A note I received from a friend. I liked it.
You can run but you can't hide, Lil' Mama!!! Some friends are just like ants - although they might go into hibernation, they might hide, they might burrow into the ground for a while, they might be a nuisance, they are definately pest at times, sometime, they wont even return your calls, but what else do you expect from ants? Ants never return calls either but show up whenever they feel like and they definately do show up when they actually need to!!!
The only positive thing about ants are they they don't and will never leave their friends and families unless you spray them with insecticides!!!
This is to let you know that I am your ant forever!!! :)).
Wouldn't you want to get a note like that??? Or more importantly, wouldn't you want to have a friend like that? Yes, I am blessed. =)
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
SO DONE with Salt Lake City (sorry Jason!)
What a trip!!! On Friday, I was scheduled for a two-day trip starting Sunday, with an overnight in... drumroll please... Oakland! Shocker. I have had so many Oakland overnights that the people at the hotel know who I am. I was way excited about it though, because the FO I was flying with was Pam, who is amazing! She is from Hawaii and is so fun and chill. The last time we flew together was in September, and I was looking forward to catching up.
Morgan's parents flew out on Friday to visit her for a few days, and on Sunday I went to brunch with them at one of Tucson's favorite breakfast places, The Good Egg. So fun, and so yummy. I came home and relaxed a little before I had to get ready to work in the afternoon. Just as I was about to leave, Pam called me to let me know that she wouldn't he there. She was on her way to the airport and got in a car accident. Not her fault and everyone was ok, but she was shaken up. Needless to say, I was way bummed.
Fortunately, we weren't delayed at all, as they were able to use an FO who was sitting ready reserve in Tucson (where you have to be at the plane in 20 mins if you're called). Our first flight was full of a group of golfers, the rowdiest bunch of passengers I've ever had. I could hardly hear myself talk when I was doing my announcements. We got to SLC and had a two hour sit, then picked up Colin, another FO. Colin flew to Oakland with us then back to SLC the next day... Slept GREAT at my home away from home at the Hilton Garden. Got up, did some Bible study, and got ready to fly. We got to the airport and found out that our flight was delayed an hour... and that turned into two. Colin and I decided to grab some lunch and chatted awhile while we waited for our plane to arrive from SLC. Apparently our aircraft had been delayed all day due to weather... and we heard something about a plane going off the runway in SLC which caused additional backups.
We finally arrived in SLC, said goodbye to Colin, and picked up Clayton, another FO. Another awesome guy too, based in Tucson. He made my day the first time I flew with him... and that trip was another Oakland overnight... interesting. Anyway, we got our passengers off and were ready to board the next group to Albuquerque. A couple tall guys got on... then some more... and then more... anywhere from around 6' to 7'1"... yep, it was a basketball team. The University of Utah's men's basketball team was flying to ABQ to play the University of New Mexico - game's tonight at 7pm. I felt so bad for them, because if you don't know, our planes (CRJ 200) are tiny... as flight attendants we're not supposed to be taller than 5'8", if that tells you anything. When I took my jumpseat and looked in the aisle of the plane, I saw a sea of red legs... The guys were wearing their red uniforms, and all their legs were hanging out at much as they could. I will just say that I have never had so many people wanting cran-apple juice on a flight. I ran out of it in my cart, and after my beverage/snack service (go Delta with the choice of snacks) I delivered six cans of the stuff! That was after they'd already had the first round. But this was a refill service (over 400 miles). Woohoo.
ABQ to SLC gave me a much needed break, as there were only 19 passengers. Easy service, and then some time to eat some of my delicious crew meal. Gotta love the tuna. Great source of protein. In SLC we boarded our flight back to TUS... on this flight I had my first prisoners. Ooooh! After we boarded we sat there for half an hour before the ground people gave us our paperwork Ridiculous. Luckily, we finally did leave, and were only about an hour and a half late. I got a call from Crew Support at about 1:30am as I was driving home, saying that they were pushing back my reserve time today until 11:15... aahhhhh. =) She said I must be exhausted, and to enjoy the morning.
So, my gripes about SLC. Actually, let me start with my first flight of the trip, from TUS to SLC. So I'm already bummed about Pam. We get to our plane and another crew comes off. The flight attendant is kinda in a huff, and tells me that the water's leaking in the galley so she just turned it off completely. Ok. So I get on and start doing my security checks. The trash in the lavatory is overflowing. Grrr. They want to board us. It was a mess so I had to clean it up first. We board. It's a TON of golfers. They're loud (big understatement). The guys loading the cargo tell me they're not going to be able to fit the oversized carryons in the back and we'll have to get them in the cabin. Yeah ok, there's a reason we check them in the first place. They won't fit in the cabin!!! Gosh! Then they tell me they might have to leave some golf clubs. Shoot, I'm not gonna be the one to tell all those men. Anyway, I do my announcements. The guys are so loud and carrying on shouting back and forth to each other that I can't hear myself talk. We take off, get up in the air, and I start getting ready for the snack and beverage service. Try to make coffee with the leaky galley water. It leaks but doesn't brew any coffee. I open up the drawer where there are the napkins, creamer, sugar, coffee pods, etc. Not stocked (that's either because provisions didn't do it or the previous F/A didn't order it). I look in the snack drawer in the cart. Not restocked (previous F/A's job). One bag of leaky ice left for the full flight. Fortunately, the flight was long enough where I could stock, serve, then stock again and do all my paperwork.
