March 20, 2003
Home Sweet Home
Ok, I've said some bad things about Chokeland before (see?), but when we landed at OAK this evening, and when I walked into my apartment an hour later, I was so glad to be home.
Our trip was a success. The client loved the demonstration and presentation. They were all thrilled that we had taken the time to make their lives easier. Uh, yeah, that's what we did. No, girlfriend, it's called bling bling. OK?
I woke up this morning, had a beautiful bowl of blueberry yogurt, an English muffin, and some hot chocolate, and that's all I had all day long. I was so freakin nervous about the presentation that I couldn't stand the sight of the Whoppers that everyone else ate at lunch, and for me to pass up French fries, it had to be bad. (And as a side note, I don't know who the fuck was that decided that we needed to change French fries and French toast to Freedom this and Freedom that, but they need to go. OK? I'm not changing my fucking show.) I was nearly sick to my stomach. I always get sick when I have to present in front of an audience. I thought it would have been easier considering I know the content like the back of my hand, but it was still rather uncomfortable. Luckily, though, they were all very casual, and they were friendly! No stone faces in the crowd of five ladies from Seattle. They were receptive and engaging, and they knew what we were talking about and what we were trying to do. It turned out to be OK. All that worrying for nothing. As usual.
So after the meeting, we made a mad dash for SeaTac so we could jet on home early. We got one flight ahead of our scheduled trip, and I got home earlier than planned. That's so nice. Now I get to go to bed again, for tomorrow I'm off for the desert for the weekend. As I've said before, folks, this won't be a pleasure cruise.
Oh you should have seen the queen they got for head flight attendant. Rocco, former model for Mandate and former Falcon star we all agreed, put on a floor show to beat all. Southwest, I guess, has a fairly relaxed attitude when it comes to doing their jobs. That's really cool, especially now when we're all under the stress of [insert your brand of stress here]. I was so used to the tight-lipped, (mostly) dolled up attendants on United that their behavior was a shock at first. But they were trying to lighten the mood, and they succeeded. I think it's nice to see a team work together and still have fun together. Service was great. I'm not too crazy about the Oakland airport as I do prefer SFO, but whatever.
That's it. I'm stuck with an empty stomach and the resulting migraine, so I gotta go.
