Earning my wings

Many people wonder and even ask how I became a flight attendant! I always share the same story with them and will share it with you all!

When I was 4 years old my mom, a cousin, her son, and myself went to Disney World in FL for a week. It was my first trip flying, well I don't think any of us had every flown at that point. Well mom claims I was curled up under a blanket on the plane when a flight attendant walked through giving out those plastic wings to little kids! Since she or he couldn't see me I got skipped. This was by far the most traumatic experience in my entire life and I have traumatic experiences atleast once a day! I cried and cried and cried. I never earned my plastic wings but I earned my metal ones in the Fall of 2007!

I was in my second year of college at Auburn University and decided I was tired of school so I took the summer off and decided looking for a job. I knew in the back of my mind I always wanted to be a flight attendant. I applied for what used to be Northwest Airlines. Two days later I had a phone interview and a week later had a face to face with a recruiter. I was offered a job on the spot! At the time I just figured I'd do it a couple of years and be done...... WRONG! I complete 5 years this year and haven't looked back. I truly found a passion. I whine and moan alot about various things but I get paid ALOT to serve peanuts and a coke. I have been many places with this job! We merged in April of 2008 with Delta Airlines and my experiences are endless, opportunities are endless. It's never a dull moment. I've been to ALMOST all 50 states, been to several destinations in Europe and Asia! Man what a beautiful planet we had created for us. Next month I am adding a new country to my list- Peru! My work family makes my job such a pleasure!

Now days when I see a kid or even grown ups I ask them if they would like some wings. Many times I get to share my "traumatic" story with them and laugh. Even if the precious little ones are sleeping they get wings! I would not ever want anyone to miss out on that experience.

I hope you all have a great evening. I'm off jet-setting the next few days. Layovers with friends are always great too! Tomorrow night I get to see a buddy of mine in Detroit and next month I get to see another buddy in VA! My life is truly a vacation!

You'd think with this life I'd be used too...

You'd think I'd be used to not having much control of my own life. Ya see being based in Atlanta can create a massive domino effect during the summer months. In case you are not from the South I'll give you an example. At any given point between 1-7pm on any given day a thunderstorm can AND will pop up ad stay put for a few minutes or a few hours. I've, now, been caught in this not once but twice this summer with many more occurrences to come. Why am I blabbing about this you wonder?! Well you'd think I could handle not being in control of my life outside of my daydream job! By "daydream" I mean flying around the WORLD and getting paid pretty good to do it- serving a snack and a beverage.

I have really liked this guy for several months and a few weeks ago I had a total come apart! I'm not sure where it came from but it took over and quite possibly caused some major damage! This particular trip my friend- the guy-went on was a trip/mission from Hell for me. Yes, I swore off the military several years back, but this one is TOTALLY AWESOME. Anyways, I didn't understand why he wasn't emailing me to let me know he was ok, as a matter of fact I didn't understand any of the trip. I went as far as emailing him stupid absurd stuff that had no business being emailed. It should have waited until he got back, but ohhhhh noooo it didn't. I later found out, after pitching a royal hissy fit, he didn't have internet service at some if not all his stops on his mission! Why did I overreact so badly?! I mean, I've dated a few military guys before this and even been through a deployment I know all about this "little to no communication" aspect of it. Well we are just friends and I have been having a hard time adjusting to this. I ask myself everyday: what will this be like, will we ever hangout again, what does he really think- about me, him, us?! So, I've turned to the Lord! I have been doing some serious reevaluating of MY actions. I have been praying for patience- I need it like a fat kid needs cake! I pray for peace and I mostly pray for what is meant to be will be! Regardless of the outcome of the story here I've got to always remember that I am not and will not and should not be in control of my life! He is my pilot and I am his Co-Pilot. I have to remember to give everything to Him and He will ensure I am safe! Why is this so hard to do?! Because I am a selfish person- on so many levels! I have been giving this a good run and so far I am doing ok...... I could use a few extra prayers, though!

Thanks for the blogging vent! These won't all be like this. I have promised a passengers I've met recently that I'd blog about real life everyday situations. This topic just weighed a little heavy on my heart tonight. Good night from Alabama!

New to this

Hey yall!  I thought I would start blogging so I could keep up with my adventures a little better and share them with you all!  I sometimes have wild days flying days in which stories can be funny!  Other times they are crazy because we were late due to: broken jets, weather, or ALL of the above.  When I am not at work; however, my life is or can be tamed.  I hope you will find my blog fun or you learn something new!  Comments and feedback are welcomed.  I ask that it be kept clean, though, and nice!  Thanks for following and look forward to more posts in the future!

ME