Hello World!

HELLO WORRRRLLLLLLDDDDD!!!!!!!! I can now say that, seeing as I am now an International Flight Attendant! That is both terrifying and amazing at the same time. I'm actually getting paid to travel around the world, eat delicious foo, and stay in fabulous hotels. Yah. My life is cool.

So with all that excitement and my transfer to the international base in March, I then had to wait two gloriously long months of being on reserve and getting picked on by scheduling before actually getting an international trip. See, when crew scheduling calls you, it's both terrifying and awesome at the same time. Partially terrifying because my phone ring is absolutely heinous and Darth Vader pops up on the screen, and partially terrifying because they can call you at any time of day regardless of your life or plans or appointments and send you literally anywhere in the world, and your only response is "Yes, Okay. Thank you so much," even if it is a red-eye turn to the other side of the country and you're functioning on zero sleep. YAY! But, it can also be awesome because they can send you anywhere in the world. Understand the terrifying, but potentially awesome nature of the scheduling beast??

Well, this month is the lovely month of May, and I finally, FINALLY got to go somewhere cool. TOKYO, JAPAN. I've never been to Asia, and have basically always wanted to go. So, I was super excited and my first reaction was to tell my family. My mom was super excited! You wanna know her response? "Oh honey! That is so exciting! You'll be the first in the family to go to Asia!"...... Well, just so happens, my sister is adopted from Korea..... and got engaged in Hong Kong last year..... Both are kind big things.... And she was in the car when I told my mom, so her facial expressions were absolutely fantastic. I'll let you just picture that for a minute.....

Anyways, I survived working my first international flight, and made it to TOKYO! I understood absolutely nothing, bought all the food that I had zero clue what it actually was, and had a fabulous time. And guess what, I get to do it all again next week!

Life is truly fantastic sometimes.

Love, Alison