Palm Reading

I had a 2 day trip with Rachel and our first day was just a deadhead to LAX. We decided to go a bit earlier and hang out at Venice Beach. All we really did was walk around and look at all the vendors and the CRAZY people. Holy smokes! I saw way more of people then I cared too!

One thing I thought of was that we should have our palms read! Rachel backed out on me but I decided to have both of my palms read.

 Here's the details:

• I don't use logic as much as I use my intuition and luck. That line is very prominent. I'm very intune with my sign and am a very STRONG scorpio. **We already knew that!**
• Although have a lot of problems with my menstrual cycle it won't interfere with the two potential children.
• When I get married it's a lifetime committment and there is only one in my future.
• Although I have problems with my back and neck and always will that it won't interfere with my long life span ahead of me (she's saying in my 90's!!!)
• She asked if I knew someone of an Earth sign. My immediatea question if a February birthday was one (Josh's bday) and she said no. But that I would meet an Earth sign, most likely a Virgo around Dec. 20th in a social group that would become a love interest. Rachel, Josh, and myself don't agree with that all!!!! Awful Idea!
• She said that there was a personal trip coming up in December, April (this is to be a special occasion trip) and in July. WE have talked about going to Tokyo so perhaps that is one of them.
• She stated also that a job change was coming soon after the first of the year but that a career would take off in the next two years. Two years is about what I have to finish my Early Childhood and Elementary Education degree. I'm certainly excited about that!

It was definitely a different experience. I enjoyed it though! Things happen for a reason but I'm not going to rely on what she said especially since I don't agree with certain parts!

Rachel had been to Venice Beach a lot so there was a place she wanted to eat that had pupusas. I've never had one before. They are two tortillas filled with meat and cheese and then topped with cabbage and hot sauce. I tried one that was chicken.

It sure was yummy! I also tried a churro and a spinach empanada for the first time as well. We did stop for happy hour beverages. We had a PITCHER OF WINE! Seriously? A pitcher?

Classy huh?!

Overall it was a good night. It did get pretty chilly down by the water but all that wine sure warmed us up!



Gobble Gobble

What a day Thanksgiving was! I cooked the turkey as Mimi had in the past by cooking it overnight in the oven and seasoning it as basic as I could. Butter, salt, and pepper. Perfect. It was done around 6 AM and I got up and took it out. I also made green bean casserole, baked macroni and cheese, stuffing, rolls, and mashed potatoes with gravy. The only thing I knew by heart how to make was the casserole. Josh had mentioned having the basked macroni and cheese which I had to search for a recipe online for. Lucky for me he got up early than he probably wanted and helped make the cheese sauce for the dish. A lot of it needed to be prepared all at the same time and it was difficult to manage so I was thankful that Josh got up and helped.

I had watched The Macy's Thanksgiving Parade that morning. It's something that I've always done. We ended up eating around 1:30. One plate and we were both full. It was certainly a lot to eat for just the two of us! But I was extremely proud of myself for preparing so much of it. Josh said it was good and had two additional plates later that evening so I'm sure he wasn't lying to me.

I had emailed his mom a few weeks earlier to ask about any traditions that they had for Thanksgiving. I knew he would miss being home with his family since everyone was getting together for his aunt's birthday. And I knew they would miss him being there too. She said that he and his sister always requested red (cherry) jello from his grandma.....so Cherry Jello it was. That was a little surprise for him. I also made a pecran pie and a pumpkin pie. I really wanted to get a Chocolate Pie from Marie Callender's but money was a bit tight and I figured we didn't need 3 pies between the two of us. I was right. We still haven't finished the two. Although, the pumkin pie must have been good because Josh ate a lot of it!

We didn't have our dining room table yet so I set up our coffee table with a centerpiece and tall candles along with a gold tablecloth. It looked pretty and sophisticated.

We did have a lot of turkey left over but that was the original plan anyways. I've alwawys loved having turkey sandwhiches afterwards and knew it would be perfect for all of my trips coming up for work. MMmmm G-O-O-D!!!

We were lazy most of the day although I did do a few loads of laundry, vacummed, dusted, swept and mopped. I hadn't planned on sweeping and mopping but we had a minor sink issue. I had clogged the sink and garbage disposal with the leftover cooked macroni. UUUgggg!!! We sat and hoped it would eventually drain but no such luck. Josh took the pipe under the sink off spewing water all over him and the kitchen (apartment maintenance refused to come as it wasn't deemed worthy) so I had a lot to clean up.

