I'm currently hanging out in Tuscaloosa, Alabama visiting my good friends E & Nigel. I'm having a fantastic time, but it all balances out the 30-or-so hours preceding my arrival.
After seeing the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, I woke up early the last day of my work trip with something on my mind that I couldn't turn off. Then our flight back from Greensboro was delayed because of the terrible weather. Then our plane to San Juan and back was suuuuper delayed getting out of NYC because of the terrible weather. So, I was sleep deprived and then had all this sitting around downtime which made me feel even more tired. We had another flight attendant join the SJU turn and she got on my last nerve. I usually don't have such a strong reaction to new people, but I wanted to punch her. I think they other FAs (flight attendants) did too. I was planning on taking the 1030pm flight to Alabama after getting in at 830, but we were so delayed, I missed the last flight and then had to wait an hour and 40 mins for the bus because the idiot driver crashed into the gate at the airport and a supervisor had to be called. I almost threw up on the ground walking back to the apartment I was so tired at 1am. That also could have been all the airplane food I ate though.
I planned to get on the 11:40am flight to Alabama, but the 10:30 bus never came due to all the craziness at the stupid-ass Panther game (did I mention I hate football?). During my time waiting at the stop, I had the pleasure of avoiding eye contact with the bottomless homeless man cleaning his ass with a towel on the bus stop bench and all the reveling tailgaters (note to self: NEVER sit on that bench again). The next bus was 25 mins late, so I didn't get the airport until 11:30.... missed the flight AND saw my irritating supervisor at the airport. Booked myself on the 1:00 flight, that had a mechanical, then another delay and FINALLY I got to Birmingham. I was so over it by that time. I looked at my numbers and decided it was safe to stay in Alabama during my on-duty time. (oooooohhhh bad girl)
BUT now everything is great. I missed Eleanor and Nigel a lot and I love their new house here and their giant cat named after Paul Pierce. It has been really nice to be in the same place for 4 nights in a row. It's almost unbelievable at this point. Its been nice to just hang out and eat a lot of great food.
I found this awesome beer with a Spade on it 
And today we went to Moundville-- an ancient city where the long-lost inhabitants built these giant mounds mysteriously.
It was a cool day trip. I guess I have to leave tomorrow.... back to the sky
