A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to be on an aircraft that not only broke down once during my day trip to New York, but twice. Now, I know I usually seep with sarcasm, but in this specific case I truly was elated to have my flights delayed. I was happy because this delay made the plane land in Fort Lauderdale twenty minutes into my guaranteed day off. As a result of this I was awarded an extra day off, which I always gladly accept. With this extra day off I now had six days off in a row, and decided to head back to Illinois to spend a week with my family and friends.
The commute back to Illinois was crazy! I hadn't down much planning since the trip was very last minute, and hadn't thought about how difficult it would be to fly standby on a Friday after work. I won't bore you with all the details, but after not making it onto three separate flights, going through TSA security four times, and sprinting from one end of the Atlanta Airport to the other carrying my stilettos, I finally arrived in Saint Louis around 12:30 A.M. Saturday morning.
My week at home was great! Chad, Stacy, and Lana were out of town for the weekend, but Bridget opted to stay at home with me. I miss both of those girls so much, and I loved getting to spend so much time with Bridget. She is truly one of my very favorite people in this whole world. She is sweet, kind, funny, loving, innocent, and creative. I just wanna put her in a time capsule and keep her as a six year old Bridget forever. Although the rainy weather didn't corporate so well for our planned bike ride we made up for it by playing Barbie's, watching Tangled (cute movie, BTW), playing dress up, and giving each other pedicures. Fun times!
Some of the other highlight to my Illinois trip were...
-Homemade Gaily dinner with my friends
-Eating Guadalajara
-Mowing my parents yard (not even kidding, I seriously love mowing)
-Going to the little girl's dance lessons
-Spending an entire day with my sister painting Baby six's bedroom
-Seeing bridesmaids with my girlfriends (very funny, movie)
-Biking, picnicking, and shopping in Grafton with Kristen
-Watching my cousin Ashly play softball like a rock star
-And last but not least attending the high class event of the year "The Carny" with Lana and Bridget
Thankfully I fly for free and was NOT charged a baggage fee for the extra five pounds I brought back with me....on my hips. If the expression you are what you eat is true, then just call me Kelsey Homemade Pizza-Stromboli-Ice Cream-Tagalongs-Blueberry Muffin-Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie-Stuffing-Schutz!
I was at home in Fort Lauderdale for a grand total of 18 hours before I packed up the 'ol suitcase and headed out again. I spent two night in Atlanta and had an awesome crew! On the second night of the trip a fellow crew member and I went out and explored Atlanta nightlife. I was a fan!
After arriving back home I worked two more days doing day turns, and was then off for three more days. As soon as my plane landed from Nassau, Bahamas I headed over to the Southwest terminal and hopped on a plane to Orlando in order to work a few shifts at Disney. I'm pretty sure that by the time I'm done going out to eat, shopping, and seeing movies with all my friends in Orlando, I pretty much just break even on these "work trips."
In other exciting news, I was awarded a line for the month of June! This is awesome because I now know my schedule for the entire month and will no longer be on call, WOOHOO! I'll be working quite a bit and I have some fun layovers that include Atlantic City, New Jersey (tax free shopping?! Yes, please!), San Juan, Puerto Rico, Orlando, New York City, and Myrtle Beach. The only downfall to this is that I didn't get the weekend off that I had planned to go to the Lake of The Ozarks with my friends from home. I still haven't completely ruled out going for only half the weekend, but even that may be difficult to swing. Ugh, being an adult is hard work sometimes!
Hope everyone has a great week! Hugs!
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Thursday, May 5, 2011
California
Happy Cinco de Mayo, everyone! Hope everyone gets to enjoy some delicious tacos, fajitas, and margaritas today.
The only super exciting news worthy event that has taken place since I last wrote was my trip to California. Three of my other flight attendant friends and I all had four days off and decided what better to do with four days off then go to California. I had actually never been there, so I was pretty stoked about the trip. We were able to fly out to Los Angeles on Virgin America Airlines. This airlines is awesome! Not only was the crew super friendly, but the planes made me feel like I was more so in a nightclub rather than a metal tube with 200 of my closest pals. Each seat has a personal screen that allows you to watch movies and TV, listen to music, and even order your food. Very cool!
We arrived in Los Angeles with little to no agenda, which is personally how I travel best. The first day we roamed around Hollywood Boulevard, and got pictures with several stars on the Walk of Fame. As we were outside the Kodak Theatre, a guy, who introduced himself as the as a production assistant with the Jimmy Kimmel Live Show, approached us and asked if we were interested in being in the audience that evening. I'm not exactly what you would call the world's biggest Jimmy Kimmel fan, but what the hey! We had a few hours before we needed to return for the taping so we quickly found a cute Mexican bar, and entertained ourselves there. A few hours later we arrived back at the Kodak Theatre and were very surprised to find out that we'd be sitting front row. My friends and I did get to meet Jimmy Kimmel, and he made several jokes at our expense about flight attendants being cell phone nazis. I can now officially say I've been made fun of by a celebrity. The guest that night was Martin Short. For being a comedian, I acutally did not find him to be all that funny. I was slightly disappointed that after viewing the show I made it into all of two clips. Show biz is just so tough these days!