Over all it was a good day. We did end up going to Wal-Mart around 11:30 for a few sale items. It was a first for both of us and certainly not something I'll do on a regular basis!

Hopefully next year we aren't sitting by ourselves but surrounding by family!

White Wonderland

We got our first REAL BIG snow storm last time. It was originally suppose to start with a bit of rain and then turn to snow. Well. . . . HA, it rained for whole like 3 minutes! Seriously! Then it was snow Snow SNOW!

Larissa (one of Josh's old roomies from the house at Bryce's) and I went to Olive Garden for a few appetizers and adult beverages...mmmmMMMMM Peach Bellinis are aaahhhh! Yummy! Well by the time she got to our apartment it was insane. So I drove from our apartment to OG. It was soo hard to drive and scary after the accident. I think that's a bit normall I suppose. Dinner was fantastic though. It was a great chance to hang out with her again! We got to catch up on soo much though. We ruined our tradition of eating dessert first though.

Josh got home from work a bit later and we got to watch a bit of tv before the power went out. Our apartment is around a large amount of power lines. When the power went out it seemed like the generator or something was trying to come back on but couldn't fully. Each time it tried our power flickered in the apartment. We gave up on it and lit a few candles that I had in the apartment. It was actually kind of nice to not have to deal with the technology and actually just get to sit, talk, and enjoy each other's company. We actually got to REALLY discuss a few things and come up with a few plans. OCD me LLLLOOOVVVEEEDDD that!

When we woke up this morning we had our power back on. And LOTS of snow! I bet there was a good 3 inches! The mountains look sooo pretty when they're covered with snow! I really hope maybe we can try snowboarding again. Josh is a bit paranoid about his knee though so I don't know if I can talk him into it. Plus we have soo much to pay for in the next coming weeks. So we shall see . . .

Then later today we went to The Cheesecake Factory for what was suppose to be brunch ended up being a very VERY late lunch. But on our way there. . . .SLEET like CRAZY. The streets were getting a bit slippery too. Luckily we to got there safe and sound and got to enjoy a wonderful lunch together. Now it's a lazy night. He's working on homework and I'm watching my Jerseylicious!

I Feel . . .

Why do some people think it's okay to hurt you, leave you, and then just show up like none of it ever happened? Request a friendship that was lost because of them in the first place? I don't get it. I just really don't. It's not okay. I have my damn trust issues anyways I don't need to put myself though a second round. I don't do second chances. You screw up once bad enough and that's it for me. I've dealt too much with some people that I just don't have a desire to be that forgiving and forgetful just so THEY can feel better about themselves. I'm sick of it!

I'm sick of everyone thinking that I should deal with everyone else's crap but no one wants to listen to me. No one really knows what I feel or what I think. It's frustrating to not have anyone that I can go to. It's lonely.

I feel like I do soo much for some people and no one really ever does anything thoughtful for me. I go out of my way for some and never get anything in return. I don't feel appreciated. I don't feel important. I just feel taken advantage of. I don't like this. I always think it will change but it never does. It never does....

Knowing Your Finances

There's nothing worse than not knowing your financial status. Maybe worse would be knowing it but ignoring it. I'm no expert and I've learned things the hard way. I'm still absolutely not where I should be which is pathetic in my book. It's dissapointing to be this old and unprepared. I'm starting to get to the point where I want this organized. Everything else in my life seems to be except this! How awful is that? I could sit an explain why it's like this, the causes and excuses, but bottom line, it doesn't FIX anything!

So here's the new plan. I have to find a way to make this work. Regardless of what it takes!!!

My 401k is not large at all. Definitely not where it should be and Suze Orman would be kicking my A$$ for taking it out when I moved to Utah. I could have found a different way to make that work at the time but it seemed like the easy way out at the time because it was just sitting there. At then not to mention the taxes I had to pay on that! Ugh! Not a smart move. I've been enrolled with my 401k here at the airline for about 2 years now and it's not much. I've decided to increase my percentage. It's not by a lot and I really don't think it's going to make a significant difference in my paychecks but it will make a huge difference when I have the opportunity to retire. The only thing that I'm not liking is that my 401k is held with Wells Fargo. I'm not a huge fan of thiers. I'm working on that and hoping that I can come to terms with it. besides my money won't always be there! So it's fine for now.

Something else that I've considered is the Wells Fargo Advisors. Depending on the cost (still need to look into that part) just to make sure that I'm on the right track for retirement, saving, and etc. I've received a package from them that I'm still looking at but I'm excited about having a PLAN and sticking to it to be successfull as an individual.

