The Rerouted Skytress

April 7th, was the second anniversary of, “The Rerouted Skytress” blog. I celebrated this anniversary in true Skytress fashion. I woke up at 4am. A short time later, I worked a flight from Los Angeles to Atlanta. After we took off I had a good fright. I thought my flight home to St. Louis had canceled. So, I quickly booked a flight home for the next morning. Upon further inquiry, I discovered the flight app hadn’t updated the date. My flight home was still going as scheduled. The flight had canceled the day before. Whew! Well, not whew for the people on that canceled flight. My apologies to those passengers. After we landed in Atlanta, we had a three-hour sit. So, I finished my required quarterly computer training. I had already completed several hours of the training while I was sitting in the crew lounge before my trip. That day the lounge was full of rerouted Skytresses and Skyters. The only place in the lounge that wasn’t crowded was the computer room. I took this as a sign from God that I should start my training. I’ll admit. Sometimes God sends me obvious signs. After our sit, we flew to New Orleans. On our way back to Atlanta we had a medical situation. Yessiree. It always happens on the last flight home. Thankfully, we landed just in time for me to make my flight home to St. Louis. I did manage to celebrate the second anniversary of my blog before I boarded my flight home. Yessiree. I raised my chocolate protein shake box and toasted the glorious occasion.

I admitted in my first blog post that I wasn’t sure if anyone would ever read my blog. But, that didn’t stop me from writing it. Starting a blog was something I had to do for myself. I’ll admit. I had a personal goal of writing my blog for one year. Well, as you know by now, I’ve exceeded that goal by one year. See, Skytresses and Skyters CAN do math! Well, at least this kind of math. The old days of “liquor -money counting math” was a completely different beast. I know my senior Skytress and Skyter friends are saying “Amen” to this statement. Oh, and “Amen” to not having to whisper up and down the aisle anymore asking passengers if they had change for a $20. But, I’ve digressed. I want you all to know I’m truly humble that you, my sweet friends, keep reading “The Rerouted Skytress”. Yessiree. I’m blessed beyond words. I know Ron’s Dad, Papa Ed, is my most loyal reader and commenter. Papa Ed, this means more to me than you will ever know. Again,…I am blessed beyond words. I’ll have you know, not all commenters are like Papa Ed. No siree. I receive numerous comments from people I don’t know. Normally, this wouldn’t be a problem. However, most comments are written in broken English and have nothing to do with my blog post. Many come from a site called “Hairy Styles”. They are obviously spam. However, they do give me a chuckle. Nonetheless, it’s quite refreshing when I get to push the button to permanently delete these comments. I’ll admit. I’d like to respond back to Hairy Styles in broken English. Just once to be funny. However, I’m pretty confident this one response would open up a can of worms for me and my blog. Sadly, I’m not tech savvy. I have enough issues with my blog posts without bringing Hairy Styles into the mix.

Now that I am writing this, maybe Hairy Styles has been messing with my blog. When I was on vacation last month I reread some of my earlier blog posts. I discovered some of my blog pictures are randomly missing from some of my posts. I have no clue why this is the case. I know I need to contact my blog service to find out the answer. Only I hate dealing with technology people….when it comes to technology issues, of course. Otherwise, I find them perfectly fine people. Unfortunately, when it comes to my technology issues, I squirm at the thought of talking to them. Technology people incorrectly assume since I have a blog, I have an inkling of web technology. Silly people. They have no idea I publish my blog on a hope and a prayer. Heck, I still print out my blog posts after I publish each one. Yessiree. This is how a non-techie “backs up” their blog site. Don’t laugh. It’s worked for me for two years. Why ruin a good system?

I believe I am going to have to start rereading my older blog posts more frequently. Yessiree. After two years, it’s becoming a little foggy for me as to whether I’ve already written about something or not. This slight case of doubtfulness doesn’t surprise me, though. Heck. I have a Skytress brain. Yessiree. Most days, while I am serving passengers from the beverage cart, I can remember multiple drink orders, who I need to bring headsets to, and which seat monitors I need to reset. In complete contrast, on other occasions I’ll ask passengers what they want to drink. Then before the scoop of ice hits the glass, I’ll completely forget what they just told me. Yessiree. That’s called Skytress brain. If I do happen to repeat a story or two, I apologize. Then again, a great Skytress or Skyter story always bears repeating. Just ask any Skytress or Skyter! I’ve been a Skytress going on thirty-three years now. I still laugh at the story of the Skytress falling out of the airplane galley door. She did this on two separate occasions. Both times she fell down onto the ramp. Believe me. I’ve heard this story more times than I can count. It never gets old. No siree. It only gets funnier. I’ll try to remember to write about this story in another blog post. I apologize if I forget. But, remember……I have a Skytress brain.

I’ll admit. I do miss the early days of writing my blog. I loved writing my blog with The Hallmark Channel or the Cowboy Channel on in the background. Mostly, I loved all the free time I had to write. Yessiree. Being on a company leave during the early days of the pandemic had it’s perks, Heck. If there hadn’t been a pandemic going on, it would have been the perfect summer. These days I mostly write my blog while I’m killing time in the crew lounge, or when I am on my commuting flights. I know passengers are curious when they see me typing away for the entire flight. I’m pretty sure they think I am writing up flight reports. I’m sure a few may be thinking, “ Good golly! I’m glad I wasn’t on THAT flight”. Then again, others may be thinking, “ Good golly, I wish I had been on THAT flight”. Little do they know, I am writing about THAT flight and other Skytress stories for all of you to read about on my blog. This will be our little “ The Rerouted Skytress” crew secret. Oh, yes. After two years, you are no longer passengers on my blog. You are most definitely my favorite crew.

The third year of “The Rerouted Skytress” is ready to take flight. However, just like a Skytress or Skyter sitting on airport standby,…my blog destinations are unknown. As any good Skytress or Skyter can tell you, we are flexible. We love a good adventure. Well,…most days. All of this bodes well for me and my blog. I suspect there will be a few reroutes along the way this year when it comes to my blog, to flying, and with life. Heck. After all, I am The Rerouted Skytress. I’m certain there will be a plethora of fascinating stories to write about thanks to having an office at 35,000 feet in the sky…..with a plane full of unusual…..I mean…interesting passengers. If the passengers fail to provide me with stories, I know the rest of the world will not. I look forward to you all being a part of my crew again this year. You are my favorite people to fly with and share stories with. My sweet Ron said it best. “Let’s have a great trip.” I’ll definitely raise my chocolate protein shake box and toast to this!