The next day my friends and I went to California's Six Flags. It was pretty much just your typical theame park, but it was awesome to see all of the mountains from so high up. I was also able to meet up with my friend Ryan, who interned with me at Disney and now lives in California. It was a great two day trip, and I am definitely eager to go back.
This past week has been very slow work wise. It's difficult to have much of a routine when I never know wheather I will be working or hanging out at home all day. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that next month I will be blessed with a line, which allows me to know my schedule for the entire month and no longer be on call.
Have a great week everyone!
The only super exciting news worthy event that has taken place since I last wrote was my trip to California. Three of my other flight attendant friends and I all had four days off and decided what better to do with four days off then go to California. I had actually never been there, so I was pretty stoked about the trip. We were able to fly out to Los Angeles on Virgin America Airlines. This airlines is awesome! Not only was the crew super friendly, but the planes made me feel like I was more so in a nightclub rather than a metal tube with 200 of my closest pals. Each seat has a personal screen that allows you to watch movies and TV, listen to music, and even order your food. Very cool!
We arrived in Los Angeles with little to no agenda, which is personally how I travel best. The first day we roamed around Hollywood Boulevard, and got pictures with several stars on the Walk of Fame. As we were outside the Kodak Theatre, a guy, who introduced himself as the as a production assistant with the Jimmy Kimmel Live Show, approached us and asked if we were interested in being in the audience that evening. I'm not exactly what you would call the world's biggest Jimmy Kimmel fan, but what the hey! We had a few hours before we needed to return for the taping so we quickly found a cute Mexican bar, and entertained ourselves there. A few hours later we arrived back at the Kodak Theatre and were very surprised to find out that we'd be sitting front row. My friends and I did get to meet Jimmy Kimmel, and he made several jokes at our expense about flight attendants being cell phone nazis. I can now officially say I've been made fun of by a celebrity. The guest that night was Martin Short. For being a comedian, I acutally did not find him to be all that funny. I was slightly disappointed that after viewing the show I made it into all of two clips. Show biz is just so tough these days!
The next day my friends and I went to California's Six Flags. It was pretty much just your typical theame park, but it was awesome to see all of the mountains from so high up. I was also able to meet up with my friend Ryan, who interned with me at Disney and now lives in California. It was a great two day trip, and I am definitely eager to go back.
This past week has been very slow work wise. It's difficult to have much of a routine when I never know wheather I will be working or hanging out at home all day. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that next month I will be blessed with a line, which allows me to know my schedule for the entire month and no longer be on call.
Have a great week everyone!
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Make New Friends But Keep The Old One Is Silver And The Other Is Gold
This past week was a lil thing called, AWESOME! On Thursday I picked up my friends Jenny and Andrea from the airport and drove to Orlando. This was not only Andrea's first visit to Florida, but also her first Disney World trip. I felt like a proud mama as I drove her into the Magic Kingdom parking lot. We spent Thursday night in Magic Kingdom and squeezed nearly every attraction into our six hours in the park. We topped the night off with fireworks and ice cream. What more could you want out of life? Not only was I stoked about having my friends from home visit, but my roommate from Orlando, Alex, who now lives in Colorado, was also in town for the weekend. Us four along with my friends Dean and Lita all spent the day together at Animal Kingdom and Epcot. I think it's safe to say I've become a Disney nerd. Like I literally get way too excited about showing people the parks. I guess it's just a part of life I'll have to live with.
On Saturday morning Jenny, Andrea, and I headed back to Ft. Lauderdale. When Jenny and I were 16 we went on our first ever vacation together to Florida. On this trip we discovered one of the best gourmet, authentic, Italian restaurants known to mankind: Cici's Pizza, home of the $5.99 buffet. We ate there at least four times on our week long vacation. Unfortunately Cici's Pizza hasn't quite caught on in Illinois, so Jenny was beyond pumped when she laid eyes on Cici's. So obviously, we had to make a pit stop on our way back to South Florida. Carbs, carbs, and more carbs, mmm good!
That night we spontaneously decided to go to a Dierks Bently concert. As we were walking up to the box office a husband and wife approached us and handed us two free tickets. At first I was pretty sure it was a scam, but it turns out they just had two extra tickets and figured we could use them. Kindness in this world is still alive and well! The concert was amazing! It was at a really small outdoor amphitheater, and for some reason hardly anyone was there. We literally sat about fifty feet from the stage. It was by far one of the best concerts I'd ever been to. Side note, security gets really touchy about fans waiting by the stars' buses after concerts, even if you do claim he personally invited you to his tour bus. The nerve...
