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Good Day in Charlotte, South Carolina
It was a good flight last night into Charlotte from San Diego.
I was able to get some rest this morning before I went a good 6.5 mile walk. It is a interesting walk, because it goes through 2 hospital areas, 1 college and lots of beautiful homes, huge! With lots greenery, trees, flowers, and other garden variety of plants.
I do like the walk, to me it is better than doing cardio, a lot fresher, and more enjoyable. I probably will feel it in the morning.
Then back to the hotel to work on my essay, I have gotten a fair amount done, I am going to work on it some more later before I have to sleep.
I did find out that I got a 4.0 out of 4.0 on the essay I just turned in, which was actually the 4th essay. But I am happy that it turned out well. I feel that I will have this essay done by Thursday.
Time to sign off.
I Been Working on my Essay all Day
We got in early from Charlotte, since we didn’t have to go to Philadelphia today. Our flights were cancelled because of the snow back east.
I heard that there was a lot of cancelations today by all the airlines, plus many more delays at airports across the NorthEast. I’m glad that I got to avoid it all. Our flight was easy filled mostly non-revs that couldn’t get on other flights.
After getting back here I went got my haircut then straight to the coffee shop to study.
9 hours later I am just about to start my first draft. I need to get this done tonight but I am tired. I have been up since 1:30 a.m. Phoenix time so my brain is getting a little dead.
I got put on Stand-by C tomorrow, so at least I have the morning to work on the essay.
It is now pushing Midnight so I guess I need to quit get some sleep and start fresh in the morning.
Got to visit El Paso, Texas and Juárez, Mexico three times
Storms in Phoenix, Arizona have it usual effect on air traffic, diversions, delays, and holding patterns. We were on one of the lucky flights. Coming in from Orlando, Florida we only had to be in a holding pattern near El Paso, Texas for about 1 hour.
Which meant that for about an hour we flew around El Paso, Texas and Juárez, Mexico, so I got to go into Mexico 3 times (well the airspace anyway).
It is interesting being able to look out the windows down below at the “Wall” our border that divides the United States of America and the United Mexico States or Estados Unidos de América y Estados Unidos Mexicanos yet the name of each of these great countries are almost the same. You can see our border clearly at 37,000 ft for it stretching for miles in either direction.
It is amazing that we so different now when clearly many years ago when the people named these 2 countries we were a lot closer in mind than today.
It was still nice looking out the window at the landscape, we arrived into Phoenix late. But definitely necessary the winds rock us like our plane wasn’t even there. Later in the parking lot I was watching one of the US Airways smaller planes on approach it was flying sideways because of the wind.
Southwest 737′s didn’t fair any better, flying sideways and getting tossed about like a balloon. It always is amazing to watch as see how they land.
I got my laundry done but I am so tired from being up since 1am. and with no great place to park myself to study I keep falling asleep.
I have got to force some changes on myself because this is not cutting it and work has not helping at all. Being on Reserves is so dragging my life in the direction I don’t want to go.
Though it has been a great jump starter for me to get my Masters, the weight of having no control of your work schedule to schedulers who don’t care about whether you sleep or not or what happens in your life, keeps trying to drag you down father into the depths of depressions and exhaustion.
Stormy day in San Francisco, Airport delays
It has been storming all day here in San Francisco, so the airport has had ATC delays all day. Which is a good thing today, the storm at times here has been has been pretty intense.
I have spent the morning doing the finishing touches on my packing and studying. I had to take a break from reading about Accounting, one to let it sink in too because of the weather here I have a headache all day.
As for the Accounting, I think I will be able to get the first draft of the essay done tomorrow. I am hoping that in the next 7 days I can have 3 of the essays done.
I know I won’t be able to get all the online work done by then but I need to have the essays in. I have to get back ahead.
So I will be able to pick up extra trips in February otherwise I will be behind in school and bills, not a good combination.
There is all this talk of a new iPhone and Tablet from Apple, for me I am on of the MacHeads, it is the only computer I have ever owned. So I am hoping that the Tablet comes out and is a eReader as well as many other things.
Carrying all these books gets heavy. The Accounting book by far is the heaviest it is about 3 inches thick and 10 lbs.
So I am hoping for a good cross functionality between my MacBook Pro, the iPhone and the New Tablet. We shall see on the 27th of January.
Time to run, so a parting shot of the Apple’s invitation
Tuesday Stand-By Motivation
Again I am sitting on stand-by B (7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.) it is hard to get my motivation around this stand-by. More because I feel home lost (not homeless), I have a place in San Francisco which I rarely see I think 6 days in December and my friends in Scottsdale have been great opening their home.
The one I have to spend the most time at (my friends) now, is not my place so I feel uneasy. I try and become as small as possible not taking up any room or making any messy. Walk softly and invisible.
Then with being on Reserves, with stand-by shifts days are just tough. Most days I try and go to the local coffee shop, there are 2 that I go to Winflields which is next to a church. It has great atmosphere and the coffee and service are great the other is the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf again great coffee and service with a good atmosphere the only difference is that the Coffee bean is busier so it makes studying harder sometimes.
The reason is I can get up in the morning get ready incase they call me out and then go to the coffee shop which is only a few blocks aways. Make it convenient if I get called out on a trip.
Today I am looking to be able to commute back to San Francisco this evening since I have a day off then start my working vacation. The only good thing is that I know what I will be doing from now till the 21st and will only need to spend 1 day at my friends house in Scottsdale.
For the last month everything has been out of whack, most because of scheduling and flying. I am trying to start this new year on positive notes and turn them into my chapters.
I have gotten some of my reading done for accounting today, but not much I am hoping I can on the flight back to San Francisco.
Break…going to the airport…
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