prepare to launch.

And so the countdown has begun.
Exactly 7 days until I return to real life. To my career. To my true love. I have this feeling of anticipation mixed with nervousness about going back after so long.  I have to review my manuals because I am not sure I remember all my safety procedures…However, I am determined to give it all my best. That’s the good thing about being away from your job, you start missing it and want to be good at it all over again. No more blasé attitude, no more annoyance with the little details. You get to like it all over again. Which brings me to the question that I constantly get when I tell people I am a flight attendant: “Doesn’t your marriage suffer from you being gone all the time?”  The answer is NO. It actually benefits from it (I think at least!). When I am away for days at a time, I really miss my husband and I have time to appreciate all the good things we bring eachother. When I get back home, there is more love to give and receive (and lots of sex) and a renewal of the feelings that too often get drowned under the routine of a more conservative lifestyle.  It’s been good to me and I am grateful for that.

Speaking of travel, if Mexico is part of your plans make sure you are aware and protected as best you can against the swine flu that is happening over there right now. Mexico is one of my favourite places to be and I sure hope that they recover quickly.

Summer is heading quickly our way and the festival lineups coming out are always a good reminder of that. Lollapalooza is looking pretty good this year! I think I might just want to go. I have friends who go almost every year, so maybe I could be part of the trip this time. I am usually not a big fan of younger crowds (especially when they are in the 100 000s!) but come on, it’s Lolla!!  This is the first festival I ever attended at the dear age of 13 (a friend and I managed to sneak in, because we didn’t have the money for tickets). Ah the memories.

Can you believe this guy?  He just won’t stop. I know he’s always been a little strange, but wow, he is just surpassing himself now. And just for the record; I looooooove mashed potatoes.

After reading and writing abuot the Canjet hijack this week, I stumbled on a link to a documentary that was made about one of the first hijackings that actively involved the US and opened their eyes to terrorism. It happened on September 6th 1970 and was quite a lesson in things to come. Read about it  if you’d like, I found it all in all interesting and informing.

So there you go darlings. I am not exactly sure when I will write again since next week I will be busy training the person who is taking over my position at the office and running around to get all the last minute details done so I am allowed back in the dark hallways of the airport. Of course, I will try to make an appearance and let you know what’s happening. Wouldn’t want to leave you in the dark after all!

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because i can.

I am back from Mexico. Already. It’s funny because I didn’t mind coming back home so much, but now being stuck in this ruthless winter cold, I wish I was somewhere else.

First off, you will read about lots of trips on this blog and the only reason, if you don’t already know, that I can afford those trips is that I am a flight attendant. I get reaaaaally good prices on tickets so that allows me to live the life I so dearly long for.

So, just because we can, the husband and I went to Cancun this weekend.  A 3 day trip that was very refreshing and relaxing. I think we sometimes underestimate the importance of down time in our lives. We really need to let go of everything and just chill when stress becomes overwhelming. I know I am lucky that I can do so by traveling as much as my heart desires. It is my passion and I intend to take full advantage of it.

We stayed at the Oasis Cancun because it was the cheapest resort we could find that still had decent services and one of the closest ones to the airport. It is an ok hotel but certainly not my kind of place. The pictures on the website are shot in angles that make it look much better than it actually is. I liked that in those photos there were trees on the property and also that it was not a sky rise. When I go on vacation I want to feel that I am in a special place, a piece of paradise….not in a building that reminds me of the city! Most resorts in Cancun are big hotel buildings. The Oasis is fairly smaller, but the grounds are fairly confusing. It has a pool that goes through the resort and various swim up bars. I found it to have too much concrete with not enough chairs for everybody to lounge by the pool comfortably. If you want to relax you have to go down to the beach and squeeze your towel in between other people. it is a busy beach situated right on the Caribbean Sea so you get to swim in some of the most beautiful waters in the world! I just couldn’t get over the turquoise colour. It is stunning. The weather was great although it was fairly cold when we first arrived, the next 2 days fully compensated for that.  It surely would be appreciated if there were parasols on that beach or even trees to sit under…That sun will burn you up in a matter of hours!

My opinion is, if you want to be on the beach and don’t care what or who’s around you and don’t mind cheap buffets, then Cancun is a good place for you. It has a downtown where you can shop and party till you drop.  It is populated with young adults (mostly under 25)  that go there to get smashed and quite honestly…to score.  You will be the spectator of all clichés good and bad.  It is loud and crowded. Maybe I am getting old, but personally, I prefer a quiet resort in the Mayan Riviera with a more “adult” theme. Nonetheless it was great to spend some time alone with the love of my life. After inane amounts of guacamole and serious sessions of suntanning, we made it back home safe and sound.

Now can someone tell me how to deal with this cold?

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