Flight @ MindSay

I look down at the lights below
The cities with fabulous homes and malls
The bountiful green fields stretching endlessly
The beautiful blue lakes that dot the landscape

I look at the grain that my subjects have to eat
The water that they can swim in... or drink
The roads that they can travel
The bridges they can cross

I feel proud of what my kingdom has become
I am filled with satisfaction
the joy fills an aura around myself

I look away from the window
looking in surprise at the many people around me
and ask the pretty lady "Who are these people in my august presence"
she says with a smile" They paid Indigo Airlines 500 + taxes to be here sir.. just like you"

HIGHLY disappointed right now....so very bummed out. :(

I had everything packed and ready. Everything was set to go. The planed pulled away from the gate and began it's safety check, when something failed. Something was wrong with one of the tail rudders so they wouldn't let us takeoff. The pilot brought the plane back to the gate and they had maintenance try to fix the problem, but after 45 minutes they decided to kick us off the plane so they could work on it. By this time I was already going to miss my connecting flights, so I had to go to special services to see if they could manage to get me another flight. UNFORTUNATELY nothing else was available, so they sent me all the way back to Ticketing, to try and book me another flight. I basically spent another 2 hours with the ticket agent trying to find me a flight and trying to book that flight. Some sort of complication came up where Lufthansa wasn't letting my ticket cancel. After that was figured out, they notified me that my luggage was sent to another plane heading for Charlotte, N. Carolina. So now my luggage is in N. Carolina without me and it's going to stay there until my flight on thursday. They managed to book me another flight on thursday with the same connecting flights. So there's nothing I really have to worry about, since my luggage will be waiting for me.

However, I'm still pretty upset about this whole ordeal...I've waited so long for this day and it ended up being cancelled.....I guess it's a good thing though, since the plane was having technical problems, but still....

I'm not exactly in a good mood right now...:(

.Ever since I was a young child, I've wanted a pet snake--specifically a ball python. I kid you not. Does it bother me that I would have to feed it dead rodents? No, it's the cycle of life. Does it bother me that it could kill me if it constricted around my head too tightly? No, it wouldn't do that. We would be buddies. Yes, the snake and I would be buddies.

.But here's the problem... I fly to school.

.How is that a problem? You might ask. I'm painfully serious when I say this: you really can't have snakes on a plane. Not in your carry-on, not as checked baggage, not in cargo. No snakes on a plane. But how do people moving from one side of the country to the other take their pet snake? They don't. Airlines are totally discriminatory against cold-blooded animals. The only way you can ship a snake as cargo is if you are a "known shipper" with a personal business that ships at least 6 times a year.

.I can't leave my possible future snake here. My mother would never take care of it. Sigh.

.In other news, I like porn. Porn porn porn.

I sent the boys out on a little adventure today. For those of you who know me, you know I always try to stay 2 steps ahead when it comes to Christmas. My goal is to have all my shopping done by December 1st. The reason being that I can then attempt to sit back and enjoy the holiday. Well, it is a nice thought but it doesn't always happen that way. Especially when I am gearing up for the big money I intend to make on Ebay this season.
So, I initially tried to talk Matt into taking Jack to the Pacific Science Center to see the Dinosaur exhibit. Yes, we have been once before but he LOVED it so much I thought it would be a great outing again. Matt came up with the idea to take him to the Museum of Flight. The first thing Jack said to me upon returning home is " Mom! Did you know that Astronauts eat chocolate pudding?" Matt did a great job and took lot's of photo's.  My personal favorites are the first one of him sitting in the cockpit of the red plane and the last one when he is crouching down checking out "Earth", that one was taken inside part of the Mir space station. He loved going to the museum and has been wanting to visit some sort of museum ever since seeing the movie Night at the Museum. I guess the Museum of Flight is much larger then either of them anticipated and they only got through about 3/4's of the museum before they both decided they were "Starving" and had to get lunch.  But, Matt said they spent about 2 1/2 hours exploring the museum.  Not bad for a 3 year old! He did tell me that while the airplanes were really cool, he still loves to go look at animals better. Good thing we are heading to The Oregon Zoo this weekend for Zoolites! He has been looking forward to this trip for months, so I am sure I will have lot's of pictures to post upon our return. But before that stay tuned for......Thanksgiving Photo's!

     This short, very funny video clip is for anyone who has flown more than once.  Enjoy and have a great remainder of the weekend!  Here's the link:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e1c_1193434904