I have a kit from Suze Orman as well. It's here:http://www.suzeorman.com/igsbase/igstemplate.cfm?SRC=MD002a&SRCN=catalogdetail&ProductID=21&StartRow=1&GnavID=10&SnavID=48&TnavID= . I love this kit. I haven't had a chance to have everything completed but certainly well on my way. Definitely something I think everyone should have. It's for your own well being. One plus: it's super organized! We know I LOVE that! There are several of her books that I have as well and I've thoroughy enjoyed them and learned a lot. I suggest looking over her page for additional items. Every indiviual should have these documents!! Especially those that have children...but it would be good for someone to have one thing to look for should something happen to me and know where everything is financially. It would make things easier.

I also have my employee stock purchase plan. They take around $50 a paycheck out and 2 times a year they invest that money. Unfortunately, I've had to take that money out in the past but I am making it a huge goal to leave it alone. It's like an extra savings account. I just need to keep my hands off of it. I should have another deposit in January.

We get bonus checks each quarter as well. It's usually not a lot. But I was thinking about using that next year to take a family for the holidays to buy gifts and food items for them. I think that would be a great thing to do, especially since we get a free turkey each year. Granted I could very well use that money I know that there are families that need it much more than I do.

My student loans are probably the worst. I need to get them out of default so that I can go back to school to finish my early childhood and elementary education degree. It's something that I always go back to and would love to have my own classroom. This is problem though, one university is saying that I owe them money for a semester that I wasn't even there for. I was enrolled and attending another university.

So I certainly have a lot to work on. Lucky for my I have next week off. Yes it's a holiday week and I'll have plenty to do to keep my little tail busy but I'm going to work on this stuff as well . . . . hopefully.

NOT ME!

The flight attendant I'm flying with could very well be my mother (sorry MOM!) because she's the same age. We've chatted a lot about relationships though since she spoke openly about her two marriages AND her two divorces. I've learned a lot. Especially about what I DON'T want. I'm sure I already knew most of this but after hearing her experiences it a MUST NOT!

• Controlling: especially about money, having to ask for permission
• Selfishness: only spending time with one side of family (umm, definitely not fair!)
• Finances: BOTH people should always be involved and know what the status is!

After hearing her experiences I can't imagine having something like that. It would be awful!!! She had to have permission to spend money, to go places, to do things, had no say when it came to her children, and had no idea what the finances were. How is that a partnership?! Holy cow! It's sad that some people in end up in relationships like that. Hopefully I never EVER experince something like that. I'm too damn independent to allow someone to TELL me what to do or even HOW to do it. PPsshh!!!! Not this girl.

I'm definitely missing home. I really want to go home. I'm tired and it's really just not fun anymore. I would rather be home every night. It's a chance to eat three regular meals everyday at the proper times. I was up at 3 AM SLC time this morning. Now, I can be a morning person but not like that! Ugh!

I actually have a great crew. The f/a actually talks, the pilots are involved in how we're doing in the back. It's kind of like my first crew. And they are soo helpful!

We're in Edmonton ( in Canada) tonight. It's a chilly 17 degrees...more like freezing!!! I'm certainly not going anywhere....this is nothing for them too. How awful it would be to live here during winter! We get 50& off here so the entire crew is going to dinner at 6. Haven't done that in a while!

Free Turkey!

Well, good thing it's going to be free considering Josh and I don't really know how to fix one. It's going to be interesting that's for sure. I'm guessing I'm going to need to look a few things up and he wants to deep fry one. I'm not sure that's a good idea with us living in an apartment. I don't want to end up on the local television station for burning down our apartment! Oh how is it FREE? SkyWest provides us a certificate where we have the option to get a free turkey or ham up to a certain pound, normally around 12. They are being sent out this week which is perfect since we'll be doing the shopping this coming weekend for the list.

Josh said he had wanted backed macroni and cheese. Another thing I don't know how to make! I looked a few recipes up on different food websites and think I may have found a good one. So that's the side he gets to pick and my choice is green bean casserole. I'm going to try for some mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, and rolls as well. So we'll be eating leftovers for a while but cheaper on the grocery bill for the next week coming.

Pies? Hmm...definitely a pumpkin and a pecan. I really want a chocolate pie but I'm just going to purchase one of those from a local bakery in SLC. That's one I'm not sure about making.

