Haunted Hotel

So I've stayed in this hotel once before. We're in South Dakota and we stay at this hotel called Hotel Alex Johnson. It's an extremely old hotel. There have always been rumors about this hotel being haunted in the SkyWest system. The last time I stayed here I kept hearing water running in the bathroom. Of course every time I got up to check there was nothing, not even a drop. The rooms here are normal except there are little things that make it wierd. Like I have a long hallway in my room. This time I am in Room 811.

Ghost Hunters (a pretty cool show if you like to get the chills!) did an investigation here at this hotel. I tried finding the episode online and it's not posted quite yet. Bummer!

However I did read a bit of the synopsis for that episode. Remember my room number? Uh huh 811. Well you can go here to read a bit about what goes on in this hotel. Some of these things happen in the room right next door!

Here are some pictures:

Here is a link to a youtube video here . Dude super freaky to watch and be sitting in the room right next to 812! If that bride bites me tonight.....!!!!

4 Inches

Today was probably not the best day for me to decide to get my hair cut. While I needed one extremely bad (dude, my bags couldn't be called bangs anymore!) I should have wait until I was in SLC.

There is a place there that I go to where this little super religious hispanic guy named Jamie doesn't such a great job that I normally fall asleep. He's used to it and I love being able to trust him enough with my hair that I can relax like that! Once he starts blow drying and styling I'm catching my ZZZZzzzzz's! I'm not very trusting when it comes to my hair. I've had plenty of people screw it up to the point of me crying and not paying... more than probably at least 3 occasions. So to trust him even with cutting in bangs after not having them for soo long...BIG DEAL!

However, this girl today. It took all my patience to not hit her and walk out and this started in the middle of my shampoo! She was soo rough with my head I thought she was trying to pull my hair out! I don't think she realized that my hair was attached to this things called a scalp and that's attached to these things called nerve endings! Not to mention I had water dripping down my back and neck because she was soo careless with the spout! Was this her first day?! She also felt the need to tell me how thick my hair was (hello, I know this!) and what a pain it must be to deal with on a daily basis. WHAT?! Are you kidding me?! This was becoming more like the time when my mom had a lady tell her that washing her hair was like washing a rug. I couldn't believe I was going to be paying for this! She then had me towel dry my own hair, take my hooded cardigan off, and remove my diamond earrings. I wasn't about to put those on the counter so I held them tightly for the next hour. Now, when I blow dry my hair I am fully capable of keeping my hair out of my face. This was too complicated of a task for her. This irritated me even more than being drenched and having my hair constantly pulled during the shampoo. She still kept pulling it. She needed more credit hours in the lesson of using a round brush! Her skills in the flat iron, we won't even go there. Let's put it this way; when I have to go home and RE-DO my hair we have an issue. Nor should my hair look worse than when I walked in which should have been really hard to do since I hadn't done ANYTHING to it.

Funny thing, she even gave me her card like she had done something amazing. It's taking all I have to not call and inform the supervisor. I definitely won't be going back. I really need to get my eyebrows waxed but hell I didn't trust her with that. My luck she would have taken them completely off!

So I just cut about 4 inches off the bottom, added some swopp bangs, and framed the sides a bit. Can't really tell a whole lot I guess.

Can't wait for it to grow back and I'll need to find a reputable place here or just fly to SLC all the time to get it done. Crappy dude!

Mini Austin Vacation

I was lucky enough to get another long overnight in Austin this month. We were suppose to land at 3:57 PM yesterday and have nearly 22 hours. We also got a new long overnight hotel here in Austin. We now stay at the Radisson downtown on East Ceasar Chaves and Congress. Perfect location!!!

Unfortunately, the weather in SFO didn't exactly cooperate with our schedule. We had spent the night in Edmonton Alberta Canada and since the rain was rolling in fog we sat with passengers in the penalty box for a little over 1.5 hours. Yea for money!!! But boo on time schedule. This pushed us back anb hour for the day. Luckily I have an amazing crew this time around and we quick turned the aircraft in SFO and got on our way to Austin since they new how excited I was. Josh was going to meet me at the hotel. Originally I would have been there before him but he got there before us and had an opportunity to meet my crew. The best thing was that our new hotel (which is really nice for being a Radisson and those damn sleep number beds) but it was also right next to wear the bats come out! At dusk hundred of bats come out from underneath the bridge! We'll get back to that in a second.

