Lisa

I have tried, I promise!

Ok this is for Treena,

Well since Treena is pretty much my only reader this one is for you.  I talk to most of my family daily since we all live right here and all so they already pretty much know what is going on with me...for the most part.  There are CERTAIN things I do not tell them all or in part but those things are left just for me anyway.  I did try posting the other night and was about 6 paragraphs into it and then tried to spell check before I saved it and APPARENTLY you can't do that because it was just gone at that point.  I tried the back button and all and it did not work either.  Ok so here goes the readers digest version and there is a lot to catch up on so !!!WARNING!!!  it could still be lengthy!

Well a few months ago I started working part time at the YMCA.  I figured that if I were there more I might actually work out.  So far that hasn't worked out.  I actually go to work out maybe every other week or so.  I just don't have time.  HONESTLY!  2 jobs and being a single mom sucks.  I do really like working at the Y.  It is usually pretty slow and then total chaos for about an hour then slow again.  It is like that pretty much all day.  I am working 2 days a week there Tues and Wed from 9-5.  Ashley has to be picked up by 6 so there is no time to work out after I am done working and don't even go there about working out in the morning.  So by the time that I get her she is hungry and wants dinner and then by the time I get home and get dinner made and we eat it is her bath time and then she is off to bed.  Then I am stuck at the apartment.  So basically I just get to watch a lot of TV.  On the days that I don't work at the Y I am usually flying or just getting home from flying all day and I am pretty tired.  I usually have every other Thursday and every other Saturday off and I just don't feel like going any where sometime.  I have been off work since Friday and we went to Wal-mart on Saturday and my car has not moved since then.  I have just been hanging out with my daughter, who it seems like I hardly ever see.  I do actually get to spend a lot of time with her but a lot of that time is now taken up by working at the Y and sometimes it take everything I have to go to work.  However, in Jan that will all change.

About a month ago, I interviewed for a recurrent (refresher)instructor position.  I had to have a 10 minute presentation prepared.  I had absolutely no direction on what to do the presentation over just as long as she learned something.  She just wanted to see a teaching style.  It took longer to decide what the presentation would be over than it did to actually prepare the presentation and I had help.  I called one of my friends who is a capt that I have flown with a few times.  She is awesome by the way and she help me figure out what I would do the presentation over.  I decided on Turbulence.  Most of the stuff came right out of our manual but I also went online and found some injury statistics and included that also.  I of course made it all pretty on paper, got my nails done and bought a new shirt.  I even brought extra copies because I didn't know how many people would be conducting the interview.  However, when I got to the interview she asked if I had prepared a presentation and said it was ok if I didn't cause there were a few of the other girls that just simply did not have the time to do because of the short notice.  (I was notified on a Monday afternoon that my interview would be early Thur morning).  I explained that of course I prepared a presentation and would still present it to her if she wished.  I would have sounded retarded because it was geared towards a group of people and it was just her.  She, thankfully, did not make me present it but I went over what I had prepared and she kept a copy for herself because she was soooo impressed!  And since I had her laughing from the moment I walked in the door, because I am funny, no other reasons, I left the interview feeling very confident.  She told me that she would be finished with interviews on Monday and would let me know them.  So I don't hear anything from her on Monday and now I am panicking!  On Tuesday I called and left her a message in the morning and then kept calling her all day and could not get her.  Don't worry I only left one message.  Still nothing from her on Wed, so again I keep calling and finally get her late in the afternoon.  She told me that she had not finished interviewing and for me not to panic.  She did not say "don't panic yet!", so I figure I am still in it.  So now I can't call her on Thursday that would have been bad, I had to just wait for her.  I was on a trip that finished Fri morning and when I got in I had a message from her telling me that I did not get the recurrent position but that she wanted to talk to me about an initial trainer spot.  So I finish up what I had to do and called her back because I didn't care what spot it was as long as I was in training.  So I am telling her that yes I am interested and trying to figure out what I will have to do (IE interview again) and she says "ok I will call you in Dec to get your schedule switched over for Jan".  My eloquent response was "What?, You mean I got it?"  Apparently, she HANDPICKS the initial instructor spots and she picked me!!!!  So I will start that in Jan.  Usually the person in the recurrent position ends up in management and hopefully it will be open again soon and I will reapply for it them.  Meanwhile, I will be home every night and won't have to worry about whether my daughter's bi-polar father (he hasn't been diagnosed but he sure acts it) will take his daughter on his weekends or whether he is going to be an ass and use my job against me like he has done a lot before.  I may or may not be able to find a life but at least if I don't it is my fault and not because of my job because that has been my excuse for a very long time.  It is about $500 more a month so I won't HAVE to work the 2nd job!!!!  And did I mention that I would be home every night????!!!!!!!

