around 1130, which was 30 min after we were supposed to leave for MGM. A smart company would have planned ahead and put another crew on that flight. I guess a smart company would've found a different airplane for us in the first place instead of making us wait 2 hours for one that they already knew was late.
Anyhoo... We get back to Atlanta and park at D35, only to be told that that plane was staying there for the night and we had to go over to C35 to get the plane we were supposed to take to MGM. It's almost midnight by now. For those of you who don't know, these two gates are both at the far end of each concourse. They are the farthest two gates away from each other on the ASA concourses. So frustrating... We were the second to last Delta flight to leave last night. So we finally get to the gate and everyone is clapping for us cause evidently they've been waiting forever. It was nice and I was thinking, maybe this won't be so bad after all.
We finally get everyone on the plane, which has a broken lav. Some people were griping "I'm not a happy camper" "Took you long enough to get here" etc... but most people were ok. I'm waiting and waiting for them to come tell me that that is all the passengers. Everyone is sitting looking at me, wondering what's going on. I have no idea. Finally the gate agent comes out and says there is a couple who really needs to make the flight. The husband is handicapped. Unfortunately we only have one empty seat. So they finally persuade someone to give up their seat. People offer to switch around to let them sit together. It's all good. And then we wait. And wait. And wait. We finally see them coming up in a wheelchair and find out that we also need a lift. The man can't walk up the steps. So we wait for that. Then we get the man on the lift and bring him up on the plane and they don't know how to get him to his seat. He doesn't have use of either of his legs. Evidently the people whose job it is to work with handicap people, getting them on and off planes, are all gone for the night so we have rampers working on this. Finally someone moves so he can be in the front seat and everyone picks him up and somehow maneuvers him into his seat. We've all be on the plane for over an hour by now.
I have a man call me to his seat to ask if that's the only lav we have on the plane. I say yes. He says, well I'm a diabetic and when I have to go, I have to go. At this point I'm too tired, irritated, frustrated, to even care. So I just look at him, I think. He says, well I guess I'll just pee in my seat. I said ok. You have got to be kidding me. My dad has been diabetic his whole life and last time I checked he's never had this problem. I'm just thinking, noone is making you take this flight.... aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh. Seriously, what does he expect me to do? Pull out my tools and fix the lav? Personally find a different plane for him??? People are so ridiculous. This whole time we had a jetblue jumpseater standing up in the front with me. It helped some cause he would entertain me when I thought I was going to shoot myself in the head.
We finally take off at 106am. I just turned off all the lights and let everyone sleep. It took a whopping 29 minutes to get to Montgomery. We pull up at the gate and of course everyone is anxious to get off. We're happy cause they have a jetway so we don't have to deal with a lift. I stand there at the door waiting for them to bring the jetway up. They dont' seem to know how to drive it. Then they tell me that we have to pull the plane up further cause they jetway wont' reach. I tell the captain who says no just as they're slamming the door in my face. We have to make everyone sit back down, restart the engines, and move the plane about 5 feet forward... Right now, all I want to do is hide in the corner and go to sleep. We FINALLY get everyone off the plane, except for the handicap man. Unfortunately all of their people who are supposed to help with handicap people have also gone home and there are two women to deal with it. Between the jumpseater, these two women, and some really nice passenger who came back to help, we finally get him off the plane. I then proceed to kill myself... oh wait, nevermind. Then we go get in the taxi, ride 20 minutes to the hotel in podunk nowhere Alabama, and sleep until I can't sleep anymore.
Thankfully I have a great captain and saw a lot of my friends from work when I was waiting around. That made it all a little less painful. I had one passenger come back after he deplaned in Atlanta and ask if we could be friends, and another ask if I had a card so we could go for coffee... Not so much. But it feels good to be asked anyway. Makes a really, really miserable night a little more bearable. Now I'm going to be late for work if I don't hurry. I know this is really long but last night pretty much took the cake for miserable days of work and I felt it should be documented.
I really hope that yesterday, day 1 or 4, wasn't any representation of what the rest of this trip will be like. I showed up at work yesterday all ready to go work and have a good time. But when I signed it I saw that our flight was already delayed an hour. Never a good way to start the day. Our flight was delayed because the plane we were supposed to take was late coming in. No idea why. The weather in ATL was perfect... but whatever. When that plane finally got there we went out to it, only to find out that it has maintenance and we can't take it. Our captain gets them to swap us to a different plane, which of course, isn't in Atlanta yet. We go to one gate and wait and wait for the plane. Only to be sent to another one all the way at the end of the terminal. (We're walking around outside as well).
