DAL - ELP 1/20
I was so excited to fly home and see my hubs this weekend - It had been 9 days since I left Phoenix and temporarily moved to Dallas. The flight in was great - although I did learn that I prefer a stop where I have to change planes so that I can get up and walk around. On this flight, there was no plane change and I began to felt claustrophobic/antsy towards the end of the flight.
I sat next to a super nice guy who also works at HDQ. We chatted back and fourth about aviation and the company.
ELP - PHX
There were so few people on this flight that we all got our own rows. The guy that was sitting next to me ended up moving to the row across from me and laid down on the seats like it was a bed. I gotta learn to do that… Especially since these flights home every weekend will be 4 hours! I was so happy to have landed in Phoenix that I started crying when I saw my guy’s car pulling up. I hope we never have to go that long again without seeing each other!
PHX - ABQ 1/22
After getting in to Phoenix at 11pm on Friday, I was awake at 5am Sunday morning to catch the first flight out. The guy that was on my flight out on Friday ended up being on my flights home this morning! Needless to say, at 5am, I felt like a zombie… and quite frankly, as soon as I got on the plane to ABQ, I passed out. I woke up when we began our bumpy descent.
ABQ - DAL
We had an hour layover in ABQ, which wasn’t all that bad because I was able to walk around a bit. When we got on the plane, I was pretty surprised to see that the only available aisle was the last row of the aircraft. I do remember it being super bumpy on takeoff and super bumpy on the landing. It’s a good thing I got out of Phoenix early today, because I’ve heard there have been some delays all throughout Texas.
Hope you guys had a great weekend!
It’s official, I moved to Dallas! Well, less “move” and more “am living in” since most of my stuff is still in Phoenix.
PHX - ABQ
It was difficult to leave Phoenix, since it is my home. I had no problem getting out to Albuquerque. I had to laugh - at the beginning of the flight, about half way through when the flight attendant was giving the safety announcement, the pilot started talking out of no where. It was pretty funny to see the confusion. The flight was smooth - I tried napping but I had a million things going on in my mind. Slightly bumpy landing when we arrived - which is exactly what I remember when I used to live there.
ABQ - DAL
I met my mom and sister at the airport (they came in from Las Vegas). We all caught a flight to Dallas. I got a lower boarding pass letter/number so i got on the plane before them - but there wasn’t a full aisle available so I asked a gal to save two seats and I sat on the aisle seat behind her. When my mom and sister finally got on the plane, the lady realized that we were together and offered to switch me seats so the three of us could sit together… that was super nice of her! The flight went out completely full - 137 people - we got super lucky! The three of us chatted during the flight and landed smoothly in Dallas.
I start my internship with Southwest on Tuesday… Wish me luck! :)
PHX - LAS 1/10
I did a quick roundtrip flight yesterday. I had a couple doctor’s appointments so I was only in Vegas for a few hours. The flight was nice… although the lading sitting next to me… ugh… I’ll explain…. I was the first to sit down, she came and sat on the aisle seat… no big deal. Then she decided that the middle seat, middle seat back cover and the space under the middle seat was all her space to take. She put her bags under the middle seat, put her drink and book in the middle seat back cover and then put her purse and jacket on the middle seat. Like, seriously? The middle seat, if empty, should be equally shared space between the window and aisle seat passengers.
Oh well. It was nice to fly! I hadn’t been on a plane in almost a month!
LAS - PHX
Another good flight home. I was so exhausted from only getting a few hours of sleep, I ended up falling asleep on the plane - which if you know me, is very rare. I woke up right before we landed and was able to catch a great view of the city before the sun set.
I have some very very VERY exciting news to publicly announce.
As you all know, I’m a huge fan of Southwest Airlines. And I am beyond elated to announce that I was offered (and accepted!) an internship position with them this spring!
Happy New Year to you! And ME!
Major props to 2011 for being a great year for me.
I hope you all had a great year… and if you didn’t, a new year is just a few hours away!
Stay safe tonight!
PS: Big announcement tomorrow, so stay tuned!
