Heidi's Charmed Life
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Air Sick
I just got off the plane from Seattle, and it was by far the absolute worst flight I've ever been on in my entire life. Sitting in cattle class for 11 hours to get from the US to Asia did not, and will never make a happy camper out of me. It was the absolute worst.

To begin with, I was already sick when I got on the plane. Then I realized I had done the unthinkable and packed my motion sickness pills with my check in luggage. Anyone who's ever been on a plane with me will know that I cannot survive without those pills. And on an 11 hour flight... damn.

So naturally, everything got magnified beyond control at that point. I couldn't sleep, I couldn't hold down water, and no one could talk to me. The crying kids did not help at all as well. I'm usually the one who can stand the crying children on the plane (seeing as how I have 1 myself), but without my pills, I am incapable of compassion.

I had to be reseated near the restrooms and one of the more understanding Japanese passengers decided to lend me his noise canceling headphones so I could at least sleep (and I guess so he could as well because I was practically bawling). What happened though was that I found the weight of it on my head too heavy so that didn't work either.

I was in tears half the time, restless as hell, and I developed a fever. If anything though, I have to commend the NW crew.. they were kind enough to look after me, and the one assigned to our main cattle cabin was even changing the cold towel on my head every 2 hours or so.

I just want to get home now so I can crawl in bed.
 
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Monday, July 28, 2008
Home



Finally I'm heading home.

I'm waiting for my flight.. I've a couple of hours left (yes hours) before I board. For some reason, the Sacramento airport is like a ghost town (well it IS 3am after all).

So yeah, this is me waiting.. ipod, macbook.. just waiting now.
 
posted by * heidi * at 5:56 PM | Permalink | 1 comments
Friday, July 25, 2008
I Wish..
So here I am once again sitting in an airport and waiting for my (sigh.. again) delayed flight out of Sacramento. At this point, I find that I'm not as upset as I was, or as livid about missing my connecting flights, and getting to where I need to be at on time, etc. I'm getting used to it, and this process has now become the norm in my eyes. So I'm okay..

This is going to sound really strange but I now find some sort of peace as I sit here and wait for my flight to get called. When I'm at the office, at home, or at the hotel, I feel that there are just too many things that I have to do, and things that had to get done.. like yesterday. But here at the airport, with everything I know I have to do for work, I find that I can blog.

It's that weird kind of atmosphere I guess. 
 
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Saturday, July 19, 2008
Flighty
I absolutely hate how hard it has become nowadays to travel. The exorbitant fares and rates are bad enough, but the hassle of getting to and from locations is just insane. Sigh, so here I am, stuck at the Minneapolis airport, waiting for my flight out to San Francisco. This is not the first time my flight got delayed at Minneapolis mind you. Coming in from Manila, my connecting flight from Minneapolis to Indianapolis was 3 hours delayed as well.

Traveling has become what it is.. a bitch.

Last year, when I had to fly out to the midwest for business, it was the exact same way. It's insane! Why is it so effing hard to get to where you need to be? It doesn't help that the airport staff think that they're the smartest lot in the world as well.

I've traveled extensively all my life, been to more than 14 countries, and this has just become plain stupid..

I hate coming to the US because I get picked on.

After 9/11, Security treats everyone who doesn't own a blue passport like crap. It's just plain silly. And it's annoying me to no end.

Screwing up effing flight schedules, and this crap about the oil hike is not effing going to stop planes from crashing into buildings.

Duh.
 
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Sunday, July 13, 2008
Back in the Midwest
I'd been meaning to blog for the longest time, but (as always) life just keeps on getting in the way of my usual blog post schedule, so it's been quite a while since I last posted. 

So, I'm back in Indiana again! And it's just so much better than the last time I was here.. in every aspect of the word. For instance, the snow's gone (thank god.. I barely survived last time).. It's actually quite lovely now. The last time it was a mass expanse of white everywhere, and now it's lush green. It's been good.

I'm here for work again (like last time). And it's been good so far..

I know this is a pathetic post but I'm in a hurry and I need to get ready to go out.
 
posted by * heidi * at 7:40 PM | Permalink | 1 comments