February 17, 2016
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dog mom time
Well another Valentine's Day at the flowershop has come and gone. The birthday festivities are done and my finger has healed enough to be back at work. I just drove the dogs up from Florida two nights ago, arriving in Charlotte in a fit of freezing rain. Poor little Florida dogs just shivered and shivered. I've been working on getting them (and mostly myself) adjusted these last two days. Because I was out on injury when the monthly bids happened, I was given an "open block" which basically means- create your own schedule, but make sure you fly at least 40 hrs this month. This has given me the freedom to pick up a few "all-nighter" trips, which is basically the graveyard shift of the flight attendant world. You fly the last flight out of the night, stay at the hotel for like 4-5 hrs and then fly the first one in. You get paid around 5-6.5 hrs and only work two legs in which most of the passengers are sleeping. It also allows you to go home all day and deal with family matters, so it is a semi-popular choice in the flight attendant world. I just dealt with dog training, bathroom and medicating so now hopefully I can catch a nap and do it again tonight.
Hopefully too, now that the dogs are mine forever (Kyohei called no-takebacks), I can deal with the situation in a calm, less-stressed out way. I just met with the pet-sitter who will be feeding these two dogs while I'm out flying (always) and I'm feeling hesitantly optimistic.
Wish me luck
