Showing posts with label Lucky Wooden Thumb. Show all posts
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Monday, March 31, 2008

This Is Basically My Facebook History March 2008

March 1, 2008
12:09am Julie is planning a 7 day round trip to Sacramento via Charlotte Norfolk NYC and Chicago on the Greyhound bus next week!

March 2, 2008
12:05pm Julie is running errands before she hops on a Greyhound bus at 6.
3:12pm Julie is now free to travel across the country! ORL-JAX-SAV-COLUMBIA-CLT!
6:37pm Julie is on the bus!
8:58pm Julie is in Jacksonville!
10:36pm Julie is leaving Jacksonville after having met a sweet elderly woman who was once a flight attendant for Pan Am. On to Brunswick, GA!
11:31pm Julie is in Brunswick, GA after having crossed a bridge from a place called Jerkyll Island.

March 3
11:43pm Julie is leaving Brunswick, GA and Jerkyll Island- on to Savannah, GA!
1:03am Julie is in Savannah, GA charging her phone. =).
1:47am Julie is leaving Savannah, GA. Next stop, Columbia, SC!
4:28am Julie is in Columbia, South Carolina!
5:04am Julie is leaving Columbia, next stop Charlotte!
6:51am Julie is in Charlotte, NC!
7:41am Julie was born again at the Charlotte, NC Greyhound bus station (seriously).
7:47am Julie is leaving Charlotte to accompany Betty Fox to Winston-Salem. =) Yeah! the sun is up in North Carolina!
8:55am Julie is passing through Concord, NC.
9:11am Julie is passing through Lexington, NC. Piedmont Triad Airport=hmm...? Cool! There's a town called Welcome coming up! Wish I had a good map. Love NC!
9:30am Julie is in Winston-Salem.
10:04am Julie is walking up and down the streets of downtown Winston-Salem. Just bought a granola bar at Chelsee's Coffee Shop.
11:04am Julie is paying a visit to the Smith-Reynolds Airport in Winston-Salem.
12:56pm Julie is returning to Charlotte,.
2:57pm Julie is back in Charlotte.
3:14pm Julie is going to explore Charlotte on foot for an hour and a half.
5:18pm Julie is sad to leave the beautiful Queen City called Charlotte, but excited for tomorrow's adventure in Norfolk, VA!
5:29pm Julie is tied up in traffic at Johnson and Graham in Charlotte.
5:56pm Julie is passing through Concord and Salisbury for the third time today.
6:32pm Julie is greeting Winston-Salem once more- this time at dusk.
7:33pm Julie is leaving Winston-Salem and cruising toward Greensboro, NC!
7:47pm Julie was in and out of High Point, NC.
8:14pm Julie is in Greensboro, NC!
8:34pm Julie is leaving Greensboro, and cruising toward Raleigh, NC!
9:30pm Julie is in Durham first, then Raleigh.
11:03pm Julie was seconds away from losing her whole entire trip blog. Now she's experienced her first scheduling delay. All it means is she's sleeping in the terminal tonight. Part of the adventure!

March 4
3:06am Julie is on the -40 degrees party bus to Richmond. She already misses Charlotte and will not miss Raleigh anytime soon.
6:05am Julie is in Richmond, VA and looking forward to her daylight journey across Virginia to Norfolk!
7:23am Julie is leaving Richmond via Robin Hood Road. On to NORFOLK!
8:08am Julie is in historic Williamsburg- 8 miles from Jamestown.
8:21am Julie is saying goodbye to Williamsburg- I'll definitely come back! Norfolk, VA bound!
9:13am Julie is in and out of Hampton.
9:27am Julie HAS ARRIVED IN NORFOLK!!!!!
10:45am Julie is doing the walking tour of Norfolk!
1:08pm Julie using a computer at the Norfolk Library while the wind subsides.
2:24pm Julie is going back outside to play Norfolk, Virginia tourist!
6:45pm Julie 's feet are tired, not to mention her eyes. This Tourist is going to rest for her next leg begins at 10:30pm.
10:32pm Julie is SOOOOO enjoying her trip! She's just about to leave Norfolk- so much to do. I'll definitely be back!
11:33pm Julie is crossing the Chesepeake Bay

