Well I've finally decided to start my own blog. I guess you could say I've jumped on the bandwagon. I need to send a shout out to my friends Dodie and Travis Crisman for blogging about their recent move to Connecticut. And Staci Patyrak for blogging about her exercise and weight loss program. These blogs have been an encouragement for me to step into the blogging world.
So what am I going to blog about you ask? If you know me and you've seen the movie Up in the Air you know that I might be blogging about my life on the road as a traveling consultant/development officer. I realize my title is not the most original, but it is very appropriate.
As I currently sit in the airport at DFW after a full day of a Staff Conference I cannot help but reflect on the very interesting characters that I run into as I travel. I see this blog as an opportunity to share my sometimes funny and sometimes not so funny encounters I face in the life of traveling. I only wish I would have thought of this sooner, because let me tell you I have some pretty good stories for you. But nonetheless I will start from this trip and share my stories that will make you laugh, shake you head or maybe just say "What in the world!"
Although this trip has been rather uneventful there was something kind of funny that happened as I was en route from Lexington to DFW. First things first I must describe to you the type of air craft I was on. I was flying on a Regional Jet that has about 16 rows with two seats on the right side and one seat on the left. It is what you would say "close quarters." Depending on my mood I will try and start conversation with my my fellow passenger. So a guy that looks like he is about my age sits next to me. I decided to ask him where he was headed. He was a baseball coach for Georgetown College and was headed to a coaches conference. But that was about all he had to say, so I guess he didn’t want to visit :)! About mid way through the flight he falls asleep with his head against the window. The next thing I know he is convulsing!! If any of you have dogs and have ever seen a dog running it it's sleep that is kind of what this guy looked like. His mouth was wide open but moving at the same time. One time his hand jerked up so hard, he almost hit me!!! He never woke up...it was pretty amusing!!
Insert: As I am typing this a man just walked by on his cell phone screaming to "Tell that B*tch to shut the F*ck up I can’t hear a D*mn thing you're saying!!!" What did I tell you, there are some real characters out there!!
Ok back to my flight to DFW...when we landed I had to stand off to the side on the jet bridge because I gate checked my bag. (Yeah that's right the plane was so small that even carry on approved bags will not fit in the over head bins.) As I (and other passengers) moved off to the side there were two men with wheel chairs waiting for the two people who told the flight attendant that they needed assistance. The passengers were placed in their wheelchairs and one takes off. Then I over heard this woman with a very thick French accent begin to say something. I begin to pay attention to what she is saying, or trying to say! She says, "I am French!" And then begins speaking in complete French. The very kind man trying to push the other wheel chair says, "I don’t speak French." He sort of looks around hoping someone (in Dallas, TX mind you) speaks French. The French woman then points to an empty wheel chair and the man says, "Do you need a wheel chair?" The woman says "Ok thank you." He try’s to say something else to her just to have her begin speak in French again. He says, "You need a wheel chair?" And she says "Ok thank you." I must add right here that the woman seemed completely capable of walking herself off the jet bridge, I am wondering if she saw the other people getting a ride in the wheel chair and thought WOW those Americans are so nice, they give everyone a ride in a wheel chair! I proceeded to grab my bag go on my way. I wonder if she got a ride in that wheel chair!?!
Well I hope you enjoyed my first blog. My travel is not too heavy right now, but I will be en route to Texas again in a couple of weeks so check back for more exciting stories of my travels Up in the Air.
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