The rest of their visit was spent laying on the beach and lounging in my living room watching The Office episodes and movies from our childhood. We did squeeze in a night of dinner, drinks, and a drag show with my Ft. Lauderdale friends at my roommate's uncle's restaurant. I can't say that I had ever experienced anything quite like it before.
Like visits with people I love usually do, it ended all too quickly. Tuesday morning I took their bums back to the airport. As much I would have loved to return home and wallowed around in self pity about how much I'd miss them, I had to report for work just as I was dropping them off. All of this lovely weather that has been going on in the Midwest has been causing delays, which creates lots of really friendly passengers (insert sarcasm here). Since Tuesday I've been flying all around the country and spending each night back in Chicago. I've been able to hang out with my friend Eric the past couple of days who graciously supplied me with a much needed fix of Portillo's and deep dish pizza. At 4:30 A.M. (just writing that time makes me queasy) I'll be on my way back to the sunshine state.
Hope everyone has a great Maundy Thursday!
On Saturday morning Jenny, Andrea, and I headed back to Ft. Lauderdale. When Jenny and I were 16 we went on our first ever vacation together to Florida. On this trip we discovered one of the best gourmet, authentic, Italian restaurants known to mankind: Cici's Pizza, home of the $5.99 buffet. We ate there at least four times on our week long vacation. Unfortunately Cici's Pizza hasn't quite caught on in Illinois, so Jenny was beyond pumped when she laid eyes on Cici's. So obviously, we had to make a pit stop on our way back to South Florida. Carbs, carbs, and more carbs, mmm good!
That night we spontaneously decided to go to a Dierks Bently concert. As we were walking up to the box office a husband and wife approached us and handed us two free tickets. At first I was pretty sure it was a scam, but it turns out they just had two extra tickets and figured we could use them. Kindness in this world is still alive and well! The concert was amazing! It was at a really small outdoor amphitheater, and for some reason hardly anyone was there. We literally sat about fifty feet from the stage. It was by far one of the best concerts I'd ever been to. Side note, security gets really touchy about fans waiting by the stars' buses after concerts, even if you do claim he personally invited you to his tour bus. The nerve...
The rest of their visit was spent laying on the beach and lounging in my living room watching The Office episodes and movies from our childhood. We did squeeze in a night of dinner, drinks, and a drag show with my Ft. Lauderdale friends at my roommate's uncle's restaurant. I can't say that I had ever experienced anything quite like it before.
Like visits with people I love usually do, it ended all too quickly. Tuesday morning I took their bums back to the airport. As much I would have loved to return home and wallowed around in self pity about how much I'd miss them, I had to report for work just as I was dropping them off. All of this lovely weather that has been going on in the Midwest has been causing delays, which creates lots of really friendly passengers (insert sarcasm here). Since Tuesday I've been flying all around the country and spending each night back in Chicago. I've been able to hang out with my friend Eric the past couple of days who graciously supplied me with a much needed fix of Portillo's and deep dish pizza. At 4:30 A.M. (just writing that time makes me queasy) I'll be on my way back to the sunshine state.
Hope everyone has a great Maundy Thursday!
Monday, April 11, 2011
Free Flight Fun
April 4th, 2011 was a very monumental day in my life. April 4th not only marked my three month anniversary with the airline, but it just so happened to also be the day my free flight benefits kicked in. Insert sound of the Heavenly gates opening and angels singing here.
I was working on the day the free flights kicked in, so unfortunately I wasn't able to start my personal traveling immediately, but I was definitely getting the itch to do so. Friday morning I left bright and early, actually it was more like dark and early, and worked a flight that made stops in Orlando, Atlantic City, and Boston. Friday night as I was preparing for bed I was mentally going over the next day. I'll get up and go to Ft. Lauderdale, San Salvador, Bahamas, back to Ft. Lauderdale, and then I'll have the evening and the entire next day off. Which is great because I need to go grocery shopping, do laundry....or I could go out with Kristen in St. Louis. I haven't quite decided if my impulsiveness is a downfall or strength of mine, but either way it makes for a very interesting life. So without giving it much thought, I called Southwest Airlines and booked a flight into St. Louis the next day. Thankfully there were plenty of open seats on the flight and I was able to make it on with no problem.
Kristen, being the best good friend she is, was inside the airport to pick me up just as soon as my plane landed. I wish I could share with you that I traveled across the country to tour museums, go hiking, site see, etc, but I would be lying. My trip consisted of going out to the college bars in Edwardsville, getting breakfast at 2:00 A.M., singing along while watching Hairspray, napping, and ordering Jimmy Johns all with one of my best friends. All in all I would consider this a worthwhile trip.