Ok, my gripes about SLC. It is cold there!!! =) Ok, on to number two. The hallways in the E concourse. Supposedly heated, but every time I have walked through there lately I can feel a little heat if I'm directly under one of their heaters, but usually feel like I'm going to die from frostbite. When I was there Saturday, my FO Maria said she felt like her nose was going to fall off. So it's not just me!! The people there just seem cranky... I try to be friendly to the provisions agents, but they are not happy. They did not fill my order right one time in the last three days. So that would be twice Saturday, once Sunday, and twice Monday. It is their job to do what I ask for right? Give me the products or supplies I need, drain my ice drawer since I can't, give me enough ice people!! I can't just go make it when I'm up in the air! Ok then, there's the ground crew and just operations in general. From SLC to ABQ we were on the ground for an hour after we closed the door and before we took off. Ridiculous. And that was after we'd already been delayed two hours. Then on our last leg last night they took at least 30 mins to bring us our paperwork so we could close the door. Ok, so I understand that some stuff is weather related and not their fault and blah blah blah, but I just don't like SLC. Sorry Charlie! (I mean, Jason) ;-)
Morgan's parents flew out on Friday to visit her for a few days, and on Sunday I went to brunch with them at one of Tucson's favorite breakfast places, The Good Egg. So fun, and so yummy. I came home and relaxed a little before I had to get ready to work in the afternoon. Just as I was about to leave, Pam called me to let me know that she wouldn't he there. She was on her way to the airport and got in a car accident. Not her fault and everyone was ok, but she was shaken up. Needless to say, I was way bummed.Fortunately, we weren't delayed at all, as they were able to use an FO who was sitting ready reserve in Tucson (where you have to be at the plane in 20 mins if you're called). Our first flight was full of a group of golfers, the rowdiest bunch of passengers I've ever had. I could hardly hear myself talk when I was doing my announcements. We got to SLC and had a two hour sit, then picked up Colin, another FO. Colin flew to Oakland with us then back to SLC the next day... Slept GREAT at my home away from home at the Hilton Garden. Got up, did some Bible study, and got ready to fly. We got to the airport and found out that our flight was delayed an hour... and that turned into two. Colin and I decided to grab some lunch and chatted awhile while we waited for our plane to arrive from SLC. Apparently our aircraft had been delayed all day due to weather... and we heard something about a plane going off the runway in SLC which caused additional backups.
We finally arrived in SLC, said goodbye to Colin, and picked up Clayton, another FO. Another awesome guy too, based in Tucson. He made my day the first time I flew with him... and that trip was another Oakland overnight... interesting. Anyway, we got our passengers off and were ready to board the next group to Albuquerque. A couple tall guys got on... then some more... and then more... anywhere from around 6' to 7'1"... yep, it was a basketball team. The University of Utah's men's basketball team was flying to ABQ to play the University of New Mexico - game's tonight at 7pm. I felt so bad for them, because if you don't know, our planes (CRJ 200) are tiny... as flight attendants we're not supposed to be taller than 5'8", if that tells you anything. When I took my jumpseat and looked in the aisle of the plane, I saw a sea of red legs... The guys were wearing their red uniforms, and all their legs were hanging out at much as they could. I will just say that I have never had so many people wanting cran-apple juice on a flight. I ran out of it in my cart, and after my beverage/snack service (go Delta with the choice of snacks) I delivered six cans of the stuff! That was after they'd already had the first round. But this was a refill service (over 400 miles). Woohoo.
ABQ to SLC gave me a much needed break, as there were only 19 passengers. Easy service, and then some time to eat some of my delicious crew meal. Gotta love the tuna. Great source of protein. In SLC we boarded our flight back to TUS... on this flight I had my first prisoners. Ooooh! After we boarded we sat there for half an hour before the ground people gave us our paperwork Ridiculous. Luckily, we finally did leave, and were only about an hour and a half late. I got a call from Crew Support at about 1:30am as I was driving home, saying that they were pushing back my reserve time today until 11:15... aahhhhh. =) She said I must be exhausted, and to enjoy the morning.
