Monday – Travel Day
Columbus > Atlanta > Knoxville
Five hours after getting home, I headed back to the airport. It’s the joy of the season!
I was able to get a few loads of laundry done and caught up on the mail.
I was total cranky pants once I got back to the airport - Just so incredibly tired.
The plan was … get on the plane, have an adult beverage and nap on the way to Atlanta.
That was until the male flight attendant informed me there was no alcohol on the plane. I replied with “Seriously?”
Everyone around me laughed.
Apparently that pissed him off, so he moved to the next row while saying “I can only serve what they give me!”
Mistake #1 was not having alcohol.
Mistake #2 was walking away from me.
Mistake #3 was not apologizing.
That’s ok. My email to Delta Customer Service will result in free miles deposited into my account.
Later once in flight, beer magically appeared in his drink cart. So I asked for a Miller Lite. He handed me one, sans glass. Oh, that is breaking all rules of first class. Hell that breaks the rules of coach. You at least get a plastic cup in coach!
As anticipated, the beer was not at all cold. It never is on a plane, hence the reason I never order one.
I decided to move on and find serenity in the beautiful clouds outside my window.
Got to Atlanta and spent my layover in the SkyClub.
Ran into the truck engineers at the gate. We all were seated together on the plane so we had a chance to catch up.
Landed a little after 11. Got into my room at midnight.
Since I have a 1:30p call time tomorrow, I did something that happens maybe 3 times a year. I turned off my cell phone! I used my travel alarm clock, set it for 10:30. AND I turned off the TV. What? Who is this?
Tuesday – Game Day
NIT – 1st Round – Savannah St vs Tennessee
I actually slept almost 9 hours. Of course, I woke up endless times, but I was able to fall back asleep. Wow, that was amazing!
Ordered room service…. Caught up on email … made a blog post… what a wonderful morning!
Got ready for work, then called my DDD Knoxville favorite “Pizza Palace” and placed a to go order of a pepperoni pizza and onion rings.
I ate 3 slices and 2 onion rings. Total waste. I didn’t have my SEC wing-men with me to eat my leftovers. But so glad I did it. Such an awesome place. The same exact people are there working each and every time I visit. True classic.
Raced to work.
Today was grand. Worked with one of my all-time favorite APs – Alex. Life cannot get better than this!
Well, there was one roadblock. The Duet keyboard was in the shop, so I had to use the fake one. It’s this terrible generic version called Deou! made by Graphics Outfitters…
What sucks about it is that my hands and brain are trained to move in a specific pattern. You move the keys around on me – I am lost! And my day is littered with expletives!
It’s a lot like driving a European car because all of the keys I normally hit with my left hand are on the right side of the keyboard. And the arrow keys, which are vital to me, are backwards.
Plus the keyboard is almost flat. Whereas a Duet keyboard is several inches off the counter; very ergonomically unfriendly; but what my hands are accustomed to.
It’s just all bad.
I joked with Alex that since it had a credit card swiper, I would need his credit card to swipe each time he asked me to make a new graphic that would never make air.
Before I knew it, the day was over and time to get back to the hotel.
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