Yesterday I headed back to the airport around 5 to catch my flight home. I wasn't too worried about getting a seat as the gate agent I had spoken with the day before said there were three available seats. People wouldn't really wait until the day before to book a flight, so I just assumed I was in the clear. Then I got to the ticket counter and was informed the flight was oversold by one. Well, crap. So I sat at the airport for an hour with my fingers, knees, and toes crossed that maybe just maybe two people wouldn't show up. I never want to wish harm on anyone, but if someone on there way to the airport could just get a little flat tire it would be really helpful! Thankfully, just as the boarding process was starting my alias, Kelsey SchuLtz, was announced over the loudspeaker requesting I come to the ticket counter. Glory be, hallelujah, my prayers were answered and I got on the flight.
Now I'm aware that beggars can't be choosers, but I was the LAST person on the plane and therefore was treated to the LAST open seat. As soon as I sat down it was obvious why it was the last seat available. The seat was an aisle seat in the very last row, no big deal I'm used to sitting in the back of the plane. However, I was seated next to a husband and wife who were both, how do I put this, of large stature. Thankfully I don't take up much space so it wasn't a huge issue, but none the less slightly annoying. What I did find amusing though was halfway through the flight the woman in the row in front of us slightly reclined her chair. Apparently this was very irritating to the large husband as the seat was now in his personal space. He let out a very loud huff and whispered not so quietly to his wife, "Jesus Christ is this guy serious? Some people are just so rude." Never mind me sitting on half of my seat over here. Self awareness, some people got it, some people don't.
Despite the whole almost getting stranded in St. Louis and then having to share my seat thing, my first non revenue trip was in fact a success! Now the question is, where to next?
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain
I was working on the day the free flights kicked in, so unfortunately I wasn't able to start my personal traveling immediately, but I was definitely getting the itch to do so. Friday morning I left bright and early, actually it was more like dark and early, and worked a flight that made stops in Orlando, Atlantic City, and Boston. Friday night as I was preparing for bed I was mentally going over the next day. I'll get up and go to Ft. Lauderdale, San Salvador, Bahamas, back to Ft. Lauderdale, and then I'll have the evening and the entire next day off. Which is great because I need to go grocery shopping, do laundry....or I could go out with Kristen in St. Louis. I haven't quite decided if my impulsiveness is a downfall or strength of mine, but either way it makes for a very interesting life. So without giving it much thought, I called Southwest Airlines and booked a flight into St. Louis the next day. Thankfully there were plenty of open seats on the flight and I was able to make it on with no problem.
Kristen, being the best good friend she is, was inside the airport to pick me up just as soon as my plane landed. I wish I could share with you that I traveled across the country to tour museums, go hiking, site see, etc, but I would be lying. My trip consisted of going out to the college bars in Edwardsville, getting breakfast at 2:00 A.M., singing along while watching Hairspray, napping, and ordering Jimmy Johns all with one of my best friends. All in all I would consider this a worthwhile trip.
Yesterday I headed back to the airport around 5 to catch my flight home. I wasn't too worried about getting a seat as the gate agent I had spoken with the day before said there were three available seats. People wouldn't really wait until the day before to book a flight, so I just assumed I was in the clear. Then I got to the ticket counter and was informed the flight was oversold by one. Well, crap. So I sat at the airport for an hour with my fingers, knees, and toes crossed that maybe just maybe two people wouldn't show up. I never want to wish harm on anyone, but if someone on there way to the airport could just get a little flat tire it would be really helpful! Thankfully, just as the boarding process was starting my alias, Kelsey SchuLtz, was announced over the loudspeaker requesting I come to the ticket counter. Glory be, hallelujah, my prayers were answered and I got on the flight.
Now I'm aware that beggars can't be choosers, but I was the LAST person on the plane and therefore was treated to the LAST open seat. As soon as I sat down it was obvious why it was the last seat available. The seat was an aisle seat in the very last row, no big deal I'm used to sitting in the back of the plane. However, I was seated next to a husband and wife who were both, how do I put this, of large stature. Thankfully I don't take up much space so it wasn't a huge issue, but none the less slightly annoying. What I did find amusing though was halfway through the flight the woman in the row in front of us slightly reclined her chair. Apparently this was very irritating to the large husband as the seat was now in his personal space. He let out a very loud huff and whispered not so quietly to his wife, "Jesus Christ is this guy serious? Some people are just so rude." Never mind me sitting on half of my seat over here. Self awareness, some people got it, some people don't.
Despite the whole almost getting stranded in St. Louis and then having to share my seat thing, my first non revenue trip was in fact a success! Now the question is, where to next?