We finally take off around 740 (flight was supposed to leave at 515) and still have to go to Detroit and back and to Montgomery... I knew then it was going to be a long night. I did the math and figured out that we'd get back from DTW around 1130, which was 30 min after we were supposed to leave for MGM. A smart company would have planned ahead and put another crew on that flight. I guess a smart company would've found a different airplane for us in the first place instead of making us wait 2 hours for one that they already knew was late.
Anyhoo... We get back to Atlanta and park at D35, only to be told that that plane was staying there for the night and we had to go over to C35 to get the plane we were supposed to take to MGM. It's almost midnight by now. For those of you who don't know, these two gates are both at the far end of each concourse. They are the farthest two gates away from each other on the ASA concourses. So frustrating... We were the second to last Delta flight to leave last night. So we finally get to the gate and everyone is clapping for us cause evidently they've been waiting forever. It was nice and I was thinking, maybe this won't be so bad after all.
We finally get everyone on the plane, which has a broken lav. Some people were griping "I'm not a happy camper" "Took you long enough to get here" etc... but most people were ok. I'm waiting and waiting for them to come tell me that that is all the passengers. Everyone is sitting looking at me, wondering what's going on. I have no idea. Finally the gate agent comes out and says there is a couple who really needs to make the flight. The husband is handicapped. Unfortunately we only have one empty seat. So they finally persuade someone to give up their seat. People offer to switch around to let them sit together. It's all good. And then we wait. And wait. And wait. We finally see them coming up in a wheelchair and find out that we also need a lift. The man can't walk up the steps. So we wait for that. Then we get the man on the lift and bring him up on the plane and they don't know how to get him to his seat. He doesn't have use of either of his legs. Evidently the people whose job it is to work with handicap people, getting them on and off planes, are all gone for the night so we have rampers working on this. Finally someone moves so he can be in the front seat and everyone picks him up and somehow maneuvers him into his seat. We've all be on the plane for over an hour by now.
I have a man call me to his seat to ask if that's the only lav we have on the plane. I say yes. He says, well I'm a diabetic and when I have to go, I have to go. At this point I'm too tired, irritated, frustrated, to even care. So I just look at him, I think. He says, well I guess I'll just pee in my seat. I said ok. You have got to be kidding me. My dad has been diabetic his whole life and last time I checked he's never had this problem. I'm just thinking, noone is making you take this flight.... aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh. Seriously, what does he expect me to do? Pull out my tools and fix the lav? Personally find a different plane for him??? People are so ridiculous. This whole time we had a jetblue jumpseater standing up in the front with me. It helped some cause he would entertain me when I thought I was going to shoot myself in the head.
We finally take off at 106am. I just turned off all the lights and let everyone sleep. It took a whopping 29 minutes to get to Montgomery. We pull up at the gate and of course everyone is anxious to get off. We're happy cause they have a jetway so we don't have to deal with a lift. I stand there at the door waiting for them to bring the jetway up. They dont' seem to know how to drive it. Then they tell me that we have to pull the plane up further cause they jetway wont' reach. I tell the captain who says no just as they're slamming the door in my face. We have to make everyone sit back down, restart the engines, and move the plane about 5 feet forward... Right now, all I want to do is hide in the corner and go to sleep. We FINALLY get everyone off the plane, except for the handicap man. Unfortunately all of their people who are supposed to help with handicap people have also gone home and there are two women to deal with it. Between the jumpseater, these two women, and some really nice passenger who came back to help, we finally get him off the plane. I then proceed to kill myself... oh wait, nevermind. Then we go get in the taxi, ride 20 minutes to the hotel in podunk nowhere Alabama, and sleep until I can't sleep anymore.
Thankfully I have a great captain and saw a lot of my friends from work when I was waiting around. That made it all a little less painful. I had one passenger come back after he deplaned in Atlanta and ask if we could be friends, and another ask if I had a card so we could go for coffee... Not so much. But it feels good to be asked anyway. Makes a really, really miserable night a little more bearable. Now I'm going to be late for work if I don't hurry. I know this is really long but last night pretty much took the cake for miserable days of work and I felt it should be documented.
