Toronto and more...

So I have some crazy stories to tell you guys already but this blog is going to be short. Basically I just wanted to post a couple pictures of the apartment and stuff so my parents can see where I am living. I will write more when I get back on the internet which might be a while since I am never home. I work on Thanksgiving so I won't be home for the holiday but I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and be safe. Happy Thanksgiving.

First working flight

I just got back from my first flight ever as a working flight attendant on the line. I was assigned a three day trip. We started in Chicago and flew to San Francisco on Saturday, then from there we work another late night flight to Seattle. We stayed in Seattle for the night in a sweet hotel next to the airport. We even got cookies when we checked in.

I was extremely fortunate to get such great crew members for my first flight. I was with two guys for the entire trip and I couldn't have asked for two nicer peeps. They treated me like their little sister and were so laid back and cool. One of them actually took me into downtown Seattle on Sunday morning and we hung out down there until the afternoon when we had to make our way back to the airport. We had lunch and went to the Public Market which is very similar to Fisherman's Wharf in San Fran for those of you who have been. We also took the train to see the Space Needle and Fun Forest, which is a little amusement park around the monument. He's like my new favorite person and what's even better is that he is based in Chicago and lives here too. So we are going to hang out this week and he is going to show me around Chi-town as well. What a sweetheart.

After our layover in Seattle we flew back to San Francisco and then worked the red-eye flight back to our home town of Chicago. That was rough. We didn't get in until 5:00 a.m. then I had to hike back and forth through the airport to checkout and get back to my car on the other side of the world. I finally got back to the apartment around 6:30 and fell fast asleep. I love my job!!!

Chicago

So I had this huge blog typed up on my laptop but we don't have the internet hooked up in the apartment until next week. So needless to say, I won't publish all the details of the move until next week. For now I just wanted to say I miss everyone so much and living on my own in a brand new city, with a brand new job and new, basically everything, has been harder than I originally anticipated. But I am hanging in there and things are getting better and easier with each passing day. Thanks for all the love and support! Muah!

JAPAN

Here are some pictures from Japan. This is going to be a short post a) because I am sick as a dog and b) because I have so much stuff to do before tomorrow, a.k.a. GRADUATION DAY!!! As soon as I get back to Dallas tomorrow night or the next day I will give more details on the past couple of weeks including the trip to Japan, my final exams, my last training flight and graduation. Happy Halloween!!!

JAPAN

I will be in Japan for the next couple of days. Updates are on the way.

I PASSED!!!

TK is finally over and after a long day of testing and excitement, we are all back safely to the compound, minus two people. Sadly we did lose two of our group today and it was hard for all of us to get past it and pull ourselves together. But we had to move on because we still had two more exams ahead of us. Lots of tears at the beginning, yet lots of happiness and applause at the end.

I had a complete success on my first two exams: oxygen and door evacuations. I aced all three doors we were given and didn't have to use any retakes. The last two were written exams and I got a perfect score on both. 100's all the way across baby!!! In addition to testing we were able to put on the orange jumpsuits and jump down an actual airplane slide one by one. It was a little scary but I made it down with no bruises or bumps...minus the spider bite I woke up with this morning on my face. More on that later.

The best part about the whole day however, is that once you complete TK and return back to the campus, you finally get to wear your uniform and everything that goes along with it. So from now on we will be in uniform from head to toe. We can't even go out and celebrate tonight because we have our second training flight in the morning, bright and early. I will be with one other girl from my class and we are headed to glorious, Newark, New Jersey (sense the sarcasm). :) Chicago is supposed to get some nasty weather tomorrow so we might be overnighting it up in NJ if delays continue. But our international flight is next week and we are either going to Amsterdam or Tokyo! I can't wait!!!

Emergency Training (TK)

For the past week and a half my mind has been overloaded with evacuation commands, CPR techniques and door/overwing exit operating procedures. We have watched numerous crash videos, attended long, tiring lectures, and evacuated six different types of aircrafts. Tomorrow is our testing day. It is a series of four seperate exams...2 P.C.s, one open-book, and one closed-book exam. It is the most intense day of our entire 6 week training. If we fail any of the exams were are sent home immediately, no questions asked. This is it...do or die, pass or fail. End of the line.

"Brace, Brace, Brace!"