March 5
6:14am Julie is in Newark, NJ.
6:38am Julie is going through the Lincoln Tunnel.
8:11am Julie has been in NYC exactly an hour and has finally emerged from the signal-less underground and is now eating a hamlette from Burger King’s Dollar menu.
8:13am Julie has been in NYC exactly 75 minutes and is now going to walk 15 blocks to Central Park.
8:49am Julie is at Central Park.
9:49am Julie is seeking shelter from the rain so she can let her hands thaw out.
2:35pm Julie has enjoyed her discovery tour of NYC- visiting Trump Tower and enjoying the fabulous food and people at Serendipity 3!
4:15pm Julie has left New York City and now she agrees with the saying I love NYC.
4:25pm She's also leaving Newark now. On to Pennsylvania!
5:45pm Julie is in Pennsylvania!
11:39pm Julie is in Pittsburgh!

March 6
1:14am Julie is leaving Pittsburgh- Chicago bound!
1:54am Julie is in Ohio!
3:29am Julie is in Cleveland!
4:20am Julie is leaving Cleveland.
7:15am Julie is in Indiana.
4:20pm Julie had a good time in Chicago. Now she's going to hop on a bus to Milwaukee tonight and then to Lexington tomorrow. She took the Blue Line to O’Hare and rode the Terminal Shuttle around a couple times. 
4:40pm Julie is excited that she saw Lake Michigan and O'Hare today, although there's not much a sightseer can see there, except from the airport train. =).
5:58pm Julie should be boarding the bus to Milwaukee soon.
8:16pm Julie is on her bus to Milwaukee that is 2 h 15 minutes late, making her 3 hour layover there 45 minutes, if the bus back to Chicago is on time! ♥travel!
8:52pm Julie is grateful for TCAS ACARS and is now reading more about it on her way to Milwaukee.
9:13pm Julie really would like to have seen her journey from Chicago to Milwaukee in the daylight as scheduled....
10:04pm Julie IS IN MILWAUKEE !!! She has now been to all of SkyWest's hub cities! And Trans States!
11:31pm Julie is saying goodbye to Milwaukee. Though the stay was short and dark, she enjoyed. That clock tower above Rockwell Automation is something else too!

March 7
1:23am Julie is back in Chicago with a three hour layover here before going to Cincinnati, OH. Three hours = charged battery and stomach full of Campbell's Tomato Soup!
4:47am Julie is leaving Chicago and is now Cincinnati, OH and Lexington, KY bound!
8:02am Julie is in Indianapolis!
8:35am Julie got snowed on a little as she walked around on the streets of downtown Indianapolis.
9:00am Julie met Brian.
10:16am Julie is leaving Indianapolis for Cincinnati, OH.
12:04pm Julie made it to Cincinnati despite the SN and FZRA.
12:42pm Julie is sliding down the streets of Cincinnati. Where's the fun in a road trip without weather uncertainty and drama?
1:12pm Julie is sitting in a Greyhound on the shoulder of a snowy highway with a driver who said he didn't want to make this trip in the first place and not for safety reasons.
1:56pm Julie is on a replacement bus and actually moving toward Lexington, KY.
3:09pm Julie is in Lexington, KY! You can definitely tell this is a horse city!
3:33pm Julie is taking Lexington's city bus to the Blue Grass Airport.
4:59pm Julie is sad because the museum that has the Com-Air memorial at the Blue Grass Airport is closed.
7:13pm Julie is not getting out of Lexington tonight because of the weather.
8:15pm Julie is in Lexington tonight.
9:21pm Julie is spending the night at a Lexington motel near the Greyhound station.