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain
Sunday, April 3, 2011
All Good Things Must Come To An End
So between my scheduled days off and not getting called while being on reserve, I physically went to work ONE day out of the past 13. It was awesome, I was basically getting paid for a two week vacation. My on call period is from midnight to 10:00 A.M. Each day that I was not called by 10:00 in the morning, I took it upon myself to go out and enjoy beautiful South Florida. I'm pleased to announce swimming suit tan lines are back in action! So this past week of "work" involved lots of time at the beach, movies and dinners with friends, and shopping for the condo. I love this job!
This past week also included my 2nd-only-to-Christmas favorite holiday....April Fool's Day. I don't think people embrace this holiday enough, and would personally like to see it get the recognition it deserves and be made into a national holiday. Not wanting to waste a second of precious time, at approximately 0001 on the holiday I emerged from my room with a piece of thread hanging off my sweater. Obviously this was the classic April Fools Day string that was attached to an entire spool of thread being hidden inside my sweater. This prank would have gone off a lot better if I hadn't have had to spend so much time convincing Steph to continue pulling on the string and not cut it with the scissors she had in her hand. It was a lame prank, but it's a personal must do for each April Fools. Next we joined forces and called several of each others friends claiming the other had "met a guy on a flight and went out for dinner, but should have returned hours ago, have you heard from (Steph, Kelsey)?" Of course, right before the concerned friend would offer to contact the police we'd join together for a unison APRIL FOOLS! Sometimes it was followed by laughs, sometimes not. Like all of my April Fools pranks, I had several hits and misses, but I'm a firm believer it's worth every miss, just to get that hit! The next morning I was woken up way too early by a call from Allison's mom, Jackie. I answered the phone and she frantically started babbling on about Allison being in the hospital. I quickly interrupted and informed her that I found it really ironic this horrible accident had happened on April Fool's Day. She is still a little bitter about a prank at her expense that occurred on that day four years ago. Unfortunately for her she is dealing with a professional here and will never be able to get even. Since I was up so early I figured I might as well call each one of my family members to let them know that I had decided to fly home for the day and ask if they could pick me up in St. Louis that afternoon. Each of them were so sweet, offering to set aside their own plans for the day to come pick me up. It almost broke my heart having to bust out "well make sure you leave plenty early, as I'm sure the traffic will be really bad with it being April Fools Day." I think I was most touched by my sister in law, Jackie, only hesitating briefly before agreeing to come pick me up. She later told me that she had a massage scheduled for that afternoon that she had been looking forward to for three weeks, but was going to skip it for me. That is love.
On Friday night my two week vacation came to a screeching halt when crew scheduling called to inform me I had been assigned to a four day trip that began at 6:00 A.M. the next morning. As nice as not working has been, I was kind of getting the itch to go some where, so the trip was welcomed. However, the 6:00 A.M. show time was not! At present time by body is way confused. My arse is currently burnt from laying out by the pool in Tampa yesterday, and my feet are numb from these sub zero temperatures and freezing rain in Detroit. On the bright side, my knees seem to be getting the best of both worlds and are at the perfect temperature!
In other exciting news, I found out this week that I am going to be an auntie to a nephew this time! With just having the two little girls around for so long, this boy business may take some getting used to. Based on my babysitting experiences, boys enjoy not showering, farting, fart noises, jokes about farts, picking their nose....ok so this little guy and I may have more to bond over than I thought. :)
Have a great week everyone!
This past week also included my 2nd-only-to-Christmas favorite holiday....April Fool's Day. I don't think people embrace this holiday enough, and would personally like to see it get the recognition it deserves and be made into a national holiday. Not wanting to waste a second of precious time, at approximately 0001 on the holiday I emerged from my room with a piece of thread hanging off my sweater. Obviously this was the classic April Fools Day string that was attached to an entire spool of thread being hidden inside my sweater. This prank would have gone off a lot better if I hadn't have had to spend so much time convincing Steph to continue pulling on the string and not cut it with the scissors she had in her hand. It was a lame prank, but it's a personal must do for each April Fools. Next we joined forces and called several of each others friends claiming the other had "met a guy on a flight and went out for dinner, but should have returned hours ago, have you heard from (Steph, Kelsey)?" Of course, right before the concerned friend would offer to contact the police we'd join together for a unison APRIL FOOLS! Sometimes it was followed by laughs, sometimes not. Like all of my April Fools pranks, I had several hits and misses, but I'm a firm believer it's worth every miss, just to get that hit! The next morning I was woken up way too early by a call from Allison's mom, Jackie. I answered the phone and she frantically started babbling on about Allison being in the hospital. I quickly interrupted and informed her that I found it really ironic this horrible accident had happened on April Fool's Day. She is still a little bitter about a prank at her expense that occurred on that day four years ago. Unfortunately for her she is dealing with a professional here and will never be able to get even. Since I was up so early I figured I might as well call each one of my family members to let them know that I had decided to fly home for the day and ask if they could pick me up in St. Louis that afternoon. Each of them were so sweet, offering to set aside their own plans for the day to come pick me up. It almost broke my heart having to bust out "well make sure you leave plenty early, as I'm sure the traffic will be really bad with it being April Fools Day." I think I was most touched by my sister in law, Jackie, only hesitating briefly before agreeing to come pick me up. She later told me that she had a massage scheduled for that afternoon that she had been looking forward to for three weeks, but was going to skip it for me. That is love.