I really wanted us to have our dining room table by now but we're having to pass on that. There are too many possibilities right now that adding a dining room table to our apartment could add for more stress later. So I'm thinking I will just dress up the counter and we'll use the coffee table as out dining room table for now. I just would like for it to be nice. I'm use to not being home for the holidays now because of flying. This, however, will be Josh's first holiday without his family and I'm sure it won't be easy on him or his mom. But he's going home for Christmas so we just need to get through this holiday.

And after Thanksgiving? We're considering going shopping the day after. Yes, we might endure that madhouse shopping trip. I've been playing with the idea of helping a family out. It's probably too late this year to do so but maybe next year. I'd like to pass on purchasing gifts and help a family out with a meal and toys and stockings stuffed. Seems like a great idea. I just am not sure that I have the extra money this year to make it worth it for a smally family. Perhaps I'll save my bonus checks next year and do that...that would be 3 by the time the holidays roll around.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Decorating Christmas

I'm eager to start decorating for the holidays. I've really have the urge to try this whole vinyl lettering thing and there a lot of ideas I have. I think I might try putting some pieces together. Maybe I'll  hit up a few stores tomorrow for my own satisfaction with a little birthday money. Besides, I should do what I want with it right?

Definitely check out the Wonderfullywordy.blogspot.com and look at the Christmas ideas she has posted. I really want to try and put this look together but maybe in some different colors. She did it without red this year to try to get away from the normal colors of Christmas just has she had with Halloween. I love it and think it looks beautiful and so elegant! There are a few other ideas that I have as well.

I'm going to skip over Thanksgiving decorating. It will just be Josh and I so I'm not concerned about it yet. We won't even have a table :-( yet.  I'm more worried about Christmas. I really want to have a tree (colors seem to still be up in the air and the lights as well. I want white and Josh wants colored. Yuck!!!) with the gorgeous ornaments. Josh says we need a star on the top and I want an angel. I'm starting to think we might have to have two different trees. But I just want it to look nice and sophisticated and that just seems to be how I am. It's the OCD I think.

I guess we will just have to wait and see how things turn out in the next few weeks. We won't be buying much right now for the apartment and I suppose I shouldn't be worried about doing the vinyl but it's something I'm really interested in and want to try out. I think I would be good at it!!! I need a hobby anyways! I did a few things for Halloween as a start and while they aren't that great yet they still served their purpose. Oh well. I'm sure Josh will tell me that I shouldn't be concerned with decorating right now and until we know what the next few weeks hold.....more details on that later!

No Great Title Tonight

Well it's nearly the end of my second trip back. It was another five day trip and my body is still adjusting as much as it was last week. Infact, this week from my knees down to my toes I had swelling. I even made a call into Dr. Frogley (the chiropractor) to make sure I shouldn't be too concerned since we had tried new therapy on Monday morning. He gave me some new things to do to help. My crew hasn't been as fun and entertaining but they are still okay. The captain still kind of gets to me though . . . .just odd. I have another 4 day and then a 2 day right afterwards. I may need to rethink that. Afterwards though I have several days off to focus on my chiropractic care and prepare for Thanksgiving. I'm hoping to cook a lot!


I had a kid's mom today try and buy him a beer. He was probably close to be 21 but I had a feeling he wasn't quite yet. Well, we can't serve minors in the air either (DUH!) and so when I asked for his ID he said he didn't have it. Mom chimes in stating that she's buying it for him. Last time I checked, the depended on consuming the product as well as purchasing it. Here's the other thing, you have to have an ID to get through security!!! I wanted so badly to inquire about that but let it go, knowing that I had won regardless and he wasn't getting the drink from me. Plus his behavior was just immature and it was obvious. Ridiculous.


Speaking of airports. There has been a lot of hype about the new body scanners. Crew members, especially, refuse these. In SLC I've never been asked to go through one while in uniform. Although, in other airports they have no problem requiring you to. Well, not this girl! I've had a 10 year FBI, YES F-B-I background check. I'm pretty sure no flight attendant in history has attempted to blow up her own airplane. Even though you go through the body scanners you still get a very inappropriate pat down. Well, while I'm in uniform I'm certainly not going to get padded down in front of my passengers and be violated. So this morning in MEM (Memphis) I refused to go through the body scanner (there was a regular entry less than 10 feet away) and they weren't too happy. So I told them that if I went through the body scanner then I wanted a private room for the pat down. They don't have time for that so I went through the regular one. This also allowed all crewmembers (about 7) behind me go through the regular entry as well. GO ME!!!