So that is it.  That pretty much sums it up.  I wish that I could have told you that I met this really great guy that adores me and I spend every waking moment with him but I would have been lying.  Come on this is me we are talking about.   I only meet guys that want to drink all the time and are with me so I can babysit their kids or guys that are with me so that I can house sit for them or guys who cant commit.  You know the drill.  I know my guy is out there but man is he hiding or what?  However, there is a lot to be said for independence.  So no guy just been busy!!!  A guy would take more of my time with my daughter and I am really not okay with giving any more up.  So in the long run it IS better this way!  I'll just keep telling myself that!!!  HAHAHA I kill me!!!

Lets go for 3!!

Ok I managed to go the the gym today.  Wow 2 days in a row.  However, yes I am getting old and I have messed up my back.  Unfortuanatly I think I did it while sleeping.  All I did yesterday at the gym was walk on the treadmill.  So this morning when I got up my lower back was hurting.  So I decided that I would go to the gym and just walk it out.  So I did and I stretched and all that and it was ok.  Then we came home and had lunch and Ashley needed a nap and actually I did at that point also.  So I layed down for about an hour and when I got up I could barely walk.  It is that muscle that you use to stand back up after bending over.  Except that it hurts when I am just standing as well.  So I will see how I feel in the morning and if it is still not good then I will go to the Y and sit in the hot tub for a while and see what that does. 

But the important part is that I went to the gym 2 days in a row!!!  Yeah me!!!

Two days in a row???

Yes it is me again.  I know I know you are all very tired of hearing from me now, but deal with it.  Ok so last Tuesday I began taking a multi-vitamin.  I think I mentioned it in my last post.  Well I woke up this morning and the only thing I could thing about was going to the Y.  So I got Ashley fed and clothed and same for me and away we went. 

We got to the Y at about 9:45 and I got her settled in the child watch and looked into one of the classes to see if I could see Stacy, (my aunt, who is 5 months older than me).  WAY too many people in that class so I went to the locker room and put my stuff in a locker and went to the cardio room.  I had predecided that I would just walk on the treadmill today and see how that went.  I finally used my IPOD for the reason that I purchased it, so I was set.  I found a machine in the corner where you could see every one walking in the hall but no one really pays attention so it was ok.  The machine asked me if I wanted to go time or distance and I did distance.  I wanted to do 3 miles.  I figured that was a good start.  So it layed out this little program to walk 3 miles in an hour.  It was too slow for me at some points and I had to speed it up a few times but all and all it was a good workout for me.  I got my blood going and sweat flowing but did not over do it so as of right now I will be going back tomorrow.  I walk alot for work so the walking part is no big deal.  And sometimes I have to run through the airport for one reason or another and so I am still fairly active but it is my off days that I needed the help.  Stacy came by just about when I was finishing up.  So SHE SAW me there.  I wanted to make sure she saw me or she might not have believed that I had gone.  I have been putting up a fight about it.  Plus, it was around the time that I always tell her that we are just getting up.  So good workout and off I go.  I get to the child watch and Ashley bless her heart is just crying her little eyes out and she is just really upset catching her breath and all that.  The were holding her and trying to comfort her but nothing was working.  They said that she would get upset when the other babies got upset.  The girl said it would get really loud and then that is when Ashley would start crying.  I think it was just a new place and the noise.  So tomorrow I am going to walk on the treadmill for 30 min and then attempt the elliptical machine for 30 min or what ever I can do. 

We left the Y and went to McDonald's for lunch.  She loves their french fries and I got a GRILLED chicken sandwich and scrapped the mayo off.  Yes I ate the bread but come on, babysteps!!!

We got home and she went down for a nap.  When she got up we made a Wal-Mart run and then got home around 4:30 I tried laying her down for a short nap but she wasn't having it.  So I started making dinner around 5:30 and we ate at 6 and played for a while.  She had a bath at 7:30.  We have to wait for the 2nd episode of Friends to start on TBS so that she can dance to the "I'll be there for you" song.  She is just too funny with that.  Then she was down at 7:45.  Then me time.  The key to getting out of my funk is to stay busy.  So if nothing else we can go to the Y in the morning and then the Mall or something like that in the afternoon.  Just to get out and walk around.  She gets bored in the apartment all the time too.  She will grab her shoes go to the door and say "bye-bye".  That is pretty sad.  But hopefully we are on the tail end of it and things will be better.  But with that said do not expect a post everyday.  I just don't think I can do it.

