no go on tokyo...

but we did make it to maui...not a bad second choice...we loved it and hope to return soon...

schools out...

i now have the rest of my summer off to play and i'm taking full advantage of all 14 days...fall classes start on the 31st and i'm taking 13 credits in hopes to finish by december of next year...it's been a long 3 1/2 years of almost constant classes, it will be well worth it when i finally finish...chris will be happy about that fact, too..i'm watching a zillion netflix movies between now and tokyo to make my membership worth it...

tokyo or bust...

in less than a week my husband and i will be traveling to tokyo...let's just say that i am more than excited to use my passport again and i also look forward to having my husband to myself for a week...in the 4 and 1/2 years of our relationship this will be our first overseas trip together and his first ever...we can't do a lot of planning prior to going, because we're traveling non-rev which means we only go if there are seats...which as of right now, first class seats are still avaible but we'd be more than happy to be in coach if it means going...we hope to travel to mt. fuji and leave the rest up to fate...stay tuned for more info and pictures...

my man's ride...

we should get a bumber sticker for our '92 mercury topaz that reads..."our other ride costs 19.5 million dollars"

up in the air...

my past life as a flight attendant is deeply missed every now and then...so i decided to venture back to my old ways...chris (my pilot husband) was over-nighting in birmingham, so i decided to meet him for the night...two metro rides and four flights later i'm back home, 27 hours after departing...we really didn't do anything special but sleep in and eat at subway...although there is something calming about flying for me...when i’m feeling trapped by the world that surrounds me, a flight nowhere is the best solution...i like watching moments unfold when everyone else is consumed by security, time, work, or excitement and i have no plans but to get away...i know my days of being a flight attendant are over and i most likely will never be one again...although, my past has taught me a lot about the person i am today, not to mention helped me meet the only love of my life (for those that don't know, we did meet on a plane, as passengers but became interested in one another after talking for hours on the ground in the pittsburgh airport and we didn't fly together as a crew till we were already dating for months)...however, the best part about my life now, is the fact i still get the benefits of flying at a moments notice to almost anywhere and i don't have to say "ba-bye" anymore unless I desire to...

can we take it home?

i've used this phrase many times during my life...first, with the random animals on the farm, then with the random animals in the shelters...then with my random boyfriends during my teen years...i really do (pets)/did (ex-boyfriends) have a warm and interesting spot for some of the most random and at times "unwanted" creatures (although, i am happily married now)...

so when my 7 year old cousin starts in with the "can we take it home?" how am i to turn him down...so we left the pet store last week with 2 feeder mice...one black and one white...it really started off as one mouse although as the man got out the black mouse he carelessly, due to their status of "feeder mice", dropped the white one on her head and i felt it was my duty to claim her as well...i had a feeling we'd be down to one mouse "sooner than later" due to the appearance of the little white but i've been surprised before with unlikely come backs...my cat leroy, for example...

however, sadly i was told today that little white one passed and my cousin said it looked as if she was praying as she left her tiny body...so as her soul is drifting off to that unknown place...hopefully she is being reincarnated into something more pristine than a feeder mouse...i hope she enjoyed her last 2 days on earth in the hands of my cousin who loved her very much and hopefully she didn't die of a "popcorn" overdose since he found she favored it over the mouse chow...