March 8
10:14am Julie is going to walk to the WalMart a few blocks away to get a beanie and gloves!
10:55am Julie saw Lexington through snow covered glasses.
4:50pm Julie hates depending on others!!! There's a reason she took this trip solo. I know the secret to life! SOLO IS BEST!
6:14pm Julie is back in her motel room in Lexington and expecting to catch a bus back to Orlando tomorrow. She just finished watching the last 15 min of Date Movie.
8:04pm Julie is chipping away at a sand object for a hidden treasure, thanks to Walmart 88 cent toys!
9:16pm Julie thinks Brian and his bald head is very sexy!

March 9
8:46am Julie is amused. I'm 31 years old and this woman referred to me as "this little girl" haha!
11:52am Julie is finally inside the Greyhound terminal after being stuck in Lexington for 2 days.
1:44pm Julie is on the bus!!!!!!!
1:46pm Julie is on the bus to Knoxville, TN!!!!!!!
2:43pm Julie is in and out of Berea, KY.
3:54pm Julie is in London, KY.
4:44pm Julie is in Tennessee.
5:36pm Julie is in Knoxville, TN.
6:53pm Julie leaving Knoxville.
8:58pm Julie is in Chattanooga, TN.
11:05pm Julie is in Atlanta.
11:47pm Julie might leave Atlanta tonight.

March 10
12:15am Julie is impressed. Despite the Atlanta chaos, Greyhound provided a second coach when the first one filled up!
8:41am Julie is in Orlando, back home!

March 11
12:19am Julie feels hopelessly socially inadequate.
3:32am Julie feels refreshed.
9:07am Julie is going to work refreshed.
3:22pm Julie still has a wooden thumb! She has her first day of training in wheelchair rental today. I guess they wanted to take advantage of her fresh off vacation status.
3:42pm Julie falls in love with the Bare Naked Ladies every time she hears one of their songs!
7:02pm Julie had a good day at work.
7:47pm Julie hopes she can get home before she gets rained on. Too late!
8:34pm Julie is wondering have I done any good in the world today?

March 12
2:58pm Julie is cleaning her room.
5:22pm Julie is donating 40 lbs of flying books and magazines to the CAP cadets.
6:12pm Julie weighs 40 lbs lighter.
6:22pm Julie walking to Panda Express.
11:16pm Julie wants to go back to New York City.

March 13
9:12am Julie spent the night at Elissa's after watching August Rush.
2:01pm Julie is appreciating the warm temperatures of Orlando, FL.
2:23pm Julie has decided to take a walk at Lake Eola Park.
4:01pm Julie recommends Lake Eola Park to anyone visiting Orlando in the next 8 months.
5:55pm Julie is at home. Now she's going to eat Honey Nut Cheerios and Dove Chocolate while listening to U2 and her Serendipity CD's.
10:53pm Julie is addicted to Sudoku.

March 14
10:29am Julie wants to know where her cereal bowl walked off to!!!
10:46am Julie doesn't mind her roommates using her cereal bowl, but doesn't appreciate spending 20 minutes going on a wild, albeit successful, goose chase for it.
11:07am Julie is spending the night at work, so she's bringing Paul along.
12:12pm Julie wonders why she cares about aviation....
12:43pm Julie is at work.
1:31pm Julie doesn't get a paycheck today like everybody else because she went on a fifteen state Greyhound bus tour.
9:33pm Julie is standing in a river of flowing cars facing upstream in the rain! .

March 15
6:32pm Julie 's bus was just dwarfed by a 747 on approach 300 feet above her head.

March 16
1:11am Julie hopes her headache will go away before she clocks in at 4:30 am.
6:12am Julie is already hating today.
9:55am Julie says today is Random Sayings Day. Say random things such as "There's partially beaten flour in Los Angeles" to random people.
2:14pm Julie is waiting for her knight in a shiny aluminum tube make himself known to her...
6:20pm Julie wants her gift of perspective and insight BACK!
6:34pm Julie may have lost her keys. .
9:32pm Julie is trying not to cry.
9:58pm Julie is enjoying her Facebook friends!
11:44pm Julie is going to bed.