Ok I am exausted now.  Going to bed!!!

PS too long and I am too tired to proof read so I hope you can figure out what I am talking about!!

Remember Me???

Ok not posting lately because I am kind of in a funk and I have to get myself out of it and I really will not be out of it until I am ready to be out of it.  I am working on it though.  I have started taking a vitamin which will help some from within and hopefully the rest will follow.  It is a combination of boredom and depression.  Plus I am broke all the time because of a certain Deadbeat Dad, but I will not go into that here.  But the money stress does not help.  I am working on trying to get a second job that will help with all of it.  I just get stuck in the apartment for days at a time and anybody who knows me knows that I am more social than that.  But then again I don't have ANYBODY here to hang out with cause I don't know anybody and again that is not helping either.  Not to mention my no existing love life!!!  But I will try to do better about writiing and if fact will tell you about my trip that I just finished today.

The captain and first officer that I flew with this week have known each other for quite sometime.  The went to flight school together and all that.  The Capt has worked for expressjet for about 6 years and the FO just about 2.  But since they know each other so well they were more like twin brothers or something and had their own language and all that it was really kind of weird, but really funny and yes even sometime annoying!!  But still funny!  At least they did include me in conversations and whatnot.  I have flown with people before who were really good friends and they just acted like I was not even there and that makes for a very long 4 day trip.  But these guys were pretty cool and even bought the beer in Mexico on Sat.  Which I desperatly needed because of the flight to Mexico with about 15 kids on board and parents that were worse than the kids.  It was bad!!!  I needed beer!!!!!  There was an Applebees right next door to the hotel so we went over there and I just love me some DOS XX!!  Man that is great beer!  I only had 3 cause I didn't know they were buying!!  But we all got along really great, so it was actually a not so bad 4 day.  We were in Washington DC last night and I have made friends with the bartender at the hotel because at one time I just happen to get that over night alot and he never charges me for beer either or any of my crew for that matter but I went down there by myself last night cause it was a really short overnight and the pilots have a 12 hr bottle to throttle while the flight attendants have an 8 hour rule.  So it was too late for them.  But legal for me!!  I just had a couple and then up to bed and had to get up pretty early this morning for the flight back to Houston.  Of couse, since it was the last leg of the trip and we were done when we got back we had maintence issues and had to return to the gate.  The Curse of the Last Leg strikes again....  but we finally made it back and actually was only about a half hour late getting back.  So again all and all it was a decent 4 day.  I only have 2 days off and then a few short trips and then I have vacation in Sept.  Hopefully I get to do something during it!  I will keep you posted!!!

Still Nothing

Hey all

Ok I know that you are all just waiting to hear what is going on with me, well I wish, really I do, that I had something to tell.  I just finished a 4 day trip and the only thing exciting on that trip was the one beer I had at the hotel on the 2nd night.  Sadly enough that was it!  I didn't get to kick any body off my plane.  Actually I almost did but I handled it a little differently this time. 

I was doing my drink service and this guy asked for a Sprite and an extra cup of ice.  Then pulls out his own little mini from his pocket.  Ok airplane have the same rules as a bar when it comes to alcohol.  You can not bring your own.  So I told him that he could not drink it on the plane and blatenly told me to hurry past him so that I didn't see him.  Meanwhile, he also asked me for a second sandwich.  Well now I was kinda of pissed because he ignored so obviously.  So a little later he asked again for another sandwich.  I told him that I didn't take him seriously since he obviously hadn't taken me seriously about the alcohol and that he basically had just gotten a get out of jail free card and he should be happy with that!  Yeah he didn't say another word the rest of the flight.  Sometimes it is just much more fun being a smart ass then having to go through the hassel of having people arrested.  And what was he going to do, turn me in?  I think not then he would have to admit to a federal offence of drinking outside alcohol on the airplane.  So ha!!

