Blog-TOWER OF BABEL

I have been on 6 trips in 5 days. How? you ask. 

5 day Tortola, 4 days Jamaica, 4 days super bowl, 4 days Vancouver. 

all cancelled. I am using my passport as a coaster. I feel like I am suck in a permanent dress rehearsal. 

My warm weather and cold weather suitcase lay confused in my car. magazines , lemons, lime and milk bought but not consumed. You are on, you are  off, you are on standby, you are going, you are not going. Owner wants the a/c, no flight attendant, you are not on the overflight, they want a male, they want a yoga instructor, do you know magic tricks, they want mandarin speakers, they want vegan chef, they do not want me.

I am up, I am down, I am still on the ground. I just need a takeoff and a landing, with whatever in between. I will speak in devils tongue, just get me GOING. My son keeps finding me at home, looking a bit scruffy, bewildered and lack luster. He will eat those lemons for dinner. I will throw the milk at that wall i have been staring at for 1 month. I do not even know how to pack anymore. 

I forgot shoes, the most important part of a together outfit. I did reap 2 cancellation fees for my efforts, I will go buy  25 cupcakes with the money and eat them all while I again, watch OPRAH and DR PHIL. I am going to burn my blue and white cloud bathrobe that my mom gave me 8 years ago. It could stand up in the corner by itself by now. 

My unemployed look is.. blue cloud bathrobe, white socks, hair akimbo, raccoon eyes, rainforest expresso coffee with vanilla creamer, pen over my ear, trips sheets all over the desk, glasses, phone in said robes pocket, and maybe a hammer (you never know when you will need one). The dog looks at me in hope of WALK? 

I look at my dog and say FLY? My cat, who is alway on my bed (get a job, cat), looks at me, and thinks "what a loser, come on, take a nap with me." I will never complain again about having a full-time job. I looked in the New Haven newspaper, in the want ads, and where there was 4 pages of ads, now, there is one column. HVAC technician? Surgical nurse? Hospice care? Let Yale University experiment on you? possibly. Spinal Tap test 400.00,????? yeah . Buddy Acne patient. paid study? 

All I say is next week will be better. It better be. 

There is no real evidence in my mind that flu shots work. Actually, I think they are counterproductive. I had to get them in the USAF. Three days later, I looked and felt like lunch meat. The pilots get them every year and they are sick, they fly sick , then I get it from them. Apples and oranges, 6 of 1, 1/2 dz of the other, devil may care. BUT, I do not voluntarily go get the flu and or the flu shot. You must also yourself, do I need more chemicals in my body? Will this deter the crud? Is this making someone else money? Do I have 2 weeks to be sick? I think it is a roll of the dice.

Sorry, I have not written in a while. The Market had gotten the better of me, but it is coming back.
Have you ever had some company call you for a trip, a 1-2 day trip, and you quickly said yes. Then the phone rings again, and it is another company, asking you to do a 19 day Paris, London, Maui, Caribbean trip and you have to say no?

How do you feel? Do you want throw yourself off a building? Wish you were dead on the first phone call? Do you try to give trip number 1 to someone else? You feel incredible loathing, envious and fearful? Do you malign yourself all day and night? After not flying for 1 month, you get 2 days? What are your thoughts?

Sometimes to do freelancing, you may need a wall to put a hole in. Everyone wants you on the 26 December, 5 January, Super Bowl, the Masters, NBAA, etc. What about the rest of the year? And the timing! Can I land at 2 am from a 1 day trip and be at xyz airport at 530 am? What if there is weather? There is a lot of gambling when you say yes. Any thoughts?