Sunday, October 29, 2006
all that saved daylight....
This is practically a modern miracle... It's 10am and I just got back from running. I ran/walked 1.8 miles. Took about 20 min. I don't know what it is but whenever I run in the gym here at the apartments I can't go very long. I think it's cause there's no circulation in the room and I feel like I'm about to suffocate. I'm going to write about when I run in here cause it seems to be the only way I can keep up with it. I left off one day this week (Friday), so that makes 4 out of 7 days that I ran. Today starts a new week so I'll have to see if I can make it 5 this week. Honestly I'd be content maintaining 4. Just as long as I don't run less.
It's back to work this afternoon. It's a pretty easy trip, but I don't really feel like it. I'll be in Montgomery tonight, Corpus Christi tomorrow, and McAllen, TX on Tuesday. Weather.com says it's going to be in the high 80s in McAllen so I'm hoping I can get a little sun.
When I was in the gym just now another lady came in and since the tv was on a fish show I told her I didn't care if she changed it. She put it on some horror movie. The funny thing was, though, she kept closing her eyes and looking away. I just don't understand why people like to watch things that scare them. I hate scary things. I hate scary movies, scary books, scary costumes, haunted houses... All that stuff just grosses me out. Why do people voluntarily subject themselves to that? And ENJOY it.
This weather is so amazing. J and I went and walked part way around the lake in PTC yesterday. It was such a beautiful day with the breeze, the trees changing color, the sky sooo blue... I love this time of year.
I need to go shower so I can get to church. Blessings and peace to everyone on this beautiful day that the Lord made for us.
It's back to work this afternoon. It's a pretty easy trip, but I don't really feel like it. I'll be in Montgomery tonight, Corpus Christi tomorrow, and McAllen, TX on Tuesday. Weather.com says it's going to be in the high 80s in McAllen so I'm hoping I can get a little sun.
When I was in the gym just now another lady came in and since the tv was on a fish show I told her I didn't care if she changed it. She put it on some horror movie. The funny thing was, though, she kept closing her eyes and looking away. I just don't understand why people like to watch things that scare them. I hate scary things. I hate scary movies, scary books, scary costumes, haunted houses... All that stuff just grosses me out. Why do people voluntarily subject themselves to that? And ENJOY it.
This weather is so amazing. J and I went and walked part way around the lake in PTC yesterday. It was such a beautiful day with the breeze, the trees changing color, the sky sooo blue... I love this time of year.
I need to go shower so I can get to church. Blessings and peace to everyone on this beautiful day that the Lord made for us.
Thursday, October 26, 2006
if only dreams could come true
So I told my dad that I hated him today. It was a first, but he, admittedly, deserved it. He sent me some stupid video that scared the daylights out of me, and any of you who know me well know how much I HATE being scared. I can't believe I trusted him... :-P It makes me laugh a little thinking about how much it scared me though, and the fact that I knew when I replied and told him that, he would laugh as well - and he did.
I'm so happy to be off work for a few days. I don't have to work again until Sunday which is good cause I am le tired. Since 5pm yesterday I flew to Raliegh and back, Cleveland for an 8 hr night, back to Atl, then a RT to Panama City. All within about 20 hours. Good times. Friends are coming in town and I'm sooo excited to see them. Hopefully there will be lots of quality hanging out going on.
My room is messy and last night I dreamed it was clean. Bummer.
I need to shave my legs cause they were prickling up against the sheets last night at the hotel so bad that I could hardly sleep.
There isn't much else going on in my head right now. I've been going through all the trips in open time next month cause I don't like the schedule they gave me. I'm going to swap all those babies out. I'm hoping to get a SFO or OAK overnight so I can see my sister.
My old man magnet seems to have been activated cause they seem to be the only ones who pay any attention to me lately. And I'm not talking about 35 old (that really isn't that old any more - SCARY). I'm talking about men that ask me where I live and then tell me "oh my son lives there with his two boys". I had my second second-time passenger the other night, and he was, of course, an old guy. I should have just said hello and moved on and not tried to figure out when we'd flown together cause when I did he reminded me that he had given me his card and asked me to go to dinner with him sometime and I had never called him... Oops.
