The tough stretch is about to begin

It is 7:00 PM Pacific time, I think. This has been the longest day in the world. I started out this morning waking up in a hotel at the JFK airport and I have been landed twice now at SFO. I landed here first thing this morning and then went to SNA and now I am back at SFO.

The flight this morning was great! It was a 767-300 with the newly configured business class seats. The guy next to me slept most of the way and Gadgetfreak sat a row behind me. I read about 15 chapters in Genesis and then I watched Mad Money and I Am Legend. They served a bland breakfast with some kind of omelet. I am scared to think of how they prepare the omelet. Each time I have cooked one, they never turned out looking like this one. I guess they use powered eggs or something. I downed about 4 cups of coffee along with the OJ, so I made more than one trip to the outhouse in the sky.

The scenery was also nice flying here to SFO since we flew over the Rockies.

After arriving in SFO for the first time today, I quickly jumped on the Eagle flight to SNA. There were only 7 people on my flight, so I think that was the most empty flight I have ever been on. Needless to say, I don't think this was a profitable flight for AA. This flight was about an hour and I read about 50 pages of "Every Man's Battle".

I arrived right on time to SNA and I was able to hang out with Jeff Jordan for a few hours. He picked me up within a few minutes of my arrival and we headed out for lunch. He took me to this really cool restaurant out on this pier over the water. It was awesome watching the surfers and smelling the cool ocean breeze. It really made me miss California. The weather was perfect, as always, and I got to spend about 3 hours of much needed time away from an airport. Jeff and I caught up on all sorts of stuff. We talked about Reinhardt, well, Firewheel and all that was going on there. We also discussed women and their roles in the church; whether or not they can be pastors.

Jeff dropped me off back at the airport and off I was back to SFO where I am now. This flight had a whoppin 12 passengers on board!



Well, the part of the journey that I have been dreading is coming up. I have a 6 hour flight in coach from SFO to MIA. It doesn't depart 8:50 PT and it arrives in MIA at 5:05 ET. I am dead tired right now, so I hope I am able to sleep most of the way on this flight. Once I arrive to MIA, I get on a flight to DFW and then back to SNA and then finally home to DFW! The next 16 hours I have on these flights just might push me over the edge. No more first class. All coach!!!

I will attempt to blog again from MIA, but I have a feeling that I will be completely out of it. I hope I don't loose it on these flights and cause some kind of disruption. Monica, you will be my one phone call, so make sure your phone is not on silent!

See you guys soon!

Good morning!

It is 6:20 and my flight is about to depart to SFO. I am sitting in AC talking to Gadgetfreak. His real name is Dick. He is a guy that I met on Flyertalk.com and you go to this link to read his post about the flights I am taking.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=813686&page=13


Finally, I have run into someone that understands my plight since he is doing the same thing! He has being going back and forth between JFK and SFO.

Ok, it is time to board, so I better run. I will catch up from CA.

Hello NYC!

I made it here to JFK on time and damage free! So far, this mileage run has been going great. There have been no cancellations or flight delays yet, so it has been smooth sailing thus far. The flight to JFK from DFW was a breeze. I finished the rest of the lost episodes I had on the IPOD while enjoying a nice overcooked pasta dish in first class while gazing at a beautiful sunset. This is one of the reasons I think being a commercial pilot would be awesome. You would get to see these sights pretty much on a daily basis.

Since I just did this same trip two weeks ago, I am now familiar with the JFK airport and area. Upon arrival, I departed the plane and went trait to the Airtrain that takes you to the area where the curtosy shuttles pick you up. Within 5 minutes, the shuttle for the Fairfield Inn was there to pick me up. I checked in, went straight to my room, attempted to call my wife a few times, and then crashed. She did call me during the night at some point, but I was so out of it.

Round two has begun!

