It’s a sad/happy day in Todder Land! Jackie got a job so that’s a great thing, but I’ll be losing my roommate because that job is in Alpharetta. Granted I’ll see him regulary becuase well, I have family in Alpharetta but it’s going to be interesting living alone. I haven’t really lived alone since I was working in Anniston. It won’t last very long though. Getting married sort of implies you’ll be living with someone.
Anyway, I guess this weekend Sarah and I will be helping Jackie move his stuff over to his new apartment. I think it will be good for Jackie, I hope he really enjoys it.
Good Luck Jackie!
Blarrrrr! I have about 2 hours left here at the office and about 9 hours before my plane leaves. Not REAL sure what I’m going to do. I had originally planned on changing into more comfortable clothes for flying all night, then heading out to grab some dinner before I make the trek across LA to drop off the rental car and check-in at the airport. I don’t see that taking me 5 hours though. It’s possible that given LA traffic I could take up to 2 hours to drive across LA, but based on past experiences I don’t think that will be the case. Sarah and I were in bumper to bumper traffic through downtown LA on Saturday and it still only took an hour to get from Santa Monica to Pasadena. Good thing I just started a new book. I’ll probably finish it tonight though. Oh well.
On a side it is confirmed that I’m heading to Colorado Springs on Tuesday. I’ll be in the air at 7:00 in the morning. The good news is I’ll only be gone one night. The bad news is I won’t get back to Huntsville until 11:00 P.M. and then have to go to work on Thursday. YAY!
Now 1 hour and 50 minutes
I swear this working 9 and a half hours per day sort of sucks!
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So I decided that my flight from LAX was scheduled to leave at 6:00 A.M. on Friday morning, factoring in the 2:00 hours that I have to be early to the Airport, the fact that I would have to wake up an hour before that to get ready would mean that I would have to get up somewhere around 2:30 in the morning. Given the fact that I would be scared to death of waking up late and missing the plane I wouldn’t actually sleep except the 15 minute stretches between panic sessions and I was doomed not to sleep on Thursday night anyway. So, I decided to bump up my flight and catch the Red-eye from LAX to ATL and then an early morning flight from ATL to HSV. This means since I wasn’t going to sleep at all anyway, I’ll atleast be in the ground in Huntsvegas at 8:00 in the morning instead of 2:00 in the afternoon. So I save a $100/night hotel room and one more day with the rental car. Woot!
On another happier note! I found out today that I have flown enough miles this year with Delta to gain Silver Medallion Status! YAY! Only 25,000 more miles to go to get to Gold. 75,000 to get to Platinum. Gold is possible, platinum probably not. Although I have been flying a lot lately, but you pretty much have to fly cross country every week to get that status.
So anyway, no more boarding zone 11 for me. I’m moving on up baby!
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Really it’s pretty amazing, now entering the 10th month of the year I’ve traveled on average 1.5 times per month. I don’t think that would be so bad, but over have of those trips have lasted atleast a week.
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California’s been good to me
I hope it don’t fall into the sea
Sometimes you gotta trust yourself
It aint like anywhere else
no, it aint like anywhere else!
Ahhhhh, Tom Petty is cool!
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Many a warm wishes go out to Gee-off and to Sarah who celebrated their Birfdays this weekend. Gee-off on Friday and Sarah on Sunday! Wow! We’re all getting old!
Happy Birthday Geof!
Happy Birthday Sarah!
You never know with my job what’s going to happen. After the last trip to Bluegrass Army Depot I thought that I would have to go back to Bluegrass for a week or 10 days to do another job. After much discussion and inquisition I finally came up with an idea that saved us from having to go back up there, so I started thinking that my calender was clear for a while, atleast until after thanksgiving. Within a couple of days of the Bluegrass trip falling through I get tagged for a possible trip to Pasadena, CA and I’m thinking okay, that’s cool, when do I leave and how long am I out there? Originally it was going to be leaving on Sunday and working Monday through Friday and returning on Friday. That was until this morning when I talked to the lady that asked me to go out there originally. Somewhere between last Thursday and this Morning they decided that I was definitely going but they decided that it would be better for me to go out there on Wednesday instead of Sunday. The logic behind it is good. I’ve never been out there, the guy I’m replacing for the week is going on vacation starting Friday and this would give me the opportunity to work with him on Thursday to get a feel for all that I’ll need to do and get to know some people before he leaves. Anyway, I guess I’m flying out on Wednesday and I’ll be gone until the following Friday.
Again you never know where I’m going to be. It puts a monkey wrench in my schedule, but thats the price you pay when you’re trying to move up the ladder.
Oh well, that’s all for now.
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