March 17
5:58am Julie didn't lose her keys after all. Paul was hiding them.
12:15pm Julie is wearing yellow (work uniform) in a sea of green. Happy St Patrick’s Day everybody!
7:57pm Julie swears her nose is Dr. Jerkyll by day and Mr. Hyde by night... No offense meant to my Hyde friends, or anyone with Hyde friends!

March 18
9:04am Julie is feeling ambitious today as she walks to the bus stop.
10:32am Julie is working go wheelchair rental today.
6:53pm Julie is going on the Sterling Casino cruise ship tomorrow- free food and entertainment for non-gamblers!
9:15pm Julie enjoys talking on the phone with Brian the EMT from Ohio!

March 19
8:07am Julie is taking a shuttle to Port Canaveral and then enjoying a free cruise for about five hours.
9:06am Julie is going on a day cruise!

March 20
8:30am Julie wants to trade her bed for a couch- NOT THE KIND that unfolds into a bed though!
2:00pm Julie has begun to read Stick and Rudder.
3:06pm Julie wants to hear about her airline pilot and flight attendant friends' adventures on the job.
7:23pm Julie is satisfied with how the reorganization of her room is proceeding although she has no couch to replace her bed with...

March 21
12:09pm Julie is on her way to work, walking to the bus stop, hand in handle with Paul.
2:13pm Julie is at work.
7:23pm Julie is charging a smile to park at CityWalk.

March 22
3:19pm Julie is sick.
7:27pm Julie is thrilled that she discovered a comfortable nook where she can observe Southwest, Delta, Virgin, Frontier, and AirTran flight operations at MCO!
10:30pm Julie returning to CityWalk, then going to ride the boat to Portofino Bay Hotel, read her Airways magazine, then crash in the breakroom for a 6:30am shift.
11:21pm Julie wants to be nothing but a flight attendant when she grows up... What can she do to realize this dream?

March 23
6:33am Julie is working until 2pm. :(.
9:36pm Julie had fun tonight hanging out with Kelly.
March 24
6:40am Julie is going to work.
6:51am Julie ran to the bus stop...
7:25am Julie is looking for a connection.
12:34pm Julie is floored by her allergies. :~/.
6:01pm Julie PISSED OFF!

March 25
9:58am Julie is numb.
10:53am Julie might be spending the week volunteering at the Sun'n Fun Fly-In if she plays her cards right.

March 26
7:06am Julie is going to Port Canaveral to spend her day off on the Atlantic Ocean. Her goal is to invite five people to Sun 'n Fun.

March 27
6:11am Julie, after having slept at the church, is leaving Florida with no destination, only survival, in mind- after Sun'n Fun, that is....
8:30am Julie is going to try to give her two weeks notice at Universal today.
9:27am Julie has given her two weeks notice.
8:32pm Julie is successfully sorting her stuff.
9:23pm Julie is tired.

March 28
12:01pm Julie is excited for Sun'n Fun!

March 29
2:11am Julie feels better.
3:41pm Julie is a dick- at least according to a disgruntled employee to whom she was trying to explain policy regarding employee badges that scan void. LOL!!!
6:00pm Julie is getting ready to go to Mardi Gras and the Heart concert.
6:25pm Julie says "No, Dog, you don't need to be freakin' out!" copyright Julie Vessigault.
8:15pm Julie 's heart's a rhombus.
9:36pm Julie is at the Heart concert.
11:22pm Julie spending the night at Universal.

March 30
11:14am Julie is meeting a co-worker at SeaWorld today.
1:01pm Julie is at SeaWorld but Kristi isn't coming after all..... .
1:47pm Julie touched sting rays.
3:32pm Julie is wondering if it's normal to cry when watching the Blue Horizons show......
8:02pm Julie 's thoughts are with the employees of Aloha Airlines.

March 31
10:30am Julie is cheering Jennifer on for her pilot interview with Air Wisconsin tomorrow. Go Jennifer!!!!!!!!

Thursday, February 28, 2008

This Is Basically My Facebook History February 2008

February 1
1:43am Julie is sleeping in the crew room for a 6 am report time to the Toll Plaza.
3:02pm Julie is taking the crew shuttle to the library so she can create a smoking hot resume that will get her a flight attendant position with SkyWest Airlines.
11:16pm Julie is wondering how three planes could collide on a Florida runway.