I guess I should go be productive. I also need to run. I think I have already lost some weight. I put on some jeans that haven't been fitting so good lately and I laugh at myself as I admit that I turned around in the mirror and said (out loud) "wow". hahaha.... I'll just leave it at that. :-P
PS. If anyone wants to clean my room, you're more than welcome to do so.
I'm so happy to be off work for a few days. I don't have to work again until Sunday which is good cause I am le tired. Since 5pm yesterday I flew to Raliegh and back, Cleveland for an 8 hr night, back to Atl, then a RT to Panama City. All within about 20 hours. Good times. Friends are coming in town and I'm sooo excited to see them. Hopefully there will be lots of quality hanging out going on.
My room is messy and last night I dreamed it was clean. Bummer.
I need to shave my legs cause they were prickling up against the sheets last night at the hotel so bad that I could hardly sleep.
There isn't much else going on in my head right now. I've been going through all the trips in open time next month cause I don't like the schedule they gave me. I'm going to swap all those babies out. I'm hoping to get a SFO or OAK overnight so I can see my sister.
My old man magnet seems to have been activated cause they seem to be the only ones who pay any attention to me lately. And I'm not talking about 35 old (that really isn't that old any more - SCARY). I'm talking about men that ask me where I live and then tell me "oh my son lives there with his two boys". I had my second second-time passenger the other night, and he was, of course, an old guy. I should have just said hello and moved on and not tried to figure out when we'd flown together cause when I did he reminded me that he had given me his card and asked me to go to dinner with him sometime and I had never called him... Oops.
I guess I should go be productive. I also need to run. I think I have already lost some weight. I put on some jeans that haven't been fitting so good lately and I laugh at myself as I admit that I turned around in the mirror and said (out loud) "wow". hahaha.... I'll just leave it at that. :-P
PS. If anyone wants to clean my room, you're more than welcome to do so.
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
What a wicked thing to do, to make me dream of you
It's a good thing the weather is beautiful, otherwise I think I'd feel pretty lousy. I slept sooo long. I only woke up around noon. There were helicopters flying over here for about an hour. I'm guessing there was a wreck or something. I went to the gym to jog but was feeling very unmotivated. Only went a little over a mile and a half and walked a lot. I didn't eat or drink anything this morning which is probably part of the problem.
I would just like to say that my baby sister is queen of the world when it comes to volleyball. She's only in 8th grade and is awesome. She is one of 3 people on her team allow to jump serve and she's awesome. Not to mention that she's absolutely adorable. I watched her play yesterday. Her team did really well as long as she was in. Unfortunately they lost but they were playing a really hard varsity team and their team only has one varsity player on it. So I'm proud of them.
I need to get out and do something today. I find that lately I've been much happier when I'm away. Probably the whole distraction thing. Maybe it's avoidance. I don't know.
I don't really have anything interesting to say. I'm kind of frustrated but will probably feel better when I've accomplished something today.
I would just like to say that my baby sister is queen of the world when it comes to volleyball. She's only in 8th grade and is awesome. She is one of 3 people on her team allow to jump serve and she's awesome. Not to mention that she's absolutely adorable. I watched her play yesterday. Her team did really well as long as she was in. Unfortunately they lost but they were playing a really hard varsity team and their team only has one varsity player on it. So I'm proud of them.
I need to get out and do something today. I find that lately I've been much happier when I'm away. Probably the whole distraction thing. Maybe it's avoidance. I don't know.
I don't really have anything interesting to say. I'm kind of frustrated but will probably feel better when I've accomplished something today.
Sunday, October 22, 2006
She looks like a flower but she stings like a bee
Just ran nearly 2.5 miles=about 30 min. My face is doing the whole half and half thing. It's pretty funny looking. Good thing I have bangs now so it's not so obvious.
I napped for 2 hours. Then Amy came over for a few hours and we got to catch up. I'm thankful that I have a job that allows me to have face to face conversations with my far away friends more often than once a year.
How long before I'll start seeing results from running? (Impatient much?) I'm hungry, need a shower, and need to find a way to go to sleep soon since I have to get up at 4am again.
I napped for 2 hours. Then Amy came over for a few hours and we got to catch up. I'm thankful that I have a job that allows me to have face to face conversations with my far away friends more often than once a year.
How long before I'll start seeing results from running? (Impatient much?) I'm hungry, need a shower, and need to find a way to go to sleep soon since I have to get up at 4am again.
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