So we went upstairs and got settled, I changed clothes and we went and had a few cocktails and dinner at T.G.I. Friday's since I get 20% off as a crew member. We then took a small walk towards Sixth St. and then back to the Congress Bridge for the bat show! They hide underneath in the ridges and then circle out towards dusk. There are soo many that it looks like smoke trails! Just look!!!

Josh got to stay the nicht and we had a little mini vacation. It was great to be in Austin but not be at home caught up in everything that needs to be done! We had kunch together too and now I'm on my way to do two flights and he's on his way home. Boo I want to stay here! But gotta make that $$$$!!!

Complete 180

This trip is so much different than last week. Granted none of us got enough sleep before starting our trip we were all still pretty happy people at 5:30 AM. The captain is quite a sarcastic joker but we're all in the right mood to banter back in a healthy jokingly manner. The other flight attendant is pretty spunky too. We were able to joke around and be funny and not have to worry  about being told on. We established that quickly! We just had two flights today, SLC-SFO-YEG (Edmonton Alberta Canada). This first overnight is the only reason I had to bring my bulky coat! Tomorrow I'm in Austin though. Two long flights and then get to spend the night in Texas. I won't be going home though. It's too much of a hassle with there just being one car and with gas prices going up. So Josh is considering coming to stay at the hotel with me. The new long overnight is downtown. Which I think will be fun since I haven't really had any time down there.  I need to work on being on a tourist in Austin so I can learn where everything is to do and start doing some new things. I am concerned about how long we will get to keep this hotel since we have some seriously irresponsible people. the idea of being that close to Sixth street is dangerous. I'll enjoy it while I can!

Uneasiness

Somethings just not right today. I'm not quite sure what it is. But I have that overwhelming gut feeling that something bad is about to happen. I have a feeling of what it could be and am praying that's not it. Please let it be anything but this one thing. It would be devastating to me at this point considering I just moved to Austin. I'm eager to get home yet scared at the same time. It's been a rough trip, that got better over a little bit of time and as much as I was ready to go home and still am, there is hesitation.

If all goes well, well then it's the last weekend of SxSW and hoping we can go have a good time. It was this time a year ago that was my first trip to Austin with Josh to meet friends and ended up meeting a big part of his family. Who would have thought that less than a year from that weekend that I would move there! Craziness.

A Crappy Trip!

This trip really sucks. This other flight attendant sucks. I'm ignoring the fact that she's breaking rules and service guidelines. I catch a lot of grief when I mention that. But it's a refection of me as well and I don't want passengers to see me doing one thing and her doing something a different way that's not correct. It's frustrating to see this happen on trip after trip. There are soo many girls that are soo worried about how they look and showing off rather than doing what they are suppose to. They're shortening their skirts, wearing a ton of makeup, etc and it makes the rest of us look bad. Regardless, I can't do anything on this trip without this girl assuming it's about her. I asked her a question during our taxi to the runway on our first flight. Being flight attendant is suppose to be about being a team, having the availability to ask each other questions and learning from one another, it shouldn't be about finding ways to turn on one another! It's soo frustrating. I asked a question and she gets really defensive. I'm sitting in my jump seat and looking at things in my manual (there's a new announcement since we are now cashless and it's not in our announcement handbooks) and then I'm accused of trying to look my question up to prove her wrong. Our manuals are a reference. But I can't use my manual or even write on my trip sheet without her assuming and accusing that it's about her and everything she's doing wrong. I have done nothing of the sort.

That's where this job gets more frustrating. You work with such different personalities and are stuck with them for 4 days. I want off of this trip and I want to go home. It's only day 2 and I want to scream. I dread going to work even more now. Luckily today is just one flight to Canada. Granted it's a dreaded 3 hour one!

