issac picked me up slightly later than i was comfortable with, but with only a few lost detours we made it to the airport with really good timing. i even had time to pee before i boarded the plane and promptly fell asleep. i was so tired i fell asleep before the doors were even closed. i woke up to the flight attendant asking if i wanted anything to drink, to whichi replied, "yes, a diet c-" before i fell back to sleep. i came to with her trying to rouse me as she took down the tray, saying, "i THINK you wanted a diet coke...and if you want it, there's a snack bar on the seat next to you." i chugged the soda, and quickly passed out until we landed.
it took me a few to rouse myself enough to be able to stand up and deboard the plane, but i mustered all the energy i had and made my way to the omega shuttle, where our real journey begins. i got to meet the new hires in my group, which was really nice. badging took an inordinate amount of time. when chris and i got our badges last time we technically didn't do it with everyone else because the office was almost empty due to some big meeting so they'd gotten everyone in the day before. chris and i were returning from california that night, so we couldn't make it. i remember we got home late at night only to turn around at 4am to board a flight to chicago. so we get there...and while i've never talked to this lady more than a couple minutes on the phone total...she annoys me. i could've played a drinking game with how many times she said "just to give you a heads up on that". the whole thing really could've taken 20 minutes, but whatever. it's done. i'm pictured, and on monday i shall be badged!
cat picked me up from the people department office, and we actually got to talk for a little while before she had to leave for work. she bought me lunch. mmmm. after she left for work i had two options; sit at the airport for a few hours or go with erich and nicholas to look for shoes. i opted for the latter, which lead to a rather silly adventure with a shoe salesman named Eduardo. I'd tell you more about it if I could've comprehended anything about the man. He was...hectic, we'll leave it at that. from there we considered heading downtown ("more of everything!" eduardo had said), but nicky seemed to be ready for sleep and i wanted to try to make the earlier flight back home. i picked up my christmas present (woohoo! $25 to boston market from cat) and cat's old uniforms (woohoo! i'll have a month of uniforms without doing laundry!)
after the nice lady at the gates *twitch* stopped telling me shed have to charge me an upgrade to take the earlier flight and i told her why, in fact, that was not the case, i ended up on a flight two hours earlier than my scheduled return. a fortunate turn as it was, because i had the pleasure of making a new friend. i like new friends, especially new friends who share my odd sense of humour. hah. or maybe he just laughed because he was trapped on a plane with me. ;)
we got home and i started the train trip home, only to fall asleep a lot and not remember a single word i was reading. chris picked me up from the station, and now i'm waiting for trevor to find his way here to jam for a bit.

what a day....i'm gonna sleep all weekend!

edit: just so there's no confusion....this lil guy totally rocks!
and he's gettin SO big!!!!
today he hugged my legs and said "byebye" :( i misses him so!

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I don't get stuck in Chicago....

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gettin on a plane with no ipod (it wouldnt charge :( ) and no sleep could be dangerous....
gods please let me sleep on the plane!
short flt...hopefully an earlier flt back than im scheduled...gonna be a long day....
i wish my ipod would work...
im suddenly extremely tired...yesterdays shoot/lack of sleep is catching up to me...not til im on the plane! i can sleep then!

chris hunny, i wish i were sleeping next to you...stupid 6am flt...ZZZzzzzzzzz

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So I've been in four cities in two days....It was 70 when I left Philly, 40 in Chicago, 90 in Vegas...and now its somewhere between 58 and 60 in Oakland. I'm done! Anywho, it was a long weekend and it went like this...

Friday I got off of double shift number two (which I will never do again) and we headed out to Ryan's mom's house for pizza, drinks, and pool that eventually turned in to basement wiffle ball. The next day Ryan got on his way to school and I slept as long as I could before being roused and carried home where we prepped for the day of many parties. First there was Erich's BBQ, which was a good time with good food. It got started a little late, and we almost opted out of party number two, but Carolanne twisted my arm ;) so we headed out to Emily's in Colmar. We had a great time out there, ended up spending the night, met a bunch of new people, saw a bunch of people I haven't seen in a few weeks. All in all it was a good time with smores and football for breakfast. Sunday we had a good day together. Went to Rich's for a little while, then headed home to spend some time together before my flight out Monday. "Some time together" lasted til 2 hours before we had to leave, but it was indeed a fantastic night, and sleeping is what the gods made airplanes for.

Monday I got to Chicago early, which turned out to be a blessing. The nasty ladies in the BSO sent me to the wrong place on the wrong shuttle. The People Dept looked at me and said, "It's good to see you..but why are you here?" Luckily the wonderful people from the Hilton were willing to pick me up at the Business Center and I was not, in fact, late for the luncheon. At the luncheon I got to sit and eat at a table with Colleen, which absolutely made my day just being able to sit and chat with her like old friends. I got a (fuzzy) picture with her, and went about my day. After the luncheon I headed back to MDW and onto the (correct) trolley to the hangar where I got to meet and hug (but unfortunately not get a picture with) Herb and see the unveiling of the Illinois One, which is a gorgeous plane. Ran into a couple people from work, but still felt a bit alone in the crowd. I miss my hubby =o(. I opted out of the Message because it was a good hike from the airport and I was afraid I'd miss the last flight to Vegas, so I caught a plane and slept until we landed. It was great to see Lauren's happy face at the airport! I missed her so much! We spent a good few hours catching up and plotting the next visit (with boy in tow). This morning I woke up and spent some time reading, meditating, and playing with the kitties until Doug got home to drive me back to the airport where I BARELY made my flight to Oakland because my pump set off the metal detector and they had to wand me. I ALWAYS get wanded when I really have to pee! But I made it! It was great to see my dad and grandparents. Unfortunately my other grandparents are in Arizona. Hopefully they'll be back before I leave. Otherwise there's next time.

I head back to Philly Friday. I'm sure there will be more updates. I've got a few interesting dreams/meditations to update about later...but for now...I'm thirsty...

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