people watch

Yesterday as I sit in the Detroit airport waiting to fly out to Yuma I witnessed a classic people watching moment. In the row of seats across from me sat a couple in their late fifties to early sixties. They were sharing a newspaper and between the different sections of the paper, their coats and bags they were taking up six chairs. Shortly after I sat down a women behind them made a cell phone call. She was one of those loud talkers asking about someone named tipper or something (I think it might have been a dog.) I've learned to tune out these loud talkers and laugh at them silently in my head, however the wife of above mentioned couple has not. She repeatedly turned herself around in her chair to shoot dirty disgusted looks at loud talker and then turn the other way to make exasperated faces at her husband (who was paying no attention to either of them.) Loud talker got done confirming a ride from the airport and a phone rings somewhere in the six rows in front of me. Wife looked blankly at husband who began frantically searching a backpack for his phone. Here is what I found so amusing: Husband makes a call and talks just as loud as loud woman. He comments that he is just figuring out his phone and goes into a long recap of daughters graduation and what she is going to do now. All the wife could do was sit there with her nose deep in the paper. Her husband had become the women she was mocking!!
People make me laugh.

Home-not just where you hang your hat.

I got back from Arizona yesterday. I have to say, I love my apartment. I love that I can come back after weeks on the road and have my own place to go and get away from everyone. I miss my family and friends when I'm away, don't get me wrong, but I miss my bed and my bathroom and my big comfy chair just as much. Hotels are cookie cutter, they are impersonal no matter how hard they try to be otherwise. I don't like institutional couches and chairs. I refuse to walk barefoot in any hotel because you never know whats been on the floor and when it last got a good cleaning. I hate to get my room cleaned because the maid is always rearranging my stuff, so I leave my do not disturb sign up till I need my trash emptied or want clean sheets and towels.

I've been debating the last month or so whether or not I should give up my apartment. Lots of people I work with live with parents or adult children when they aren't on the road. At this point I can't see myself living with either of my parents again, not because I don't get along with them, I just like my personal space and I can't see getting that if I moved back in with them. I thought about getting a roommate, but I have a one bedroom apartment right now and don't really have any friends looking for a roommate at the time. The idea of moving in with a complete stranger doesn't appeal to me. How could I trust to leave my things with a stranger while I travel the country for weeks at a time? I still have a few months till my lease is up, right now I'm leaning towards the idea of keeping the place, but I'm still going back and forth.

I'm going back to Arizona in just over a week to do support in Yuma. Hopefully I'll get some work before that though.

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Hello fron the Grand Canyon State

I've been in Arizona for just over a week now doing my second phase of training. So far so good. It's a lot more in depth this time around, mainly because I knew a lot of what we covered the first two weeks in Maryland. Now we're getting into the guts of things and how to set it all up so it works the way the hotel wants it.

We all went to a Diamondback baseball game on Friday night. Just before we left my cell phone started to act odd. My screen was flickering and after a while it just went black. I could still make and receive calls but I couldn't see what I was dialing. Since the buttons on the lg chocolate are so small I'm always hitting the wrong keys. Soooo, I had to get a new phone. Saturday we all hung out by the pool and I went and got myself a different phone.

Sunday morning four of us got up early and drove the 3 1/2 hours to the Grand Canyon. I couldn't be this close and not go. I've always wanted to see it and I have to say it was amazing! I was so glad I had the chance to see it and that my co-workers were willing to go with me.

I'm due home on Saturday. That's all I know right now.

Just Chilling...

I know it has been a while since I posted-and I'm hearing about it from a lot of you.
I was in a little town called Morris Illinois last week doing cut over support for a new hotel. That means 12 hour shifts overnight. It took a bit of adjusting for me, but I made it. Not nearly as exciting as my trip to Savannah. The power did go out though. They had rolling brownouts one day for a few hours and my lights happened to go out as I was in the shower washing my hair. Thankfully it came back on before I rinsed out the conditioner.
I got home Saturday afternoon after working Friday night and only catch a 2 hour nap. I was up for 24 hours before I crashed at 5 PM. Sunday I drove down to Ohio for the Heidelberg Concert Choirs home concert and got to see a lot of old friends and hear some great music. I'm off till Sunday when I fly out to Phoenix for phase 2 of my training.
So I'm chilling and taking care of a bunch of stuff around my apartment that I've been letting pile up.

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