Ok so I get Netflix.  I love it!  Well I also watch a lot of regular TV. (no life)  I always see the ads for Rescue Me on FX with Denis Leary.  (Love Denis Leary)  So I got the whole first season from Netfix and it is perty darn good.  Some of it is dry humor but there is some really great acting and the story line it pretty smart!  If you have not seen it you should check it out.  I watched the first 6 episodes last night (again with the no life) and I am looking forward to the rest and also the next 2 seasons. 

Ok any ideas on how to self motivate me to go to the gym.  I signed up at the Y a few months ago and I have been once and all I did was sit in the hot tub, sauna and then the pool.  Nothing else.  I have several issues with the gym, all I have arrived at through self counseling.  1) if i stay a little over weight then guys arent really interested which is good because i am not ready for a whole relationship thing. 2) if i do go to the gym and get in shape, then guys are interested then I am pissed because I am the same person heavy or skinny, 3) I'm lazy but bored!  4) i have NO motivation.  I know I should be doing it for me and no body else but that is just not enough.  Ok so help!  Holy Cow I have issues!  Any idea will be accepted.

Thats all for now! 

Not Much to Tell

Ok so I have not been working very much this month.  Well basically due to the fact that I am lazy!  Well not really but that is what I am going with for the moment.  See I get paid a guarantee.  And as long as I work the days that I should, I get paid that full guarantee.  Or I get paid by the flight hour which ever is greater.  Well somehow my flight hours fell below my guarantee so I am getting paid my guarantee.  So my goal this month has been to fly as little as possible and stay at my guarantee which is 80 hours.  Right now I am at about 54 hours for line value.  But I am still getting paid for 80.  If I were to try to make that up I would have to work my tail off to get it back to 80 but not make any more money!  So why work for free, right?  Well with all that in mind I have just been at home alot and so there is not a whole lot to tell. 

I will not bore you with what I got in the mail or what I watched on tv.  Because I assure you that is all that has been going on.  My car is acting up and I go through gas like crazy so I drive it as little as possible.  Which again does not make for interesting posts. 

However, a few weeks ago I was going to get Ashley a little potty seat for her bathroom.  She is still a little young to potty train but I want her to be familiar with the chair at least.  Well I was looking for something else in my apartment and found a bag of stuff for Ashley that somebody had given me and the same potty chair that I was going to buy was in the bag.  Well "great" I thought and put it in the bathroom.  So that evening when I was getting her ready for her bath I had stripped her down and she went right to the potty and sat down.  Great!  But then immediatly got up and wanted in the tub.  So in she went and she played and all that she does in the tub and then it was time for her to get out.  She got out of the tub and went right back to the chair, sat down & peed!  It was great.  She hasn't done it again since but at least she knows what it is for. 

All-right that is it!!  That's all I got!!  I fly tomorrow so maybe I will have something more to talk about.   

Mess With Me and I Will Throw You in Jail!!

I am very excited about this month because I was awarded a 2 day trip schedule.  I have to bid every month for my schedule and I have been bidding for 2 days for quite some time and have not received them until this month.  So yeah me!!  I just finished the first of the 2 day trips and it was a doozie.  Not so much from the workload but I have never been sooo mad on the airplane before today.  And to save a little time (for me) I am going to paste the actually report that I email to my supervisor.  I tried to be descriptive as possible and I will know tomorrow maybe what happened.

On this flight, I had a passenger that was very argumentative.  It started very simple and then went from there.  The passenger was sitting in 6B.  While doing the beverage service he had requested a full can of Cran-Apple Juice.  I then very politely told him that I had limited supplies and we were full so I would give him a cup then and if I had any left over on the way back I would be more that happy to give him a refill.  He then got upset and started cursing me and the airline (sh**y airline and service) in general loudly.  I explained again that it was only because I had limited supplies and again I would give him a refill on the way back if I had any left.  He said “just keep in then”.  So I went to the next row.  He then tapped me on the shoulder and is now mad because I didn’t give him anything.  I thought that is what he meant that he just did not want anything.  So I apologized and fixed his drink.  Now he is upset because I gave him ice.  He did not specify when he ordered.  So I then fixed him yet another glass of juice, placed it on his tray table on top of a napkin.  Then, once again I attempted to go to the next person.  I turned back to him to give him some pretzels and then back to the next row.  He took his pretzels that I had just laid on his tray table and threw them backwards at me, along with his napkin.  While doing so he spilled his drink on himself.  He then blamed me that I spilled the drink on him and was screaming at me to give him a napkin, claiming that I had not given him one at all.  However, he did throw it when he threw the pretzels.  I gave him another napkin and went on my way. 