The flight attendant last week gave me a RAVE (recognizing a valuable employee). It stated this:

I had the pleasure of working with Courtney for a 5 day trip and she was not only wonderful to work with, she made me proud to be a part of SkyWest. She is professional, hard-working, efficient, flexible, kind and really has everyone's best... interest at heart. She cares deeply about all people--passengers, co-workers, crew and goes to high measures to take care of everyone as best she can no matter how long the day or how frustrating the situation. Courtney looks amazing, is a true professional and gives excellent, efficient and genuine service but above all she is a sweetheart and really cares and it is so nice and very refreshing to work with someone who puts their heart into everything they do. Thank you Courtney!

It was fantastic to read that. I felt so valuable and important. I felt like someone finally realized who I am and how I am. It was very VERY rewarding I must say. So to get 4 carry-on tags along with a RAVE.....GO ME #2!!!!

Headed home tomorrow. Unfortunately, I get home after Josh has gone to work. I guess it will give me a chance to have some quiet time to just release some energy and have some one on one time with M&A. Miss my lil babies! But I know Josh is taking great care of them while I'm away. I miss them all.  Hoping this weekend is better than last. I'm hoping there won't be a lot of chores to do except maybe a little bit of laundry. I could seriously use a pedicure! My poor feet have gone through a lot this week and need some lovin!!!

Well I'm off to bed. A happy flight attendant is a well rested flight attendant!

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO

Courtney

My First Trip

My last trip, which was my first trip back after being gone for 3 months was great. I had probably the best crew for a 5 day trip. Everyone was soo respectful of one another and very supportive. None of us had any disagreements. It was amazing!

The flight attendant that I was flying with actually being a Lead Flight Attendant which can be seen as a lower part of management. I wasn't aware of this until the second or day third. You wouldn't have known it though. She didn't act like a lead, didn't even wear her wing attatchment. Even our captain was an Air Line Checkman. He checks out the pilots for line checks and so forth.

He was wuite different as well. We ended up having a maintenance issue with our emergency lights on day 3 leaving MSP. Maintanence commented and pressured us that we were fine to go and that the a/c had been left on so the battery that our emergency exit lights operate off of were drained but the longer the a/c was on they would charge back up. They said that by the time we got to our destination that they would be operative. Ummm HELLO!!! My concern was that if we had to, for some crazy reason, abort our take-off and eveacuate our a/c that we wouldn't have lights! Yes of course this is a hypothetical situation but I don't want to be the next one one the news being blamed for injuries or much worse, a death of a passenger. Like Josh said, it's better to be the known heros. Our captain was amazing and supportive of both myself and the other f/a. Niether of us felt that it was safe or comfortable. So we didn't go until they were charged. Once they were charged there were still a few that wouldn't come on so we switched out the battery that those ran off of and then waited for those to charge before we chose to board and get on our way. Soo many captains wouldn't have done that. He actually ended up giving us a carry-on tag.

It's a new program that the airline is trying. We get little carry-on tags for following our guiding principles. He gave us one for not compromising safety. They look like this:

One side has an ID # we cant enter on our website to be put into drawings for different prizes. The current one is for a SkyWest model a/c. I ended up getting 4 by the end of the trip. The lead I was flying with gave me two. Then on our last flight home we were getting an audit and she gave me one as well. I think I'm going to hold on to the other 3 or at least two to see what the next drawing is for.

So it was a good trip. I felt like I did a good job. I was pleased with myself. I just wish management had seen it or knew that I really am not a bad person. Oh well. At least I had a great first trip back. I have another 5 day trip starting on the 8th.

