There’s no secret that I came from the theater world. I have mentioned it time and time again. I used to work on cruise ships and put my life on hold for months at a time to go into fantasy land.  Now I’m living a different gypsy life, one that at least brings me back…

Recently, I read a post about the ironic situation created when men tell women as they are growing up not to talk to strangers and then get upset when an attractive woman doesn’t talk to them. I thought it to be quite funny.  I on the other hand was encouraged to talk to strangers growing…

This trip was the longest I have been on. It measured at 11 days and I have 1 day left.  The ports we were in were descent, we had a few nights in one of our best ports. Yes I call them ports because of my time on cruise ships, even though in the aviation…

Working in customer service requires a certain level of tact. A poker face is required.  When dealing with people all the time and you need to be nice, gracious, curtuous, sometime you need to down right think of something else to keep a straight face and not burst out laughing.  Poker face isn’t just for…

I am sick. Why is that so hard for me to admit.  I make every excuse in the book, and yes I may not be contagious and this cough may be the aftermath of another virus but being sick is humbling and hard. I flew to Denmark with a cough and it was rough. Thankfully…

Recently I have gained a ton of perspective. There have been people in my life, maybe not even people I know very well, but they have had rough things happen. People have died, people have been arrested, people live in third worlds where their problems are real.  I on the other hand, I have job,…

I acquired a cough on my last trip. Thankfully it hasn’t made me feel too crummy, but I sound awful.  My schedule had three days of standby, yesterday, today and tomorrow. I was really hoping I wouldn’t get called in but alas Wednesday night, the night before my first standby day in the three I…

Making friends is hard. Finding people to trust with your secrets and with your heart is a difficult task.  Work is not the first place I would look for friends but every so often I come across a person whom I can see being a good friend.  This makes me think about the potential I…

This weeks trip presented me with a new mission. Instill manners on those that insist on asking for items on a plane. Growing up I was taught to say please and thank you. I was taught to hold the door for people behind me. And, I was taught to speak up. On flights people are…

As I lay in my bed I find myself wishing I had someone to call and talk to.  It’s been a little while since I’ve been in a romantic relationship and truth is I have been enjoying being single. However, I’d be lying if I didn’t miss loving someone.  Even though I haven’t indulged to…

I had my first large confrontation in this company and tomorrow I have to further discuss it and I am dreading it.  Maybe it is really me. Maybe I perpetuated this situation even though plenty of others assured me I didn’t I can’t help but think I contributed.  It makes me think how many other…

I am in the middle of my 6th trip and this one has been a doozy. I’m not going to go into detail as it’s really no ones business but as my title suggests some things happened that were not so pleasant, emotions were shared and I some how was planted at the center.  …