Currently I am sitting in the Terminal D AC at DFW. This morning I took the 7:45 am flight to Orange County(SNA) and as soon as I got off the plane, I went to AC and got on the standby list for the next available flight back to DFW. I ran back down to the gate and my name was called almost immediately and I was given the wonderful middle seat! It wasn't too bad though since it was an exit row. I have really got behind on Lost, so I watched 2 1/2 episodes on the way back to DFW. I forgot how much I liked that show! My wife is caught up with what is going on and she has been kind of enough to not spoil the plot line for me. By the way, she completely detailed our house yesterday and it looks absolutely amazing! Sidney is graduating today at Calvary and Monica is hosting a party for her afterwards at our house. Hopefully the dogs will behave and not cause any comotion! My next flight departs at 5:10 and I am heading to JFK where I will stay the night. Today is the easy day of this journey. Below is my complete itinerary:


DFW-SNA
05/24/208 07:45
5/24/08 8:55 AM
359

SNA-DFW
5/24/08 10:50 AM
5/24/08 3:45 PM
742

DFW-JFK
5/24/08 5:10 PM
5/24/08 9:55 PM
476

JFK-SFO
5/25/08 7:00 AM
5/25/08 7:00 AM
59

SFO-SNA
5/25/08 11:15 AM
5/25/08 12:45 PM
3169

SNA-SFO
5/25/08 4:35 PM
5/25/08 6:05 PM
3184

SFO-MIA
5/25/08 8:50 PM
5/26/08 5:05 AM
272

MIA-DFW
5/26/08 6:15 AM
5/26/08 8:20 AM
495

DFW-SNA
5/26/08 10:15 AM
5/26/08 11:25 AM
603

SNA-DFW
5/26/08 12:05 PM
5/26/08 5:00 PM
1188

I am finally home!

It is 6:02 and I am sitting in the comfort of my own home with the smell of spagetti cooking. How great it was to arrive to my wife and a clean home! I missed her so much and it was great to walk in the house and see her and catch her up with my adventures.

My last flight was great. They changed the plane from a 757 to 777 therefore offering a lot more room on board. I also had a conversation with an older woman next to me and we talked the entire flight! Ends up, she is a godly lady and active at Prestonwood Baptist Church. Ends up, she actually know some people that I grew up with.

This my last entry in this blog until May 24th, when I do my next run to complete the goal of getting executive platinum. Its been fun and it was much easier that what I initially anticipated.

Does anyone want to come with me?

going home!

Its 5:30 ET I think. I actually got about 4 hours of sleep last night in a bed! Not in a cramped airplane seat leaning against a window. My flight leaves at 6:25 and gets in around 9 or so into LAX. Right now I am scheduled on a 3:05 PM PT flight from LAX back to DFW, but I should be able to go standby and get home much earlier. I can't wait to just get home and chill out with my wife. Ok, I'm out!

Close Call!!

So, I get to SFO without a hitch, other that the delay at LAX where we had to get off the plane. I check into the SFO AC and I look at the departure board and see that there is a 1:30 flight to JFK. I kindly ask the agent if I can go early on that one and she informs that there is one seat left. As she grabbing the last seat, she exclaims, "Oh my, your original flight just cancelled!" The timing couldn't have been any better for me checking on the earlier flight. If she hadn't of grabbed that seat, I would have been stuck here in SFO indefinitely, since everyone on my original flight would be asking the same thing. This would of been my 2nd cancellation to have deal with, but do to the great service in AC, I was saved!

It is mother's day and I just off the phone with my mom. It is sad that I didn't get to see her today, but I did get hear the excitement in her voice because of the gift all her boys and Monica got her.

Since I am getting into JFK a little earlier this evening, I went ahead and booked a room at the Fairfield Inn at JFK. I used some of my Marriot points, so it won't cost me anything. I am going to get real sleep tonight! I am going to take a shower! I have been wearing the same clothes since 4:45 AM pacific time yesterday, so I am ready to shower and change. I did reapply my deodorant this morning, so I shouldn't smell too bad.

I am 195 pages into the book The Innocent Man and it keeps getting better and better. I highly recommend this read.

It is time to board, so I am out of here for now. Next posting will be from a hotel room tonight!