By the end of today, I will have spared myself 170 cigarettes... unbelievable!
I am still on the road ~ my trip to Milan turned out to be a quick turn around :( We dropped the passengers and repositioned to Luton, England. Here is how my day/night/morning went...
8:30pm Prepare plane for 10pm departure
10:00pm Depart for Boston
11:00pm Arrive Boston
12:30pm Depart for Milan
Fly for 7 and 1/2 hours (Silly me, I thought the soccer team would be exhausted after their game against Mexico ... perhaps they'd sleep a little on the way over ~ not a chance. 7 1/2 hours serving dinner and drinks NON STOP in heels... honestly, I did not sit or rest for a single minute!) Complete f@#$ing torture... torture with a nice view... but, torture nonetheless.
2:00pm Arrive Milan
4:00pm Arrive England
Holy crap! Upon arrival in England, we got word that we would be flying out the following morning and that we should restock the plane to be ready for passengers by 11:00am. You've got to be kidding right? Is this humane treatment? Not sure...
So... after about a 16 hour duty day, my AWESOME pilots (who helped me beyond their call of duty) and I tracked our tired asses to a grocery store. Tired doesn't even begin to describe how we were feeling. I worked for 16 hours without eating or resting. I had moved beyond tired, beyond exhaustion, and into utter delirium.
Somehow we managed to find our way to a very tastey Thai Restaurant, where we ate, drank beer, and tried our best to conversate, but forming sentences was nearly impossible.
I got back to my room around 8:30pm and managed to stay awake for probably a half an hour. Then I slept, and slept, and slept. I slept without interruption until 2:00pm the following day! 17 hours?!?! WTF?!? Yeah... The human body can only endure so much before it collapses. And I collapsed. Thank God for small favors ~ our 11:00am trip moved to a 6:00pm departure!!!
So, a 7 hour flight back to Jersey from England landed us here around 9:00pm.
The good news? I fly out for Luton AGAIN this evening at 7:00pm. Woo-Hoo
I feel like a human ping-pong and I am oh- soooo -ready to be back in LA. 5 more days of this and then 10 off!
Whew! Believe me... after this day at work... a cigarette definitely crossed my mind. But, I made it through :)
xo
UBELIEVABLE
About Me
- Maybe Im Amazed
- I am a daughter, a sister, an auntie, a grandaughter, a niece, a cousin, a friend, someone's baby, a teacher, a world traveler (can't believe I can finally say that), an avid reader, a music lover, a shopping fanatic, a latte junkie... the list goes on and on ~ One thing I am NO LONGER is a smoker! Yeah!!!!!!!!
5 comments:
Crazy. Still sounds like fun, though ;) Yay, you, Ms. Smoke-free. That's awesome!
Ahhh... Thanks Maggie :) And not only for the encouraging smoke-free-words... but, also for reminding me that the job is good.
Sometimes (when exhausted beyond belief) I have to remind myself that dinner out in a different country sure beats a bowl of Special K and Everybody Loves Raymond... although that sounds pretty sweet right about now :)
I do think there is plenty to be said for getting to have routine at home, but I also think that it's worth living the adventure when you get the chance and have the ability to go for it. And, yes, I'd be exhausted, too, until I got all excited again ;)
Lisa,
Outstanding job on your end...work wise and smoke free wise lol Sorry I have been absent here...been real busy at work. Crazy stuff going on...The b est part though.............yup! Tobacco free and loving it! Did you ever receive the smoking pics?
Sure, you might be tried but I'm still jealous of your jet setting ways. You could be tied to a desk like me!
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