Cookies & Cream

Such a healthy breakfast. Blue Bell Ice Cream. I'm thinking of pioneering the ice cream/pizza diet. Oh wait. That already exists. Add beer to that list and you have the College Diet. Oh well.

I've been busy lately. I've been home to my own apartment for about 12 hours in the last week or so. Maybe even longer. I'm not quite sure. Between work, the conference with Allison and more work, I literally spend all my time in airplanes. Not that I'm complaining, it's just amazing how much your life can change.

I could make a really long entry and tell you details about all the excitement but instead, I'll relate one particular trip I did in the last several weeks that was fairly memorable:

It's May 2005, Friday the 13th. I wander into operations around 6:45pm to duty in for work. My trip tonight is one leg to Naples, the Beverly Hills of southwest Florida. I look at the screens and see that the aircraft has arrived and I'm going to have to make the haul over to D concourse from C, where I am now.

After powering up the plane and doing my walk around inspection, the rest of my crew arrives. I quickly learn that the Captain and flight attendant are romantically involved. I also learn they are planning to rent a car once we get to Naples so they can go get pizza at this local Chicago-style place right on the beach. Apparently the Captain is originally from Chicago and his parents now reside in Naples which is why he knows the area.

After landing, the Captain jumps off the airplane, even before the passengers, to go procure us a car. He says the pizza joint stops making pizzas after like 9:30pm or something so it's in his interest to hurry. After everyone is off, we do our normal securing of the aircraft, change clothes, and jump into our blazingly sleek grayish Ford Focus. I just love the pleasantness of riding in the back seat of a car while 2 smokers puff away in the front seat.

The pizza is outstanding. And the walk on the beach under a full moon afterwards is equally incredible. All except for the fact that I am the 3rd wheel. "Where is Allison?!?!" One day soon she'll be able to come along.

The next day, they go out and do their thing while I sit in the Hampton Inn. Those are my favorite, by the way. If you are in the market for a hotel stay, I highly recommend Hampton. Around lunch time, the Captain calls me and asks what I'm up to. "Nothing. Absolutely nothing," I reply. "That sucks! Wanna go with us to Vanderbilt beach for lunch?" How could I say no?

Picture this: Warm sunny skies, outdoor patio-style restaurant, broken-shell-infested white Florida sand 10 feet away, key lime pie, lemonade and most of all, overly-tan 50-somethings who really shouldn't be wearing what they're wearing. After lunch, we decide to splash around in the Gulf of M and enjoy the water. Follow that by about 10 minutes of natural drying by the big orange star in the sky.

Now it's back to the hotel, shower, pack, dress and head to the airport. It's 4:30pm and I'm back on the airplane. Load up, punch out and it's back to Atlanta to wake up tomorrow and do it all over again some where else.

Store Wars?

This is very funny for Star Wars and organic food fans! hehe

Two Weeks Left of School

My class had Field Trip to the Zoo last week, a Spelling Bee, and we are working on plays. The plays I'm directing will be May 19th - Little Red Riding Hood and then on May 25th - Little Red Hen. As for the remaining weeks: Friday the 20th is Field Day however I have Jury Duty. (fun,fun) Mom has jury duty that day too, so we are going to get to sit around together to find out if we are picked or not. :-P

This coming Sunday is the first shower. This one is for most of my co-workers from last year and my mom's friends. Monday is my school's shower for us. I heard there will be cake! hehe. At the end of school I'll be doing a lot of moving and boxing up my school stuff. It will be interesting how we will get all this STUFF from my school to my parent's house without a truck. I might be asking a friend for some help.

After May it's less then TWO MONTHS till the BIG DAY! (o: I can't wait!