February 2
6:28am Julie is gonna rock her Toll Plaza today!
4:31pm Julie is indulging herself with a medium rare Filet Mignon meal at NASCAR Cafe at half price. Then she's going to Mardi Gras at Universal!
5:53pm Julie is laughing her head off watching Space Balls the Movie in the crew room at Universal. There's, like, many episodes of this right? Can you say hooked?
6:25pm Julie is entering the gates of Universal for MARDI GRAS!


February 3
8:00pm Julie is watching the Superbowl. Go Patriots!

February 4
7:16am Julie is going to work at a special event/VIP tour today, which means she is going to meet some Very Interesting People! =D.
4:41pm Julie is appreciating the refreshing grass and the cool shade while she waits for the Crew Shuttle (city bus) to take her to her Civil Air Patrol meeting.
5:19pm Julie is learning about the type of icing an aircraft encounters.
6:35pm Julie is going to her Civil Air Patrol meeting. She is longing to be on the other side of the airport fence.

February 5
12:14pm Julie is rehashing her resumé.
3:54pm Julie is walking to the library.
9:28pm Julie just finished a fabulous dinner at PF Changs with seven other friends, and now she is eating icecream at the Marble Slab!
11:13pm Julie is stunned. Ants have destroyed her clock radio/cd player. :c.

February 6
8:34am Julie is hoping all her friends in TN, KY, AR, MS, and AL are safe after the devastating storms.
10:38am Julie is cleaning her room.
5:47pm Julie just finished submitting her application and resume to SkyWest Airlines!!! Thanks to everybody for their amazing support!!!!!!!!!!

February 7
9:17pm Julie is hanging out at CityWalk, then sleeping in her layover hotel called the Universal Employee’s break room, to report to work at 6am. And she's trying to make you laugh because she's funny!
11:00pm Julie says "tonight CityWalk is BDL".
11:16pm Julie says "tonight CityWalk isn't in Orlando. It's in BDL" I'm on a layover in Hartford, CT!

February 8
7:35am Julie is going to rock Toll Plaza today!
6:35pm Julie is hanging out with the Orlando Magic fans at the pre-game party. Wish I could stay for the game... The free concert by Petrel is good.
7:28pm Julie says "tonight CityWalk isn't in MCO, it's in CHS". My layover tonight is Charleston, SC!
10:29pm Julie is watching Fool's Gold.

February 9
7:11am Julie is sad. She just learned one of her favorite Leads just passed away.
3:02pm Julie is standing in line at CityWalk in Orlando, waiting to try out for American Gladiators. New York Library at 7pm.
6:24pm Julie is now finished with the American Gladiators tryouts! She did chin ups, 10 burpees, a shuttle run, and a relay called Suicide. What a workout!
8:04pm Julie is stepping away from the New York City Library steps for the Mardi Gras Parade.
10:59pm Julie &!#@¡%&€¿#?@#?@!!!?!!!?!!!?!!!!!!!!!!!!!

February 10
9:46am Julie needs a hug.
10:34am Julie is moving to Chicago in April if SkyWest doesn't have any where else for me to go...

February 11
2:59pm Julie just helped a guest who is also a SkyWest customer out of Northern Idaho!
11:06pm Julie has a lot to do to get ready for her date on Valentine's Day!

February 12
12:07am Julie is aware of the IROP conflict as well as two possible mergers that would drastically change the landscape of the airline industry...
12:19am Julie has a lot to do to get ready for her date on Valentine's Day!

February 13
12:46am Julie just underwent excruciatingly painful unanesthetized surgery under her left thumbnail after a 1/2 inch sliver of wood violently entered it. About half remains...
11:57am Julie is in the final stages of preparation for her Valentine's Day date with SkyWest, lucky wooden thumb and all.
1:34pm Julie is grateful for Dryel.
11:08pm Julie is concerned about her lucky wooden thumb.