So, my gripes about SLC. Actually, let me start with my first flight of the trip, from TUS to SLC. So I'm already bummed about Pam. We get to our plane and another crew comes off. The flight attendant is kinda in a huff, and tells me that the water's leaking in the galley so she just turned it off completely. Ok. So I get on and start doing my security checks. The trash in the lavatory is overflowing. Grrr. They want to board us. It was a mess so I had to clean it up first. We board. It's a TON of golfers. They're loud (big understatement). The guys loading the cargo tell me they're not going to be able to fit the oversized carryons in the back and we'll have to get them in the cabin. Yeah ok, there's a reason we check them in the first place. They won't fit in the cabin!!! Gosh! Then they tell me they might have to leave some golf clubs. Shoot, I'm not gonna be the one to tell all those men. Anyway, I do my announcements. The guys are so loud and carrying on shouting back and forth to each other that I can't hear myself talk. We take off, get up in the air, and I start getting ready for the snack and beverage service. Try to make coffee with the leaky galley water. It leaks but doesn't brew any coffee. I open up the drawer where there are the napkins, creamer, sugar, coffee pods, etc. Not stocked (that's either because provisions didn't do it or the previous F/A didn't order it). I look in the snack drawer in the cart. Not restocked (previous F/A's job). One bag of leaky ice left for the full flight. Fortunately, the flight was long enough where I could stock, serve, then stock again and do all my paperwork.
Ok, my gripes about SLC. It is cold there!!! =) Ok, on to number two. The hallways in the E concourse. Supposedly heated, but every time I have walked through there lately I can feel a little heat if I'm directly under one of their heaters, but usually feel like I'm going to die from frostbite. When I was there Saturday, my FO Maria said she felt like her nose was going to fall off. So it's not just me!! The people there just seem cranky... I try to be friendly to the provisions agents, but they are not happy. They did not fill my order right one time in the last three days. So that would be twice Saturday, once Sunday, and twice Monday. It is their job to do what I ask for right? Give me the products or supplies I need, drain my ice drawer since I can't, give me enough ice people!! I can't just go make it when I'm up in the air! Ok then, there's the ground crew and just operations in general. From SLC to ABQ we were on the ground for an hour after we closed the door and before we took off. Ridiculous. And that was after we'd already been delayed two hours. Then on our last leg last night they took at least 30 mins to bring us our paperwork so we could close the door. Ok, so I understand that some stuff is weather related and not their fault and blah blah blah, but I just don't like SLC. Sorry Charlie! (I mean, Jason) ;-)
Here's a little humor to leave you with, from the hotel in Oakland... only in America... =)
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
New Beginnings?
Do you make New Year's resolutions? I used to. I don't anymore, because I never keep them. Actually, this year, I decided a good resolution would be to travel somewhere internationally. That one, I can keep. =) I can't wait.
January 1st brought a big change: I was awarded a transfer to LAX. That means I will be moving back home for awhile. I am ready for that, and looking forward to it. January is my last month in Tucson, and I move at the beginning of February. I am planning to stay at LAX until I know I'll be able to get a line at another one of our domiciles, and then transfer again. I really like Tucson as a base/domicile, and the people here are awesome. I am just tired of sitting here not getting called to work! So if I knew that I could have a line in TUS, I might transfer back at some point.
So far this month, I've worked two 2-day trips. Both were great! My first trip was a Redmond, Oregon overnight. That was where I had my first overnight as a flight attendant, during my training. Awww... sweet memories... ;-) I had been on a downer at the end of December, and the beginning of January. Without going into it right now, let's just say I haven't cried so much since my first year back in America after high school. So when Aunt Colleen said that she'd pick me up and take me out for lunch when we got into Redmond, I was thrilled. Something to look forward to! We went to lunch, went thrift store shopping, then went back to their house and had some tea and delicious pie while we watched a chick flick... =) Then she fed me some homemade dinner while we had some good, refreshing conversation before she took me back to the hotel. I was completely spoiled!
I just came off of the second trip a couple days ago. I finally got to overnight in San Francisco! =) Apart from it being a fun city, I wanted an overnight there so that I could try to catch up with Luke... I was scheduled for something on Monday, but crew support called me Saturday night and gave me a two day trip starting on Sunday instead, pulling me off of what they originally had me working on Monday. I was way excited, because I was flying with two awesome guys, on the United side, 3 legs a day, and the SFO overnight. I got in touch with Luke, and we made plans to meet up for dinner Sunday night. He picked me up, and we went downtown to the city! I had never been there before... We parked then walked around and saw just a few of the things San Fran is known for... the bay, the bridges, street performers, streetcars, the crazy bush man... =) We grabbed some clam chowder for dinner and talked and caught up. When I was in high school, there were a couple of times that I stayed with Luke's family for a week or two at a time, and Luke and I had some good talks then... most of them took place in their kitchen. So when we started to have some deeper conversation, I told Luke I felt like I was in high school again and we were in his kitchen, to which he responded, "the kitchen's open!..." Needless to say it was just great to be able to catch up and talk about life. Luke was a huge encouragement to me. God is good, He knows what I need!