On Friday night my two week vacation came to a screeching halt when crew scheduling called to inform me I had been assigned to a four day trip that began at 6:00 A.M. the next morning. As nice as not working has been, I was kind of getting the itch to go some where, so the trip was welcomed. However, the 6:00 A.M. show time was not! At present time by body is way confused. My arse is currently burnt from laying out by the pool in Tampa yesterday, and my feet are numb from these sub zero temperatures and freezing rain in Detroit. On the bright side, my knees seem to be getting the best of both worlds and are at the perfect temperature!
In other exciting news, I found out this week that I am going to be an auntie to a nephew this time! With just having the two little girls around for so long, this boy business may take some getting used to. Based on my babysitting experiences, boys enjoy not showering, farting, fart noises, jokes about farts, picking their nose....ok so this little guy and I may have more to bond over than I thought. :)
Have a great week everyone!
Friday, March 25, 2011
Top Ten
1) Today is my 6th day of six days off. I've thoroughly enjoyed each and every one of my days off. I feel refreshed and ready to hit the friendly skies tomorrow!
2) On Tuesday I saw the movie Beastly in theaters. If today were opposites day I would say that it was hands down the best movie I have ever seen.
3) This week marks the 10 year anniversary of my Grandpa Schutz passing away. The Tennessee Waltz, Tennessee Walking Horses, bib overalls, Go Fish, and Sweet Petunias will forever make me think of him. What a character!
4) I received an email from my baby niece yesterday, from her very own email account. I seriously thought she was still working on reading. How did that happen?
5) While working at Disney this week I randomly noticed a man out of the corner of my eye buying a balloon on Main Street. His voice sounded familiar, so I turned to look at him and then immediately blurted out, "Dave?" Yep 50,000 people in the Magic Kingdom and I just so happen to run into Dave, one of my sister's best friends' husband. It truly is a small world after all....(good luck getting that song outta your head).
6) This just released: Jenny Raabe, Andrea McQuillan, April 14-19 in FLORIDA! Get excited!
7) Thanks to my one month free trial subscription to Netflix I have now watched every single episode of The Office. Seriously how do you not laugh out loud while watching that show? So. Stinking. Hilarious.
8) The flower and garden festival is currently going on at Epcot. There are tons of beautiful flower displays and Disney character topiaries on that are really cool. All of this gardening business brought to mind the time I brought my prized Marigolds to the 4H fair. As I sat my arrangement in front of the judges I was all ready to tell them how I had diligently cared for the flowers all summer, but they interrupted me by asking me to first tell them the name of my flowers. I had to excuse myself for a moment to go ask my mom....BUSTED. I started to share this embarrassing story with my friend Lita, who immediately asked what the bleep 4H was. Yet another culture clash for this Midwestern farm girl and New England Jew.
9) I was attacked, but thankfully not bitten, by two separate small dogs today, during two completely different instances. Conspiracy theory much?
10) Piano Bars get me every time. I've seriously never not had a blast at one, and Jelly Rolls on Sunday night was no exception! I think it'd be so much fun play at one. I've got the piano part down, but the voice is my downfall. My friends have told me most singers fall into either the alto or soprano category, but I would be best placed in the baritone section. I view this as a speed bump, not a roadblock.
The Gift Of Love
Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is bliss, taste it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.
by Mother Theresa
2) On Tuesday I saw the movie Beastly in theaters. If today were opposites day I would say that it was hands down the best movie I have ever seen.
3) This week marks the 10 year anniversary of my Grandpa Schutz passing away. The Tennessee Waltz, Tennessee Walking Horses, bib overalls, Go Fish, and Sweet Petunias will forever make me think of him. What a character!
4) I received an email from my baby niece yesterday, from her very own email account. I seriously thought she was still working on reading. How did that happen?
5) While working at Disney this week I randomly noticed a man out of the corner of my eye buying a balloon on Main Street. His voice sounded familiar, so I turned to look at him and then immediately blurted out, "Dave?" Yep 50,000 people in the Magic Kingdom and I just so happen to run into Dave, one of my sister's best friends' husband. It truly is a small world after all....(good luck getting that song outta your head).
6) This just released: Jenny Raabe, Andrea McQuillan, April 14-19 in FLORIDA! Get excited!
7) Thanks to my one month free trial subscription to Netflix I have now watched every single episode of The Office. Seriously how do you not laugh out loud while watching that show? So. Stinking. Hilarious.
