A Flight Attendant's Musings

Get out of my mind!

Another 4-Day Reserve Trip

What a trip I'm about to work. I'm going to document this as I work it. Hopefully, I'll have the time to do it. So, I'm looking forward to this post. Keep checking back!

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Lazy Dennis

09/365 I never know what to write about these days. Usually it's what comes to my brain, but recently I have been too lazy to even write that down. I'm not quite sure why I have that lazy feeling all the time. I am usually at my best when

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Come on man...

08/365 Oh boy, looks like I've been failing at this writing every day. I just can't get the words to come out, or I'm just too distracted. I'm not going to give up however, I just need the motivation. I need to get myself back in gear. I've been

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JFK 🛫 MIA

07/365 Good morning from flight 2268 to Miami. Flying time is 2:32, and we are making good time. Just finished service, and now I’m getting hungry. But alas, I cannot eat as I am currently fasting. I am not fasting for diet reasons though, but more to

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Miami to JFK

06/365 Today I am off to JFK. Because of the grounding of my baby 73MAX, my original flight cancelled to Boston cancelled, I was removed from the Boston 🛫 JFK trip and instead am just traveling as a passenger to continue the trip sequence. The last two days have been

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We Grounded

05/365 Well, here we are. I wasn't expecting it to happen, but we have grounded all of our 737MAX8 aircraft for precautionary reasons. I was supposed to work on the plane today, but it cancelled right after Trump made his statement. I still don't think it's unsafe, but we

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Curaçao what?

04/365 Once again, I’m having issues making words. I’ve had an interestingly long day, but it’s been fun. I would’ve wrote then but something is always holding me back. Chicago to Miami was cold and windy. What a mess, but we got to base and

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I’m Here

03/365 What a day... I’m so tired, and not from the trip, but the terrible sleep I had last night. I had a heavy dinner and that contributed greatly to my sleep deprivation. The day didn’t start out too well, but I did my best to stay

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Blah Day

Day 02/365I was hesitant to write today. I don't know what was up today, but I was in a weird mood. Barely touching my computer, phone, or Kindle, I just blobbed around the house randomly taking care of little things. I didn't drink coffee today which was a bummer,

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Random

Testing camera, but don't hate it.

Personal Blog

BBS is Still Alive

I am shocked too! This here is a Bulletin Board Service circa 1992. Still running on a lovely Commodore 64, this BBS named Particles, allows playing door games, posting board messages, and downloading files. It's a lot of fun to experience. Just checking some messages.The fun comes from the

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365 Writing Experiment

Day 01/365 I've decided to start writing again. I don't have a specific theme of my writing, I just wanted to start putting down my thoughts for 365 days, and see what happens. I've been very big on meditation, good sleep, but never write anymore. I feel writing is

Layovers

Guayaquil, Ecuador

Headed to GYE in a few hours. It's a city that I have spent a lot of time in. A city I don't enjoy as much as I could. Maybe I did it wrong? Regardless, I have a 33 hour layover there, and you are coming with me. Usually, I

Flight Attendant Musings Station

Sometimes, blogging is just too time consuming when I'm out and about. However, I still have words to say! Check out the station to hear a bit of what's going on in my day to day, and who knows, I may expand this to something more interesting! Thanks for visiting!

Personal Blog

Manaus, ho!

Sitting here in 25F on an Airbus A319-214, headed to Manaus. Why is that? Well, I have almost two weeks off and needed to find something to do. I had told my family in Brazil, that I was going to possibly come back an visit them at the end of

Personal Blog

2016, I Thought We Were Friends

Here we are in 2016. What a year it has been thus far. So many lives lost, so much violence. Who's finger do we point at today? Always the blame game. I am currently in an Uber, on my way to the airport to report for standby duty, just pondering.

Personal Blog

DDNet, A Remnant of Years Past

I just spent the last three hours browsing through old blog posts from my personal blog that I started back in 2000. I cannot believe the stuff that I wrote about. I was in high school to start, so obviously there wasn't a lot to talk about. Mostly just ranting,

Site Updates

Quick Update

Sitting in my favorite Cuban cafe, Havana Coffee & Tea Company, sipping a cafe con leche, along with delicious pastelitos, I start scribbling in my composition notebook, trying to make an outline of posts to come. For the first time, I have to outline a blog post. It's strange for

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SLC, Reserve Life, and FlyLauren

Hello, again! I just received my next trip from Crew Scheduling and am quite excited about it. My departure is 19:45 today. I'm going somewhere I haven't been yet, Salt Lake City, Utah. I was talking to my Dad about this the other day at dinner. I was discussing

Living That Slam-Click Life?

Slam-Click·er /slam/-/ˈklikər/ noun People who upon checking into a hotel with others remain in their rooms instead of socializing. Used by airline crew to describe those who don't go out. Slam - as in closing the door Click - as in locking it immediately Are you a

February Flying!

Hello again, I want to apologize for taking a little bit to write a new post. I have been busy, and then jet-lagged. Excuses, excuses. Flying really takes a toll on you regardless of who you are or how long you have been flying. I wouldn't change it for the

Reserve

Exploring Downtown Miami

Hello everyone! It's been a great day today walking around the streets of Downtown Miami. Above is a shot I took this afternoon. Not too hot. Anyway, my journey today consisted only of a brisk walk to my favorite indie coffee shop called Eternity Coffee Roasters. I got a delicious

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Call-out to Phoenix

Hello, hello, hello! I'm back home here here in beautiful Miami. The weather is nice and temperature is perfect. I am on what the airline industry calls a reserve month. What that means is that I am basically on call and can be assigned a trip at any time of

New Years

Happy New Year!

It's almost 0200. I literally got back to my place 5 minutes before midnight. I started up my iPad to live broadcast whatever was to happen on my balcony. Then it happened. A beautiful view of multiple firework shows. I don't think the quality was the best, but the fact