A CAL flight attendant (Continental) was sitting in 9B (Peggy Newell, 0297X, 405-822-1045) and when I got to her row I asked if she had seen and/heard what was going on, she had not.  She had been reading and also listening to headphones.  I explained to her what had happened and she said she would keep and eye out for anymore outburst.  When I reached the back of the cabin I called the Capt to inform him what was going on and we all agreed that we would see how he interacted to rest of the flight and if nothing more was said then we would leave it alone.  I had returned to the front with the cart and had also completed one round of trash pick up with no incident so I was prepared to just let it go.  However, while preparing the cabin for landing, when I got to his row his tray table was down and newspaper on top of that and drink on top of that.  I had asked if he was all through and asked him to put up the tray table and there was no response.  He “appeared” to be sleeping.  So I said it again much louder and again no reply.  I then said it again even louder and again no reply.  So I took the drink and newspaper and put them in the trash and put his tray table up. I kept watching out of the corner of my eye and about 3 or 4 rows past he started moving around.  He had obviously been awake the entire time.  He waited until I was towards the back of the airplane and then hit is call button.  When I approached him I asked if there was something he needed.  He then started yelling at me that since he was sleeping I could do anything I wanted and wanted his newspaper back.  I explained that I was preparing the cabin for landing and that I had asked him 3 times to put his tray table up and since he did not reply I had to help him with it.  He demanded his paper back so I offered him the trash bag so that he could get it out.  He then refused and asked for my name and supervisor’s name.  I told him that I needed to take my seat for landing and went to sit down. 

While sitting in the jump seat, the CAL FA stuck her head out in the isle and made a gesture to call the flight deck.  I told her I would as soon as we got on the ground.  We landed and I called the Capt and explained further and agreed that at the very least he was interfering with the duties of a Flight Attendant.  When we arrived at the gate, there were police officers waiting in the jet way.  When we opened the door I explained briefly what had happened.  When the passenger deplaned he asked for my name and I told him he needed to step off the airplane.  He did not budge but again asked for my name.  I told him Lisa and then he deplaned with the police officers waiting.  The police officers had told him several times that he needed to stand over to the side and he argued with them as well, saying that he was waiting so that he could get my name and information.  One police officer came back down the jet way to get my information after taking the passenger into the terminal. 

Both the Cal FA and the working Capt backed my decision.  I also went to talk to the on duty supervisor as soon as I got to IAH which was Rachel Dirkmaat.  She also seemed to agree and said that I had done the right thing.

Who says my job doesn't have perks!

Weather! YUCK!

Ok as I stated in my last post, I do love my job, right?  I was asking me!  Ok so I do love it, but there are some challenges that keep me in that state of mind.  The main one being weather.  The second being passengers, but I guess you have to have them.  Although I would love to fly for FEDEX or someone like that.  Boxes do not talk back!  Anyway, back to the weather.  I started a trip on Saturday and that is also when the weather started.  All 4 days of the trip had weather related delays and it just really sucked.  It would have been better if I had an easier trip to begin with but the trip itself sucked even before the weather.  The weather just made it worse.  The only reason I did this trip was because it had an overnight in Phoenix.  Well my very good friend Kenn lives there and I wanted to hang out with him for a bit so that is why I had wanted to do this sucky trip to begin with.  Phoenix overnights are hard to get so the only way to get it was to do the sucky trip.  Because of the weather the Phoenix overnight was in jeopardy to start with or it was going to be severely shortened.  Well I did finally get to Phoenix and was only an hour late so the first day was not so bad. 

Kenn of course lives all the way on the other side of Phoenix, but made the drive over to visit for a while.  I call him my longest friend because he is one of the few people that I have stayed in contact with from the military.  He is the person that I have known the longest that I stay in regular contact with.  Meaning we are friends so hence ...My longest Friend!  Plus I want to marry him.  Or not him but someone like him.  He is funny, smart, good looking (tall, dark, and handsome).  I don't think I am his type because I see him with some drop dead gorgeous supermodel or something and lets face it, that is not me!!  But he is someone that I could tell anything to and vice versa.  We have known each other for about 13 years but have only become true friends in the last 4 or 5 years.  I have only seen him 4 times over that time.  But still we remain friends. 