8) The flower and garden festival is currently going on at Epcot. There are tons of beautiful flower displays and Disney character topiaries on that are really cool. All of this gardening business brought to mind the time I brought my prized Marigolds to the 4H fair. As I sat my arrangement in front of the judges I was all ready to tell them how I had diligently cared for the flowers all summer, but they interrupted me by asking me to first tell them the name of my flowers. I had to excuse myself for a moment to go ask my mom....BUSTED. I started to share this embarrassing story with my friend Lita, who immediately asked what the bleep 4H was. Yet another culture clash for this Midwestern farm girl and New England Jew.
9) I was attacked, but thankfully not bitten, by two separate small dogs today, during two completely different instances. Conspiracy theory much?
10) Piano Bars get me every time. I've seriously never not had a blast at one, and Jelly Rolls on Sunday night was no exception! I think it'd be so much fun play at one. I've got the piano part down, but the voice is my downfall. My friends have told me most singers fall into either the alto or soprano category, but I would be best placed in the baritone section. I view this as a speed bump, not a roadblock.
The Gift Of Love
Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is bliss, taste it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.
by Mother Theresa
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Another Day Another Dollar
Sorry for the blogging hiatus! I really hate when people say they have just been "too busy" for something because we're all in control of our own lives. So my excuse will be that I have been working hard and playing hard and blogging hasn't been a priority. I do feel loved knowing that I have faithful readers who notice when I've checked out for a few weeks! :)
Alright so, errrrr rewind! If during this post you notice I sound wiser, more knowledgeable, perhaps older, it's because I am! This is my first post I've written as a 23 year old. I'll try not to sound too old, and keep my complaining about bad knees, constant constipation, and kids these days to a minimum. I had a great birthday! I felt very loved all day long! The only downfall to my birthday was that I had to work. But it just so happens that my work involved flying to Haiti for the day, which was pretty interesting, so it wasn't such a horrible way to spend the day. I had never met any of the crew I was flying with, nor any of the passengers, but it was my birthday and people are supposed to celebrate! I didn't want a little thing like none of them knowing me to get in the way of my celebration, so I just casually brought it up in conversation throughout the flight. Example, a little boy was waiting in the line by my jump seat to use the restroom.
Kelsey-Hi buddy, how are you?
Chubby Child-good
Kelsey-How old are you?
Chubby Child- Seven
Kelsey-Oh how fun! When is your birthday?
CC- blah blah blah some insignificant date that didn't matter
Kelsey-Oh, well guess what, today is MY birthday!
CC-*stares awkwardly* Can I go to the bathroom yet?
As you can see, it didn't work out as planned with every person, but I did get some successful birthday wishes from strangers.
My birthday night I went out with friends for some Mexican birthday dinner. The only thing that could have made it slightly better would have been the waiters slamming ice cream in my face like they do at good ol Los Tres Amigos. So, all in all it was a great birthday!
One of my projects during these past two weeks has been finishing my bedroom! Every since I was little I've LOVED interior decorating! My landlord was super nice and said that I was free to pick the colors for my bedroom walls. I decided on light grey walls, with one dark grey accent wall. Being my savvy little self I was able to buy a really cool bookshelf from Goodwill, and repainted a small dresser and frames that I already had. I spent a week showing up to work with little black highlights throughout my hair, but the result was well worth it. The room turned out exactly how I had envisioned. Photos to come.
This past month I have been working A LOT! During the month of February I didn't get called very often because that's generally a slow travel time. With spring break in full swing this month, I've worked almost everyday that I've been on reserve. One of the most frustrating days came when I was assigned ready reserve from 9:00 A.M-2:00 P.M. I spent most of this time napping in the crew room, and at about 1:45 I woke up, gathered my things, and was relieved that I hadn't been called out. Just as that feeling of gratitude surfaced, the phone rang and I was assigned a turn to Cancun. Now I'm never one to wrinkly my nose at Cancun, but TEN more minutes and I was home free. Oh well, it's all part of this lifestyle! For some reason I've been working a lot of turns, and not quite as many trips. It's all just kind of random how it gets assigned. Currently I am on a trip. Yesterday I was in Tampa laying out by the pool, today I am in Detroit and ordered food in with the other flight attendants because it's way too cold to wonder outside.
I was able to convince my roommate, who has never been a runner, to sign up for a 10k with me. I think it's always more fun to train for a race with someone else as it helps to keep me accountable. This was our first week of training, and so far so good. I've received multiple texts from her this week about being too sore to even walk, so I would go as far as saying training is going really well! If anyone wants to join we're running the Passavant Area 10k on May 28th, it's gonna be fun! I've never really gone on an actually beach run until this week, but it's my new favorite thing! The gorgeous sunset over the ocean, the endorphins, the occasional hunky man runner that passes me....what's not to love?
