jet settin'

I've been on 5 airplane trips in 6 weeks! WTF?!?! Granted, most were short hops for work, but holy crap! I'm due for another flight for work in less than 3 weeks and then 2 weeks after that I'm flying home for Christmas! SHEEEESH!

I wish I had some hilarious witticisms on travel, but I ain't no stinkin comedian. I'm just tarred and ready for a weekend without the suitcase lurking. Here are a few recent thoughts on air travel....

* The only thing worse than being behind a family with small children at the airport security line is being behind the airline crew--especially the fabulously young guys. These guys have about a million electronic devices and ziploc bags that need to be removed from their high maintenence heavy-duty luggage!

* I wish I were a hottie-who-travels. These pharmacy reps (or whatever they do) wear cheap but tight black suits, high heels, they have hot purses and a real hairdo. Whatever it is they do, it must be pretty lucrative to pay for them boobs, too! I ungracefully schlep my way through the airport in baggy pants, a sweater and Danskos (easy to remove and COMFY) with a wet head--too lazy to dry my hair. NOT hot.

*Commuter airline gates at PDX = bus stations. Seriously. Ewww.

*God bless the sweet when you're traveling. For reals. I was having a particularly rough time of managing 2 rolling bags, my purse, and a sweater at the DFW rental car pavilion earlier this week. I hoisted one bag onto the bus that would take me to the terminal, turned to grab the other and noticed I'd dropped my sweater on the ground. By the time I picked up my sweater and turned to hoist bag #2, I saw a VERY attractive young man pick up bag #2 (about 50 lbs)and put it on the rack thingy. Awww!! So nice! Ain't no stranger ever done such a sweet thing for me in Portland, that's for sure! Suh-WEEET!

*To 'pay it forward' I switched my seat on the flight back to Portland so a hippie could sit with his girlfriend. Does karma count if by switching seats I also just happened to move about 10 rows up and away from a crying baby??

*I'm pretty sure I was snoring on the flight back to Portland. Pathetic.

*Helpful hint: NEVER volunteer to sit next to a chatty unaccompanied minor unless you're looking to be canonized as a saint....which I am not.

*Turbulence = me s****ing my pants. beware.

happy travels, suckas!

pinch me!!

omg!! can't freakin believe what i saw last night! i was prepared to be disappointed. i've had 8 hears of practice, afterall.... even after the speeches i was afraid breathe a sigh of relief. when i saw that beautiful family come out and wave, i finally got the lump in the throat and realized that the 8 years of waking nightmares was over. it was like seeing bill clinton in 92--taking control after so many long dreadful years of republican domination.
no, it wasn't seeing jesse jackson weeping for the camera that got me...it was seeing that young presidential family take the stage that got me. so young, and talented, and accomplished, and INTELLIGENT..it was like a beam of sunlight. good riddance to that baffoon and his criminal cronies. there are no curses strong or offensive enough to express my true feelings about that as****e, and no flowery praise worthy to express my true feelings about Mr. Obama.

All I can say is....thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!

c list--quick and yummy!

because i'm smelling so dang yummy and lovely, i had to post about a few things i'm loving right now!!

i'm SOOOO in love with the "luminous body cream" by L'Occitane right now!! OMG I got a tiny sample of it before it was released and as soon as it came out I was front and center to get my very own bottle. YUM! it's got a light fragrance, so it's not cheesy-flowery and a tiny bit of shimmer to highlight my awesome mexican tan (full-on ecru, son!). the shimmer isn't all stripper, just really subtle. nice. LOVE IT! i just hope it's rich enough for my scaly legs and arms when the weather gets colder.

the other thing they have that i LOVE is the 'after sun' lotion. I got some on vacation, but it was confiscated and thrown away at the cancun airport. MF-ers!! It just smells so dang good!!!!! If you tan a lot, it might be worth it. Smells SOOOO good!!!


holy crap, how fun is Real Housewives of Atlanta?!?!?! LOVE those girls. They're so over-the-top and nutty! I never really liked the gals from Orange County or NYC, but these girls are great!! LOVE them!

FALLING BACK!!! I love having an extra hour! I felt all earlybird this morning! I woke up in time to watch Meet the Press! HOLLA! Way to seize the day!