I rank him up there with Lisa Jo, Jules, Lisa Mo, and Treena.  Meaning, I do not get to see all of these people very often and we don't even get to talk that often but they are all the type of friends that you don't have to see or talk to all the time to know that you are friends and will always be friends.  I have moved away from all of them and yes it was upsetting but I know that I will see them all again and that we will be like we were never apart!  It is unconditional!

Here is the thing, I don't have any friends here.  I don't anybody and that's ok.  I have never been one to have a lot of friends.  I have learned that friends won't stab you in the back but acquaintances will.  So I have a lot of acquaintances but there are only a few people that I call a true FRIEND! 

Anyway, back to Kenn.  He got to the hotel and we went and sat in the bar and had a beer and caught up.  Of course by the time we decided that we wanted food the kitchen had closed.  So we went down the street to Applebee's and had some food some beer and some laughs and then he took me back to the hotel and we hit some golf balls in the parking lot (not towards anything).  And that's it.  But it was a lot of fun and he always make me laugh.  Ok I know I will laugh at just about anything but him especially.    

The rest of the trip as I said sucked and there were all these delays.  I was supposed to have a 3 hour delay on Sunday, that turned into an 8 hour delay.  So I sat in the airport for 8 hours before we could go anywhere.  Then the only reason it did not get cancelled was because of this tool of a Captain that lived close to the airport that called in to see if he was needed.  Screwed me and the FO out of getting out of the trip and also screwed the Company cause it actually caused more problems the next day! 

Anyway, the whole trip sucked!  But however, was briefly pleasant because I did in fact get to see Kenn.  So it made all the bull worthwhile.  I saw him last in Buffalo back in Oct or Nov.  So it was very good to see him.  If you read this Kenn, just know that what I said about the marrying part again does not necessarily mean you, so don't freak out.  But, again, and I have told you this before if the opportunity were to present itself, I take it (maybe!, because I am a big chicken and our friendship is very valuable to me, but I would want too!!!) (open mouth, insert foot!)

I love my Job!

Hey all

I know I complain alot about people.  Some passengers on my plane, some morons at the movie theater and the like.  But I do really like to be around people.  Which is why I love my job so much.  The other reason is that I get tons of time off.  Like yesterday was a work day but I ended up being done at 8am.  So today is my first day off of this series but it feels like day 2.  I have been getting 14 day off a month for the last few months and I was really ticked off in January and February when I was only getting 11 days off. But it is a huge difference.  I get paid the same basically if I have 11 days off or 14 days off so I want 14 days off.  Granted I don't really make any money anyway.  Flight attendants for a regional carriers get paid squat!  But the benefits are awesome and I get all this time off, so it is a trade off.  I would rather be home with my daughter than making $50k a year working Mon-Fri!  Yes I work a lot of weekends but it works out cause that is when her dad will have her and plus she is at daycare less and is usually with a parent or grandparent when I am gone on trips and rarley goes to daycare.  Although, her daycare is one of the best on this side of town, I still don't want her raised by daycare and they really are not at the stage of teaching them much at her age.  When she is 18 months then she goes to the next classroom and they do start teaching but for now I want to be home with her, so the money is not all that important.

Ok but since we are on the subject of work, I would like to point out things that people do that are just crazy.  For those of you who are not frequent flyers, please do not do these things.

Background:  We have the gate check system.  It is a small plane and the rolling carry ons do not really fit onboard.  So we gate check.  Which means you leave it in the jetway, the ramp guys put it in the back and then when we land the ramp guys at the destination bring the gate checked only bags to the jet way and you pick them up and leave.

1.  When there are 20 bags sitting at the bottom of the jetway and some one walks up and ask "Is this where I leave my bag?"  It is very hard for me not to "Yeah, dumbass, right there with all the other bags!" 

2.  When we land and I have said in my announcement 3 times where the gate checks will be and then still 10 people ask "Where do I pick up my bag?"  Again, very hard not to be a smartass. 

Ok so don't do those things.

3.  While the plane is taxi-ing in, there is no reason to open overhead bins and try to stand up.  You will have plently of time once we get to the gate because it takes few minutes to get the jet way to the airplane and get the door open so relax.  You're not going anywhere!  You have time, there in no need to rush.  Plus if you have a gate check bag, it will take several minutes to get that planeside so again even if you have a connecting flight you have to get your bag so relax.  Then get your bag and then run!  But NOTHING can go any faster ON the AIRPLANE.  Noone in the history or aviation has a person ever made it to the gate before the airplane!  Not once!  Hard to beleive I know but it is true!  I swear!!

