This Trip!

Well, this trip certainly started out a whole lot better than the last trip! At least they weren't out on the tarmac shoveling snow to find the yellow lines! Hint!:if you leave after the morning rush, you walk right in and through security! This trip i'm travelling for at least 10 days! I've got everything packed even the kitchen sink! Work clothes, steel toe shoes, tools and a bunch of skivies!! did you know that there is a weight limit? my bag was 5 pounds over! so, that cost me an extra $50! i don't know what i would have left at home! oh well!



Sitting in that metal tube for as much as i have lately does earn you a free perk now and then. like a free first class upgrade on domestic flights. big deal.... the flight from CLE to DTE is 20 minutes air, 40 minutes of taxing to and from the gate! The other advantage is that this time i got a pass to the Northwest WorldClubs Lounge. Nice for the couple hour layover. A bit of your nose in the air, but still a place to sit out of the rush, work on my presentation, and watch the world go by.

All in the quiet lounge. With a view of the little worker ants passing by!
Once again, I'm taking care of business in Osaka and i hear them paging me again! this time i have a good idea what it's about! Yes!!! a bump to business class for the next (3 hr) leg of the trip! after the first 15 hours back in the cattle car class, i wasn't about to argue! when i get back i'll scan and post the menu and wine list! i just wanted to sleep, but the stewardess kept waking me up...would you like a cocktail....what would you like for dinner....would you like wine with dinner.....Jeeez, i had my eyes closed for a reason! the sign on my neck collar says wake for water landings.....maybe i should get something else for WHEN i have to fly 1st class.



We landed in a different terminal this time, so i wasn't ready to video the thermal scan again! dammit! but by this time all i wanted was out!