Long time, since I posted...honestly I've just gotten out of the habit and I forget a lot.
I've had a great couple months flying, I've been able to pick up every legal shift possible on my days off. Which led me to the decision to make an attempt at going Part Time so that I can fly more on more days off, like I do now. Now I'm just waiting to see if/when it gets approved.
The biggest lesson I've learned with the holidays and being away from family, friends and boyfriends; is to rely on the crew members that you work with and have built friendships with. They are all out there working too and understand exactly what you're going through. It's a very comforting feeling. Christmas was spent in Seattle after a 5:00 AM phone call from crew support to get sent there immediately. So my Christmas day started with a bang! Flew all day on Christmas day and went to the hotel, where the first officer from my flight also happened to be staying. When we got there my friend Scott (lived with him at the crashpad in Portland) also was stuck at the hotel from working! The hotel was doing a special Christmas dinner for us, so we all had dinner together and hung out the rest of the night. It was a great night!
Christmas Eve I was able to Skype with my family during dinner and get to have some time with them too. Really loving technology right now! I was able to make it to Utah a couple weeks ago to see my family and get some family portraits done.
Passengers have been very kind this week also with all kinds of delays and weird things associated with the holidays. In airports there were all kinds of activities going on to try to help passengers stay de-stressed. Seattle airport was my favorite! They had Christmas parades through the main food court complete with Santa, Frosty the snowman, guys on extended unicycles, a snow princess, a one-man-band, clowns handing out free drink coupons, and a mini remote controlled shark blimp floating through the airport. It was AWESOME! Kids were going crazy, and everyone else was smiling.