Dissapointment

I haven't done anything on this trip that I wanted to. I haven't worked out (at least walking on the treadmills), I haven't gone out on longer overnights to really explore. Well, in Minneapolis I tried to but the shopping district of Niccollet Mall was ridiculous, I did find Target firld by accident but of course I couldn't see inside or anything, and there were more bars than anything. Even here in Billings, MT I haven't done anything either. I just hurt. I was even in tears last night. The pain in my back is just awful. It hurt to sit or lay down last night and after standing all day, that's all I wanted to do. My TENS unit is dead fromt he deadhead on the first day and unfortunately I don't have access to get a new one. I know it's going to take some time for my body to get used to flying. Yes my back is the cause for a lot of it but even my legs and arms hurt quitea bit. I can't wait to get home to take a nice hot bath with some lavender epsom salts. I need to get all the icky stuff out of my body. If my trip next Monday started later then I would try to schedule a massage in there too. Hopefully, by the next trip I will be able to start really getting back into things and be more comfortable. I really want to start working out. I've never weighed this much and it just doesn't feel like my body anymore. I even tried to pack healthy food but I don't think that my food has stayed cold enough so some of it I'm scared to eat now. I need to find a more efficient way to keep things super cold. My sandwhiches held up well but the salmon hasn't. I really wish it had though. Josh seasoned it and cooked it for me and I feel awful that I didn't get to eat it. It ended up leaking all over my bag. I've had my lunch bag for almost 4 years now. I think it's time for a new one. It's the same brand as my suitcase. Here is my suitcase...SUPER DUPER HEAVY WITH NOTHING IN IT!!!

It's an awesome bag,. It has a steel frame so it can hold up to anything you put it through. Here is the lunch bag I want. It's the same one that I have but a bit bigger and actually has the hooks to connect on to my suitcase which would help even out the weight.

Mine is practically destroyed inside so I may have to break down and by a new one. It's timje to put the other one to rest really. While we are on the  topic of things I want, here's another!!!

You can get them in different colors but it's a small video recoder. How awesome would it be to have one of those?!?! I found one on ebay for about $60. I might need that for Christmas! I think it's super cool.

Well I'm off to get ready and get my crap all together. It's another long day. But here is one of our new uniforms!

Buh-Bye!!!

Montreal eh?!

.....that's where I'm at tonight.

It's been an interesting first day back. I wasn't as on top of my game as I would have liked but I did pretty well. I got up at 5:40 AM (pretty sure Josh didn't like that) and left the house extremely early just to make sure I was early and nowhere near late (I've been having nightmares that keep me awake about being late and getting in trouble on my first day back). Well I was good and early...and ENTIRE hour! But it ended up being a good thing. The other flight attendant that I was going to be working with for the first round trip was late...seriously late, so I ended up doing all of the preflighting (checking emergency equipment for proper use) and getting the entire aircraft ready for flight. It was a pretty decent first flight. I did have to read my announcements because after not saying them for 3 months...well they're in my head but that doesn't correspond well with my mouth right now. I'm sure it will all come back by the end of this 5 day trip. I'll have plenty of flights to practice them on!

I was even in a really really good mood and got along with everyone...and everyone felt like they were being spoiled with me. I overheard a lot of comments about how positive and nice I was...HA, TAKE THAT!!!

The second flight....they must be out to get me! The FAA ended up being on board! Are you kidding me?!?!?!?!? It's my first day and here I am getting checked out by them? Well, I didn't. He sat in the flight deck with the pilots. Check! Off the hook!!!! Funny thing is- last night I felt like I was forgetting something important. Then I remembered that I had my flight attendant certificate in the glove box of my car and not with my other badges. This is a BIG requirement now. So in order to remember this morning when I was sure that I was going to be scattered brains, wrote a note on my hand. So good things I remembered last night! I would have been in BIG trouble had he sat in the back and I didn't have my required items!!! Whew!!!

We then deadheaded ( postive space seat on a flight in uniform as a passenger rather than working) to Minneapolis, MN. Awful Awful Awful flight. I cannot sit for that long. It hurt my back and hip sooo bad. I was using my TENS unit until the battery ran out. It was just soo uncomfortable. To add to it, one passenger next to me did nothing but huff and puff and complain the entire time!

I then met up with the crew again ( a new f/a and new captain, they had used user time to have the first round trip off ) and we headed off to Montreal. Boy am I exhausted and sore! I'm finding new muscles! Luckily tomorrow is just one short (2 hour flight) back to Minneapolis and I'm done for the day. I may have to rest a bit before heading out to explore. I had plans of working out but I don't know that that is going to happen on this trip. My body is sore from all the take offs and landings and the exertion and toll it takes on your body. I forgot about all of that. No wonder passengers get so dang crabby. 

The hotel here in Montreal is pretty posh as well. Very different but comfortable. It's cold here and you feel like you're in Europe. Everyone is smoking and speaking in French. We seem out of place. I took some pics of the hotel room so I'll post those tomorrow on here and revise the blog. Hopefully I can find a postcard for Hannah. I did have them stamp my passport since I hadn't been here before. Bad news: short overnight and my salmon leaked in my food bag....STINKY!!!!

Well this girl is off to dream land. Sweet dreams!!! XOXOXO