I was trying to get a head start on things by starting to edit this week's
vlog that way I'm not having to do all of it and upload tomorrow or Monday and
accidentally deleted a couple of videos so that's, that's, that's nice
Hello! It's Tuesday, September 1st. Everybody's going back to Hogwarts, so I'm wearing my Gryffindor
shirt. Today is actually James Sirius Potter's first day at Hogwarts, so that's exciting
I just got out of the shower, clearly, and I'm about to finish editing and upload the vlog from
two weeks ago, edit last week's vlog. That'll get uploaded tomorrow probably. Because September 1st, I
get to do all my August finances and see how much I spent and how much was because of
work. I do that separate because of tax purposes. After I get done with all of
that, I then get to budget the paycheck that I just got and then I get to celebrate it being September 1st
by watching Harry Potter and just re-experience the magic of seeing it all for the first time
even though it'll be probably I really, a scary about of times that I've seen the first
one...all of them, really...yeah
I'm technically on call. I am RAP C today. Yesterday I had OPR from 11:45 to
3:45 but I didn't get used. OPR just means On Premise Reserve, so I go sit at the airport in case they need
somebody last minute. I'm only good for two days, and there are so many other people good for
two days. It's about five o'clock. I just got out of the shower 'cause I just got done working out I
wasn't just sitting around being lazy all day.
RAP B ends at six, so they have to use everybody from RAP B first up until six o'clock. So really, I
think I'll be OK because unless like something pops up after six, which it very well could
but fingers crossed it doesn't because I really want to watch Harry Potter. Vlogging and driving again, so safe.
In all fairness, I do, I am looking at the road and I do keep
one hand fully on the wheel, and the other hand like resting on it, kind of guiding. It's, what day is it? Wednesday?
Yes.
I, like I said, I was on call yesterday. I didn't end up getting anything. I didn't think I would. It was kind of iffy, there would have
had to be a couple recrews or something but
didn't get anything. I wouldn't have gotten anything today because I was originally only good for the one day, but
I was able to move tomorrow to next week because I'm going to Maine and then to
Michigan. I'm going to Maine with my family; my parents, my aunst, and my grandparents are all
going and I didn't originally have the days off so, I do now, so I'm gonna go up there and then
after that I'm going to Michigan to celebrate Tyler's birthday. Since tomorrow
got moved to next week
I was good for two days today
and I obviously got called for a trip. It's not horrible. It's worth just over 10 hours
but it's three legs each day. The thing is, is that even if it were just
1 leg each day and I was only working like
an hour and a half I would still get a minimum of five hours per day so I would
still be getting ten hours. It could have been a whole lot easier of a trip and I could've gotten
essentially the same amount of time.
I'm going to Baltimore and back and then I layover in Dallas.
We don't land until 10 something. Tomorrow we don't leave until the afternoon.
Come back to Charlotte and then do an Atlanta turn and I'm supposed to land back in
Charlotte from Atlanta at about 9:15. I'll be off Friday, and then I'm
on call for three days. I am the "K" position for this trip, which just means I'm the extra.
I'll be on the 321
The whole time, which is what extra positions
do.
It's and extra because I dont have a crew that I'm with the whole time.
For the most part, the "K" isn't with the same crew the whole time. Occasionally it'll
happen. Crews are built with three flight attendants, and
if they are on a 321, that requires four flight attendants
so they need an extra one, which is
where I come in
on this trip anyway.
It'll be kinda interesting though, the Baltimore is a super short flight, and there are 187 people on the 321.
So we have to serve 187 in
about 55 minutes. That's just 55 minutes in flight, so really it's only going to end up being about
40 minutes
for service.
This'll be interesting. It's Saturday now. Thursday, Dallas to Charlotte was really rough. I was
going on day two of a migraine, but I've already used up all my sick calls and my doctor's
appointment isn't until next week, or not even next week but like a week and a half so I
didn't want to call out. And after that we did an Atlanta turn. But I guess there was some pretty
bad storms over Atlanta and a bunch of flights diverted to Charlotte. That messed us up a lot.
All of our flights were running like an hour or two behind. We were supposed to sit for almost two hours and it turned
into an almost three hour sit. We ended up only getting in like a half hour late, which
isn't too bad. The pilots were able to make up a lot of time. It was just rough.
As soon as I got home, I got in bed and just passed out. I ended up buying some excedrin yesterday
because I was going on day three and it was getting worse.
I went and got some excedrin. Which I was hoping to not have to do but I just
needed something to get me through until my doctors appointment. Right now I am
on my way to the airport for OPR. It's 3:45 to 7:45. I'm the most junior one, so I'm
probably gonna end up getting something. The plus side is that I'm only good for
three days so I can't get a four day. We're suppose to call and leave preferences when we get
there and I'm thinking that since I'm probably going to be used anyway,
I might as well just say that I want a three day that is going to get in before
noon on Monday. Because the Y, my gym, I go to the YMCA, closes at six on Monday since it's Labor Day.
I also have to do laundry and pack for Maine and Michigan.
So I just really don't want to get in at like nine something at night on Monday,
which is why I'm debating just biting the bullet and
requesting or putting in a preference for a three day that gets in before noon.
Or a transatlantic. A transatlantic would be worth getting a little bit later, 'cause some of them don't get in
until like six-ish but that would be worth it 'cause obviously it would be Europe. As far as the
migraine is concerned today I'm doing pretty good. I napped real hard yesterday. I
took some excedrin and just passed out and when I woke up I felt a lot better.
And then I slept really well last night and I think that might be some of it. I'm
not sleeping very well overall and when I don't sleep well, then a day or two later I end up with a
killer migraine. So I think that might have something to do with it, I'm not sure.
Obviously this is stuff that I'll talk to my doctor about. Now I'm rambling, because I've sucked at
vlogging this week. What else is new?
No, there just hasn't really been much to vlog about and the stuff that I
did vlog, I accidentally deleted.
I'm gonna go now.