I just got off the phone with my wife and it is amazing how much I miss her right now. I can't wait to finish what I am doing and then be back home. This has been a tough week for us and it pains me for leaving when we have recently been going through so much. I love you Monica!
It is now 9pm central time and I am sitting in the LAX admirals club. Earlier when I arrived in JFK, I had that message from AA telling me that flight back to JFK tonight had been cancelled. I spent about 30 minutes with a rep in the AC(admirals club) and she wasn't able to figure out a new itinerary that would work. After a while, I finally thanked her for looking for other flights and I headed back to my gate to return to LAX(on the same plane that i just flew to JFK on ).
I was wondering if I was going to see any of the same flight attendants, but they did do a crew change so it was all new employees. This time I was in business class and yes I was the guy drinking the tasty OJ prior to departure. For dinner we had a choice between some pasta dish and the steak. I went with the steak and smashed potatoes. Yes, smashed potatoes. At first I was wondering if it was a typo on the menu, but then I figured that they were just trying to sound more sophisticated. On the flight I watched two movies and read about another 50 pages of John Grisham's book The Innocent Man. This book is freaking awesome and it based on the true story of two murders that took place in Ada, OK. It is cool reading the book and seeing him mention cities that I am familiar with in OK. The movies I watched were National Treasure: Book of Secrets and The Bucket List. One word describes National Treasure; LAME. The other movie was pretty good. It compared the lifes of a rich man that had it all and a modest mechanic, that materially, didn't have much, but when it came to family, he had it all.
After the movies and reading, we landed right on time in LAX. We actually arrived at the same gate that I departed out of 12 hours earlier. It is kind of weird to think that I have seen the LAX skyline twice today and Manhatten. I guess this is what it feels like to be an airline pilot.
Immediately after landing, I came straight here to the AC and the lady working the counter was great. She was immediately able to adjust my flights and now I will be departing at 1110 on flight 1092 to Chicago. Once I get to ORD, I will take a shower at the AC and then hop on the 715 flight back to LAX. I do lose a few miles because of this new routing, but I should be able to get my ORC. Oh yeah, that stands for original routing credit for those that are not too familiar with the system.
Other than the hiccup of a flight cancellation, all is well and I am holding up well. I wish my wife was with me. It would be nice to be able to sleep next to her on my flight to ORD here in a little bit. I feel sorry for the poor sap that will be sitting next to me while I am snoring away. Ok, sleep well everyone!
It is now 9pm central time and I am sitting in the LAX admirals club. Earlier when I arrived in JFK, I had that message from AA telling me that flight back to JFK tonight had been cancelled. I spent about 30 minutes with a rep in the AC(admirals club) and she wasn't able to figure out a new itinerary that would work. After a while, I finally thanked her for looking for other flights and I headed back to my gate to return to LAX(on the same plane that i just flew to JFK on ).
I was wondering if I was going to see any of the same flight attendants, but they did do a crew change so it was all new employees. This time I was in business class and yes I was the guy drinking the tasty OJ prior to departure. For dinner we had a choice between some pasta dish and the steak. I went with the steak and smashed potatoes. Yes, smashed potatoes. At first I was wondering if it was a typo on the menu, but then I figured that they were just trying to sound more sophisticated. On the flight I watched two movies and read about another 50 pages of John Grisham's book The Innocent Man. This book is freaking awesome and it based on the true story of two murders that took place in Ada, OK. It is cool reading the book and seeing him mention cities that I am familiar with in OK. The movies I watched were National Treasure: Book of Secrets and The Bucket List. One word describes National Treasure; LAME. The other movie was pretty good. It compared the lifes of a rich man that had it all and a modest mechanic, that materially, didn't have much, but when it came to family, he had it all.
After the movies and reading, we landed right on time in LAX. We actually arrived at the same gate that I departed out of 12 hours earlier. It is kind of weird to think that I have seen the LAX skyline twice today and Manhatten. I guess this is what it feels like to be an airline pilot.
Immediately after landing, I came straight here to the AC and the lady working the counter was great. She was immediately able to adjust my flights and now I will be departing at 1110 on flight 1092 to Chicago. Once I get to ORD, I will take a shower at the AC and then hop on the 715 flight back to LAX. I do lose a few miles because of this new routing, but I should be able to get my ORC. Oh yeah, that stands for original routing credit for those that are not too familiar with the system.
Other than the hiccup of a flight cancellation, all is well and I am holding up well. I wish my wife was with me. It would be nice to be able to sleep next to her on my flight to ORD here in a little bit. I feel sorry for the poor sap that will be sitting next to me while I am snoring away. Ok, sleep well everyone!
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Is that the millinium falcon u are in on the first picture?
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