Ok so now that we are done with what happends on the airplane lets talk about in the airport. 

4.  Walking through the airport is very similar to driving a car.  If you need to pull over to read a sign then do so, DO NOT just stop.  You Will get ran over.  Familar with the airport or not, PULL OVER!!  Check your blind spot first, of course, other wise you could still get ran over but again please do not for any circumstances just stop in the middle of traffic.

5.  Do not just stand there looking like and idiot and then said "This is my first time to fly"  Trust me people can tell already.  But for the most part, MOST people do in fact know how to read.  There are signs everywhere, just read them!  Same with on the airplane with this one.  Don't say you didn't put on your seat belt because this is your first time to fly.  You know better, you have to wear on in a car so why wouldn't you in an airplane. 

Ok so now you can see why I do enjoy my time off.  If any one of these things happened only once a day it would be no biggie.  But multiply that by say average of 3 flights a day, 40 people a flight and at least half ask dumb questions!  Then multiply the average moron in the terminal by about 200 and that is what I go through on a daily basis while working.  Now after going back, I know it does not seem like I love my job, but I really do.  I just get frustrated sometimes and then if I am tired at all it can be really bad or if you throw in things like weather and mechanical problems.  I will spare you the details of weather and the aftermath of weather that turns people in complete total morons.  Lets just say that people think that I can predict and forcast weather and well for those of you who don't know...I can't.  Nor can any other flight attendant and/or pilot.  Pilots can at least read what it is supposed to do but as we all know, Mother Nature is one fickle Bitch and she does what SHE wants to do and not what it says she is supposed to on a piece of paper. 

So that is a typical day for.  So again now you can see why I need so much time off.  I do have a lot of fun and get to see some cool places and again that is another trade off.  So of the pilots are a lot of fun and we are laughing the whole time and I the passengers stupid questions don't get to me.  I actually have more of those days than the one above but some of the stuff is just too funny!!!

Ok gotta run to the store.  Treena I hope this helps you sleep!!!

The World Gone Nuts!!

Tonight was the first night since my daughter has been born (she is 15 months) that I have been able to go do something with out her really.  Her dad is back in the picture and he had her tonight.  I am usually on a trip when someone else has her and frankly I have no idea what to do when I am at home and I don't have her.  But I made do tonight and I went to see a movie.  Yes by myself but I am a big girl I actually like to do that because I hate to be talked to through a movie.  Especially when it cost $8 to get in the door, I can talk at home for free so that is when I prefer to do it. 

So I decided to go see Da Vinici Code.  I have read the book, twice actually.  Once about 2 years ago when it first came out and then I finished it again this morning.  So those of you who have not read the book, just like all other movie that are made from a book the, the book was much better.  The movie was good but it was fast, I like that, but hard to follow when you have other people that do not understand that you can talk for free at home and just happen to be sitting over my right shoulder and would not shut up.  Plus the movie was very different from the book.  They added some stuff, took some stuff out, you know the drill.  But overall still good.  I am glad that I read the book first. 

When I first got into the theater, there was only a couple and me there.  They were sitting way up top in the middle in the middle of the row, so I sat in the middle of the theater also in the middle of the row and all is well.  Well in walks these 3 people, young, 2 guys and a girl and the girl is leading the way.  Keep in mind this theater holds about 150 seats and currently 3 are being used and guess where this girl decides to sit.  Yes, in the seat directly in front of me, in the one that I have my feet propped up on even.  So I say, "all these empty seats and you have to sit right there???" and of course she did not answer and so I said it again louder and again she would not turn and look at me.  So yes I moved and went about my business, but Come on!!!  That is just rude, right?  It is not just me is it?  Well I guess all I can do is teach my daughter some etiquette and hope that she does not turn into a complete moron when not around me.  Lets hope for the best!!!  I have several years to prepare for this problem, if it is a problem. 

Then I went to Sonic bacause I wanted to buy a bag of ice.  They have that great ice, you know the little cubes.  Anyway, while I was there I decided that I need a choc & caramel jr banana split.  I wait for 10 minutes and then the girl finally brings my split out to me.  It is totally and completly melted.  Could she not see that?  What in the world is going on??  Plus they didn't have any ice.  I was going to go to the grocery store after Sonic and get some beer or wine or Mikearita but then I decided the way my night had gone that I would be the only person in there and someone would come around a corner and knock me down or something and I would go nuts and kill them so I decided to skip the alcohol.  Probably better that way!