February 14
8:24am Julie is Carpe Diem! Seize the Day! Ready for her Valentine's Day date with SkyWest Airlines' InFlight Recruitment.
9:50am Julie is wondering how Eine Kleine Nacht Musik began playing in her head. Wow! Where did that come from? She likes!
8:36pm Julie just made 25 new friends at the SkyWest interview. What an exciting three hours!
10:40pm Julie is eating a delicious Half Track Salad at Nascar Cafe, then going dancing at City Jazz. Who wants to join me?

February 15
9:23pm Julie is living out of her suitcase through Sunday. =).

February 16
5:32pm Julie doesn't like it when people borrow her phone and phone number to call someone and then swear and curse for the entire call.
6:31pm Julie is going to NASCAR Cafe for her Half Track Salad and Mardi Gras tonight. Then she is working every day this week! How about a few more weeks just like that?
7:01pm Julie says Wow I could kiss those boys singing and playing guitars on the stage at CityWalk. MCO is FSD tonight!
7:35pm Julie is the female version of Clark Kent/ Superman: When she's not dressed like a flight attendant she feels like she's wearing a disguise. =).
9:19pm Julie is watching Sara Evans in concert at Universal Studios' Mardi Gras. It's nice to be on the audience's side of the event for a change!

February 17
9:17pm Julie is thinking Milwaukee would be a really great place to be based!
11:30pm Julie is going to sleep now.

February 18
10:30am Julie is working in wheelchair distribution today, probably...
6:59pm Julie is going to reply to every one by Tuesday night!

February 19
7:15am Julie just had a very vivid and lengthy dream about her first day of flight attendant training!
12:21pm Julie has named her rollaboard Paul. She and Paul are going to take the crew shuttle to the library and then to Universal Studios.
11:15pm Julie and Paul are going to see Juno tonight.

February 20
2:31pm Julie and James are going to ride Dueling Dragons multiple times!
3:34pm Julie and James rode the Hulk. Now Julie and Paul are taking the crew shuttle to the library.
7:49pm Julie and Paul are taking the crew shuttle to institute.

February 21
2:51pm Julie is packing Paul (her rollaboard) and watching Season 3 of The Office.
4:35pm Julie and Paul are taking the crew shuttle to the library, JC Penney's, and then to Universal Studios.
6:08pm Julie is breathing oxygen still... =).

February 22
5:08am Julie and Paul are taking the crew shuttle back to Universal- working 7-2.
4:18pm Julie and Paul just completed a spontaneous ride on the crew shuttle to the airport just so Julie could sleep on the way. Now she's going to buy something to eat and read!
5:25pm Julie : no rapid decompsession this time... She's used to it by now. Life goes on. At least she's got Paul. =).
7:25pm Julie is going to an Orlando Magic game while Paul has an RON with other rollaboards at the Marriott Hotel Valet closet. =) Life goes on!
9:34pm Julie watched the Magic beat the 76ers 115-99!
10:00pm Julie is trying to decide- should I move to LEX, ORD, or MKE in April? I also might go to Jumpers tonite.

February 23
2:23pm Julie ROCKED Toll Plaza today and overcame a couple small bouts of hypoxia. Life goes on. At least I still have Paul. =).
9:22pm Julie and Paul went to Mardi Gras and checked out Third Eye Blind. Now we're hopping on the crew shuttle to go home.
10:02pm Julie wishes she never had heard of SkyWest Airlines.

February 24
12:55am Julie is alone and hurting.

February 25, 2008
12:14am Julie reduced 1000 pages of paper to 1\2 gallon of ash without burning anything else down... awesome!
12:17am Julie reduced one thousand pages of paper to one half gallon of ash without burning anything else down... awesome!
9:44am Julie is a parking attendant.
4:03pm Julie is still a parking attendant. It took 3 hours for her to not feel like a former flight attendant.
11:05pm Julie enjoyed talking to several of her friends tonight.

February 26, 2008
12:02am Julie is excited that today is Pilot Appreciation Day!