“It’s a miracle… They are healed!” Those are the words I expected to hear uttered on several of my recent flights for you see, we had experienced the phenomenon that gate agents and flight attendants often call a “miracle flight”. I haven’t often seen one myself, despite a couple thousand flights in the duration of my…
I’m generally skeptical every time I see one of those viral articles that claims to predict my ideal job based on my answers to a few questions or my dream home based on my astrological sign. As such, clicking on this latest one – What each Myers-Briggs type does on vacation – seemed like it would…
Is it Sunday again already? I feel like this is becoming my new normal – get to Sunday and sit down to unpack my experiences from the week before and wonder “what the hell happened?!” This week flew by even though I only traveled two days last week. I’m settling into a nice rhythm now…
I am not one to jump on the fad bandwagon. And celebrity endorsements don’t make me want to try things I might not otherwise. But when I’m traveling abroad, I’m usually game to try a local treatment or two. I journeyed to Beijing for Memorial Day weekend thanks to the now infamous $400-ish business class…
Today in the middle of a yoga class, I sat down on my mat and started crying. Big wet tears running down my face, my body was overriding my brain. I don’t like crying in public. I don’t mind crying – it can be cathartic – but I don’t like crying in front of other people. …
“We’re holding it together with chewing gum and string.” That’s a phrase I remember learning (and liking the sound of) when I was younger. As I continued to grow professionally, I realized that wasn’t necessarily the best way to live all the time but as road warriors, we often learn to “patch this” or “trick…
Its a rainy Sunday which means lazy blogging time on the media room sofa here at the homestead – perfect for catching up on my weekly update. Its too wet and stormy to be on either of the porches so I’m curled up under a blanket with my tea and enjoying a bit of downtime…
Its not easy being geek. I learned that at a very young age when my preschool class at the museum was two girls and twelve boys… it might have been all the time learning the names of various dinosaurs and reptiles that fascinated me so.. I further fleshed it out when most of my elementary school…
I was lucky enough today to grab a seat on one of the American 787 Dreamliner flights on the inaugural day. I used the Same Day Change feature yesterday to grab one of the open seats on the 12:10 pm return ORD-DFW segment. And I’m awfully glad I did. Not only was it a bucket list…
#avgeeks rejoice!!! Today is the launch of the new American 787 Dreamliner service with an inaugural flight this morning from Dallas-Fort Worth to Chicago O’Hare. I had a chance to preview this aircraft last week and she’s a true beauty. I’ll be joining the flip side of today’s inaugural service – meeting the arrival in…
It finally feels like spring around here – the birds are out, there are ladybugs in the garden, and I can feel my sinuses pressing on the back of my eyeballs. Ah, spring at the homestead is what this weekly update is all about! Spring usually also means the wrap up of all the projects I…
If you are traveling in 2015, what you need to do this weekend is take a look at your current airline and hotel program use and make appropriate adjustments to your earning to be sure you are maximizing status opportunities. With eight months left, you still have plenty of time to make travel plans that…