This last trip I was on was especially fun because my Captain, Mark, said I could come up front anytime I wanted to. I will usually call them after I finish my service in the cabin and ask how they're doing and if they need anything. When I did, Mark asked if I wanted to come up to the flight deck. It's not something I usually get to do unless one of the pilots needs to use the lav - and in that case, I am required to be up there. It was beautiful and clear so we could see a lot. Mark pointed out to Erik (the First Officer) and I different landmarks and airports along the way. It was so educational! We saw lots of snow, especially flying to Oregon and Colorado, and I am always happy to look at it from the warmth of the airplane. =)
Before and between those two trips, I did get to go home for a few days, so I'll leave you with a few pics from then...
January 1st brought a big change: I was awarded a transfer to LAX. That means I will be moving back home for awhile. I am ready for that, and looking forward to it. January is my last month in Tucson, and I move at the beginning of February. I am planning to stay at LAX until I know I'll be able to get a line at another one of our domiciles, and then transfer again. I really like Tucson as a base/domicile, and the people here are awesome. I am just tired of sitting here not getting called to work! So if I knew that I could have a line in TUS, I might transfer back at some point.
So far this month, I've worked two 2-day trips. Both were great! My first trip was a Redmond, Oregon overnight. That was where I had my first overnight as a flight attendant, during my training. Awww... sweet memories... ;-) I had been on a downer at the end of December, and the beginning of January. Without going into it right now, let's just say I haven't cried so much since my first year back in America after high school. So when Aunt Colleen said that she'd pick me up and take me out for lunch when we got into Redmond, I was thrilled. Something to look forward to! We went to lunch, went thrift store shopping, then went back to their house and had some tea and delicious pie while we watched a chick flick... =) Then she fed me some homemade dinner while we had some good, refreshing conversation before she took me back to the hotel. I was completely spoiled!
I just came off of the second trip a couple days ago. I finally got to overnight in San Francisco! =) Apart from it being a fun city, I wanted an overnight there so that I could try to catch up with Luke... I was scheduled for something on Monday, but crew support called me Saturday night and gave me a two day trip starting on Sunday instead, pulling me off of what they originally had me working on Monday. I was way excited, because I was flying with two awesome guys, on the United side, 3 legs a day, and the SFO overnight. I got in touch with Luke, and we made plans to meet up for dinner Sunday night. He picked me up, and we went downtown to the city! I had never been there before... We parked then walked around and saw just a few of the things San Fran is known for... the bay, the bridges, street performers, streetcars, the crazy bush man... =) We grabbed some clam chowder for dinner and talked and caught up. When I was in high school, there were a couple of times that I stayed with Luke's family for a week or two at a time, and Luke and I had some good talks then... most of them took place in their kitchen. So when we started to have some deeper conversation, I told Luke I felt like I was in high school again and we were in his kitchen, to which he responded, "the kitchen's open!..." Needless to say it was just great to be able to catch up and talk about life. Luke was a huge encouragement to me. God is good, He knows what I need!
This last trip I was on was especially fun because my Captain, Mark, said I could come up front anytime I wanted to. I will usually call them after I finish my service in the cabin and ask how they're doing and if they need anything. When I did, Mark asked if I wanted to come up to the flight deck. It's not something I usually get to do unless one of the pilots needs to use the lav - and in that case, I am required to be up there. It was beautiful and clear so we could see a lot. Mark pointed out to Erik (the First Officer) and I different landmarks and airports along the way. It was so educational! We saw lots of snow, especially flying to Oregon and Colorado, and I am always happy to look at it from the warmth of the airplane. =)Before and between those two trips, I did get to go home for a few days, so I'll leave you with a few pics from then...
I was a little unsure about this sushi... fish eggs... it tasted like the reef
Maria tried the frog legs
Dad and I saw a pitbull with pink shoes outside Starbucks... only in America!
And the funnest thing... (but not the best pic cos Dad didn't realize he had his finger partly over the flash)... a 6'8" Nigerian man sitting on a 7'0" Nigerian man's lap... so sweet!!! ;-)
Maria tried the frog legs
Dad and I saw a pitbull with pink shoes outside Starbucks... only in America!
And the funnest thing... (but not the best pic cos Dad didn't realize he had his finger partly over the flash)... a 6'8" Nigerian man sitting on a 7'0" Nigerian man's lap... so sweet!!! ;-)
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