Aloft and Adrift

So, I have a lot of catching up to do.

First: After graduating from ground school I got send on my IOE (In-flight Operational Experience, or something) to get checked off working a real flight. It was nerve wracking, of course, but I did it.

It took something like 5 days:
Day 1: Deadhead to Pittsburgh, overnight
Day 2: Fly from Pit to Philly to Burlington VT to Philly to Nashville, overnight
Day 3: Fly from Nashville to PHL (This is the flight I got tested on) PASS and spend 23 hours in PHL (see Liberty Bell - the one that doesn't ring)
Day 4: Deadhead to Mikwaukee and train on the Embraer 190 (got to take out the over wing emergency window)
Day 5: Deadhead back to Seattle.

Then I had 3 days in Seattle I had to head to DC to start my new job/life as a lowly reserve flight attendant.

I can't remember being more stressed in my entire life. Every other hour I was going to stay in Seattle. Then every opposite hour I was going to go to DC and be a flight attendant.

I think I chose coming to DC merely to overcome the intense fear of doing so. At least I can't think of any other reason for doing so, at the moment.

So, I haven't been writing because I've been so wacked out by sleep deprivation, stress, and environMENTAL disorientation. But I'll write more again soon.

sigh.