I just returned home from a week of domestic flying. It was a rather grueling week with lots of stops all over the country. I crisscrossed the country multiple times during the week. As Tom mentioned in an earlier post, I was fortunate to be able to meet Tom and Robin and Dave for lunch on my layover in Dayton. The other highlight of my week occurred one night while en-route from Chicago to Newark, New Jersey. It is a requirement that at least one flight attendant sit in the cockpit during the pilot or co-pilot's lavatory break. I was fortunate enough to be the flight attendant sitting in the co-pilots seat that evening as we flew over South Bend, Indiana. It was a beautiful sight to look down and see all the lights of South Bend, but what occurred next was just amazing. The pilot turned off the lights in the cockpit and told me to just keep staring straight ahead. Sure enough, the view ahead was absolutely amazing and beautiful. From the cockpit window ahead of me was lightening flashing out of the clouds as clear and beautiful as I have ever seen. I can't imagine what the storm must have been like down below ... it was a horrendous week for storms in that area ..... but from my vantage point in the cockpit, it was a spectacular show of nature, the likes of which I have never seen before. Those kind of moments are one of the perks of my job and keep my job an adventure I can only begin to tell about.
When I returned home, I was eager to catch up on the family blog and enjoyed reading the stories that have been posted detailing family history and events. John and Steve and Dave's stories had me laughing out loud and I had to read them aloud to my husband who also got a big chuckle out of them. Thanks for the entertainment and the opportunity to get to know each of you better.
Looking forward to visiting with you in September.
~~ Marleen
3 comments:
When you were flying over South Bend if you followed the river at all you could see where a lot of relative's lived. But not able to pick out all their houses. The dome on University of Notre Dame is usually lit up at night and can be seen for miles. Could you see it? Thanks for sharing your experience and glad you got a chuckle.
Marleen, several years ago when we flew from Chicago to El Paso, w.e flew over a thunderstorm and I must stay it gives a person whole different perspective of the world. What a beautiful sight to see. What is even scarier is to fly through a severe thunderstorm and to have the plane struck by the lightning. I haven't flown through a hurricane or typhoon but can say that I came very close to a typhoon. Keep up the good work and maybe we will see you in El Paso someday.
I wish I could learn to sleep in a different bed each night. But then I wish I could learn to sleep in my OWN bed each night! What a wonderful opportunity to travel. In earlier years I flew a lot for the United Methodist Publishing House putting on Sunday School curriculum workshops. If any of you have heard the words Curric-U-Phone or Curric-You-Shops, these were my babies. Also on many Sunday afternoons we conducted curriculum workshops by telephone. I was in Nashville and the workshop would be in a United Methodist Church somewhere in the USA. We would mail the curriculum and the event program, train a local host by phone so the event would be interactive. Folks in the workshop could hear me teach but they could ask quesions or comment at any time.We did some of the earliest workshops usng this method. Of course, it is done by video today so leader and participants can actually seee each other.
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