Another day my post from yesterday got hijacked!

I was flying in from Denver to Detroit today and the flight was delayed, go figure. The flight was coming in from Minnisota and it was late, it happens. My flight Detroit to Denver on Friday was delayed, seems to be happening a bit lately, ok.

When a flight is delayed, that means that people with connecting flights could have a problem, obvious, right? Who should you get mad at when there is a chance you might miss your flight, it’s the luck of the draw. There’s no way to predict that a flight will be delayed, coming in from one place, due to weather, whatever.

The one thing that the flight crew will do is ask that people who are at their final destination to sit tight and wait to get off the plane so that the people with connecting flights have the chance to make thier next flight. Do you think it works every time? Not a chance! I’ve been on a bunch of flights that it happens and lots that it doesnt.

The guy next to me was fidgity from the word go. I’m not sure if he just doesn’t fly often, is a nervous flier or just an angry guy, a butt head, so to speak. When I got on the plane to my middle seat, he seemed put out that he had to move his sandwich, so sorry. Then when we were delayed a little more getting off the ground, he asked the flight attendant what we were waiting on.

He was fidgity and restless and unnerved the entire flight, when he wasn’t asleep, that was the best time. When we landed, he wanted to know why we weren’t at the gate immediately after landing, you know, that whole taxiing to the gate thing. Then huffing and puffing and standing up and practically walking over me and the guy in the aisle seat. When he was trying to barrel over everyone, whining and complaining the entire time, everyone was standing and trying to get off the plane to make their connections as well, I had the priviledge of seeing more of his britches than I was quite prepared for, thank you very much.

Eventually, people started to move and then it was his turn, I sat for a while longer until it was my turn to get off the plane and go down to luggage claim.

If there’s nothing you can do because you have no control over the situation, then relax and know that what will happen will happen and the airline will do what it can to help get you where you need to go. I am not a rah rah rah cheerleader for the airline, I have been put out by flights more than twice, but what can I do? Get upset? Nasty? Just go with it and do what you can to get where you need to go.

And leave the rest of us out of your misery. Thank you.

It’s so good to have friends to catch up with and open up to, vent.

This is going to be initial city! You might need a spreadsheet!
The last two weeks have been great for catching up! Last weekend I got to talk to RJS, EMD, CKM, during the week, SDL. Over this weekend, JT and yesterday, TS, we played phone tag over three days! Today it was JCT and I got to go to dinner with two of my besties on this project, KS and TS and a new trainer, ET. Yesterday, I talked to GES and of course, every day, my dad, DWS!

It’s so important to have friends to talk to, who understand what you’re going through, who will listen to what you have to say, when you’re frustrated, when you’re happy, when you’re confused, they will talk it out, talk you through it. It also helps when some of those friends you work with so they have a deeper understanding of what you’re going through, not just your friends who “nod and smile” like they know what’s going on and honestly care, but may not have a great frame of reference to follow along.

If you have one friend, you are luckier than most people, but if you have more friends, you are truly blessed and I have to tell ya…I am bursting at the seams with my good fortune.

Thank you friends. Goodnight!

I had something else I wanted to talk about but I was deraile.

yesterday was “pi(e) day” just in case you didn’t know. and for those of You who don’t Know what that means, March 14) and as you Know, pi is 3.14. The pi day tradition was started by Larry Shaw in 1988.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi_Day

The reason I am giving you this background is that I really wanted some pie yesterday. It didn’t happen and that was ok because we decided we were going to have pie today. works for me!

This morning, I went up to Keystone and had a blast; DCM went to the Gun and Knife Show and had a blast. We decided on dinner and DCM went shopping while I was heading home.

When it was finally time for dessert we sliced the Cherry pie and added some lactose free Bryers vanilla ice cream, yum!

As we start eating something doesn’t taste right. DCM took another bite and we both agreed- not right. I got up to check and confirmed DCM’S suspicions…he did what I did a few months ago, he bought a sugar-free pie!

(I have become very sensative, possibly allergic to aspartame, I can taste it and it gives me a word feeling in my mouth and jaw.)

Now, while that is fine for someone who might be a diabetic or enjoy sugar-free things, more power to ya, but…

Sugar-free is just not for me! (us) and I can’t get the taste out of my mouth! Gotta find some pie soon!

Traveling to different time zones can be tough.

It all depends on which way you’re going how it will affect you. East coast to west Coast you gain 2-3 hours and west coast to east is the opposite. (I knew You figured that out, it just felt incomplete not to say it).

I’m only going to address the east/west time difference, not even touching international time difference!

They say going east to west is easier and in a lot of ways it is. I work in Michigan monday through Friday and I normally fly out on Sunday afternoons about four and get to Michigan about 9pm. It’s not to bad, if I flew in monday morning I would have to leave about 6 am, not fun.

I normally come home Friday mornings, leave at 9am and get to Colorado about 10 am. The funny thing is when I get here, even though it’s 10 am, for me, it’s 12pm and time for lunch!

Right now , even though the clock says it’s 12am my body knows its 2 am, and I was wondering why I was starting to get tired at 10pm!

my plan is to not think about the time difference and just work with the current time, I should be OK.

That being said. .. goodnight!

ps.. happy Pi Day, what kind did you have?

Why do the little owies and ouchies seem to hurt the worst?
Yes, I used the words owies and ouchies!

I know breaking a bone, falling down and bruising yourself, twisting an ankle, just to name a few are things that are incredibly painful, but doesn’t it seem like the little things hurt like you know what!

For example…how bad did that papercut you got hurt? Stub your toe on the bed? Step on the Lego or toy car in the middle of the night? Catch your fingernail and it bent all the way back? Bit the inside of your cheek? Swung an arm and hit the wall or table? Or maybe, like me, today, which inspired this post, bit the side of your tongue? [then I did the fingernail thing too!]

The expression is “it’s the little things” I think they were referring to the little things that make the difference, more on a positive note, but in this case, it’s definitely the little things that make you say “OWWWW!”

That’s all.