Sorry for the delay...

my my...has it already been a week? Time flies for me now. haha.

I've got so many little unrealted things to report. First off...

I GOT MY TRANSFER! Can you tell I'm happy? See my face smile? It is. I will spend the rest of this month (Sept) in Fresno as scheduled, but bid for October in Sacramento. Yippee! I will most likely be on reserve...but who cares? At least I'll be home and saving money on gas & rent. I'm hoping I'll get some sweet jet trips that allow me to see new places.

Next up...Kisses. Do you remember me writing about the old Italian lady who kissed me as she was deplaning? Well, it happened again. Only this time it was a man about in his 60's. He kissed my head as he was deplaning because he was happy with the way I treated some kids on my flight. The kids were brother and sister about 7-10 years old. Both were unacompanied minors leaving their mom for 3 weeks to go visit their dad in SFO. Ellaina was excited about the flight until she caught a glimpse of her mother waving good-bye from the terminal as we were taxing to the runway.
She said, "Triston, I think mom is crying." Then she started bawling. I felt so bad for her. I wanted to give her a big hug and tell her everything was going to be okay, but I was strapped into my jumpseat. Instead I asked her if she would be my helper during the flight.
Ellaina sadly knodded her head.
5 minutes after takeoff I got up and asked Ellaina to help me with my announcment. She smiled as she told everyone over the PA that we have coffee, soda, water and juice.
I let her hand out the snacks ask everyone what they would like to drink. She felt like such a big girl and it got her mind off of missing her mother. One of the passengers even gave her a tip!
I made sure to thank her over the PA for being such a great assistant flight attendant and everyone clapped for her. I also wrote a note (which I often do for well behaved children) to their parents, letting them know how much I enjoyed having them on my flight.

Children and babies are so cute! I love 'em.

Update: As you can tell I didn't go to Florida to watch the Shuttle, Atlantis go up. I believe it is scheduled to go up tomorrow. We'll see. I'm currently planning the trip to Kennedy Space Center for the 17th. Actually that will be my day of flying there...well, down there anyway. I'm going to go to Alabama first and drive. I know...it sounds crazy, but it's what I want to do. I'll be sure to write about my adventures.

Yesterday, out of the blue, a man gave me a coin as he was deplaning. "Be sure to watch the shuttle go up this week." he said.
I looked down at the coin. Both sides displayed a picture of the shuttle and said "STS 115 Atlantis."
I stumbled over my choppy words as I tried to say..."uh, I wanted to see it launch in person..."
But he was already down the stairs and gone.

Dang, I thought. I would have liked to talk to this person about Atlantis. What does he know about it? Who is he? Hmmm....the wonder had my head spinning. I often so curious about the people around me.

Today is my one day off before I start another trip tomorrow morning. I had to stay in Fresno because it was not enough time to go home. I miss the family, but I will survive and so will they.

Take Care Wavers. I think I'll go pamper myself with a nice pedicure & perhaps, if I feel like it...a manicure too.