This next week I have SIX days off! Holler! I really do love this job, but I equally love the days off! Although several of those days are not complete days off, as I've picked up a couple of shifts at Disney. I'll be spending a lot of time with my Orlando friends, and even celebrating one of their birthdays. I find a little bit of work mixed in with a lot of play is always the best practice!
Hope everyone has a great St. Patrick's Day tomorrow! It just dawned on me that my uniform is a BLACK skirt and a BLUE shirt...looks like someone's arse is getting pinched a lot. I should be back in Ft. Lauderdale just in time to go out and celebrate my wee bit of Irish that I'm sure is buried somewhere in my family tree.
Love you all!
"Today is gone. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one. Every day, from here to there, funny things are everywhere." -Dr. Seuss
Alright so, errrrr rewind! If during this post you notice I sound wiser, more knowledgeable, perhaps older, it's because I am! This is my first post I've written as a 23 year old. I'll try not to sound too old, and keep my complaining about bad knees, constant constipation, and kids these days to a minimum. I had a great birthday! I felt very loved all day long! The only downfall to my birthday was that I had to work. But it just so happens that my work involved flying to Haiti for the day, which was pretty interesting, so it wasn't such a horrible way to spend the day. I had never met any of the crew I was flying with, nor any of the passengers, but it was my birthday and people are supposed to celebrate! I didn't want a little thing like none of them knowing me to get in the way of my celebration, so I just casually brought it up in conversation throughout the flight. Example, a little boy was waiting in the line by my jump seat to use the restroom.
Kelsey-Hi buddy, how are you?
Chubby Child-good
Kelsey-How old are you?
Chubby Child- Seven
Kelsey-Oh how fun! When is your birthday?
CC- blah blah blah some insignificant date that didn't matter
Kelsey-Oh, well guess what, today is MY birthday!
CC-*stares awkwardly* Can I go to the bathroom yet?
As you can see, it didn't work out as planned with every person, but I did get some successful birthday wishes from strangers.
My birthday night I went out with friends for some Mexican birthday dinner. The only thing that could have made it slightly better would have been the waiters slamming ice cream in my face like they do at good ol Los Tres Amigos. So, all in all it was a great birthday!
One of my projects during these past two weeks has been finishing my bedroom! Every since I was little I've LOVED interior decorating! My landlord was super nice and said that I was free to pick the colors for my bedroom walls. I decided on light grey walls, with one dark grey accent wall. Being my savvy little self I was able to buy a really cool bookshelf from Goodwill, and repainted a small dresser and frames that I already had. I spent a week showing up to work with little black highlights throughout my hair, but the result was well worth it. The room turned out exactly how I had envisioned. Photos to come.
This past month I have been working A LOT! During the month of February I didn't get called very often because that's generally a slow travel time. With spring break in full swing this month, I've worked almost everyday that I've been on reserve. One of the most frustrating days came when I was assigned ready reserve from 9:00 A.M-2:00 P.M. I spent most of this time napping in the crew room, and at about 1:45 I woke up, gathered my things, and was relieved that I hadn't been called out. Just as that feeling of gratitude surfaced, the phone rang and I was assigned a turn to Cancun. Now I'm never one to wrinkly my nose at Cancun, but TEN more minutes and I was home free. Oh well, it's all part of this lifestyle! For some reason I've been working a lot of turns, and not quite as many trips. It's all just kind of random how it gets assigned. Currently I am on a trip. Yesterday I was in Tampa laying out by the pool, today I am in Detroit and ordered food in with the other flight attendants because it's way too cold to wonder outside.
I was able to convince my roommate, who has never been a runner, to sign up for a 10k with me. I think it's always more fun to train for a race with someone else as it helps to keep me accountable. This was our first week of training, and so far so good. I've received multiple texts from her this week about being too sore to even walk, so I would go as far as saying training is going really well! If anyone wants to join we're running the Passavant Area 10k on May 28th, it's gonna be fun! I've never really gone on an actually beach run until this week, but it's my new favorite thing! The gorgeous sunset over the ocean, the endorphins, the occasional hunky man runner that passes me....what's not to love?
This next week I have SIX days off! Holler! I really do love this job, but I equally love the days off! Although several of those days are not complete days off, as I've picked up a couple of shifts at Disney. I'll be spending a lot of time with my Orlando friends, and even celebrating one of their birthdays. I find a little bit of work mixed in with a lot of play is always the best practice!
Hope everyone has a great St. Patrick's Day tomorrow! It just dawned on me that my uniform is a BLACK skirt and a BLUE shirt...looks like someone's arse is getting pinched a lot. I should be back in Ft. Lauderdale just in time to go out and celebrate my wee bit of Irish that I'm sure is buried somewhere in my family tree.
Love you all!
"Today is gone. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one. Every day, from here to there, funny things are everywhere." -Dr. Seuss
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