On a more positive note: I applied for 4 positions today. I am not giving up on Progressive! Hahaha! I bet they are soo sick of seeing my name. Three of the positions where there with them. I applied for all 3 and I have been denied for three previous one. My plan....apply until they give me the opportunity to come in. Surely at some point they'll give in!!! I also applied for a position with ACS in Austin. Unfortunately, it's the same company that Josh works for but we wouldn't be anywhere near one another so I guess that's okay. He was the one that told me about it. So maybe something will come out of one of those. I also have an interview this coming Saturday with DSW. I know I know...why retail? Ugh I know but hey it's shoes! Every girl loves shoes and oooohhhhh think of the discount! It would just be part time so that I can fly high paying 3 days Monday - Wednesday. It would allow more time in Austin to try to adjust.

I don't think I'm adjusting very well. I was excited about this move. It was something different. A leap. But with flying as much as I am I am never home for very long. It's like as soon as I get home I'm packing back up again. I'm home long enough to clean and do laundry. On top of that the whole time I'm stressing about how I'm getting to the airport and what flight I should take and if I should go in a day early, etc etc etc. This past weekend was the first that Josh and I got a chance to do something even though it was just a movie (two nights in a row actually). This coming weekend is the the music part of SxSW. I'm just hoping I can make it home. I really need to come home after this trip. It would be good for us to go out and just relax. I need to relax. Infact I might TRY, this is definitely a key word, to not clean what doesn't have to be done. Ha, yeah that just sounds ridiculous!

Well wish me luck. Hopefully the rest of this week goes by quick!

AAHHH HHAAAA!!!!

I had one of those moments today. Really, and of all places, my Weight Watcher's meeting! Today was a mile marker for me. I have officially by their scale lost my first 5%, aka 8 lbs, aka 1 medicine ball. Nothing gives you more of a natural high than meeting a goal like that and it was just in 3 weeks. That means I ma 1/3rd of the way to my goal of 24 pounds. That 24 pounds puts me at the high end of my healthy weight zone for my height and age. But regardless, I feel great and am extremely proud of myself!


I went to my meeting this week here in Austin, although I have been weighing in on Sundays in Salt Lake City. She asked if I wanted the recognition at this meeting or if I wanted to wait until SLC. I chose this one since the next couple of weeks I will be weighing in here in Austin. Once I was recognized for losing my first 5% they inquired what I had done over the week. One simple thing:

"For me I have worked on the same goal since rejoining WW. As a flight attendant, it's difficult to get 3 meals in one day. I was lucky to get two and even luckier if they were at normal meal times. Healthy, most likely they weren't. I've learned that I have to take time out for me, even if it's just 5 minutes.From a customer service point of view, probably not the best but I have to take care of me in order to take care of the passengers."

This is soo true. I didn't realize it or believe it until I said it out loud. I have to make time for me. Because when I start respecting what I need to do for myself, it will set the example that others need to respect it too. I certainly need to work on this simply because I'm always worrying about what everyone else needs or wants and put my self last so many times.

So now I am on my way to next 5%. When I meet that I will have lost 16 pounds. That is HUGE! I can already tell a difference in the way that my clothes fit. My pants are loose and I am constantly pulling them up. Funny thing: Now I'm constantly pulling them up rather that having to jump up and down and wiggle around to get them up! HA!

First 5

It's been a crazy week! We had Ethan and Brittany with us in Austin. More on all of that later though. We did get stuck in SLC on Monday evening trying to get them home to Kansas City though. So since I missed my weigh in on Sunday due to getting our tosies done.

Brittany had never had a pedicure before! Craziness! We had 5 us ladies, Julie (Josh's mommy), Bette (Julie's mommy), April (Josh's sister), me and Brittany got them done together on sunday afternoon. It was fantastic and relaxing. I need to make a point to get it done more often.

Anyways.....................!!!!!

I went and got my weekly materials and weighed in.....I lost an additional 2.4 pounds! I've hit a total loss of 6.6 pounds! That means I have lost my first 5 pounds AND I'm only 1.4 pounds away from meeting my first 5% goal which is 8 pounds! Dude, That is my FIRST MEDICINE BALL!!!!! Only 2 (minght try for an additional one after the first 3 are gone!) more to go from there!!!