I’m pretty sure I’ve mentioned before that I am not a morning person. But just in case I haven’t…I am not a morning person. Like at all. I made my schedule in college so that I wouldn’t have classes start before noon. I didn’t join any clubs that met in the morning. I never took morning shifts when I worked unless it was a double after an overnight. I set multiple alarms to wake up if I have to go somewhere in the mornings. We’re talking five or six alarms, all at different times to force myself out of bed. In high school, my alarm clock was across the room from me so I had to get out of bed t ..read more

It’s been a year since Anthony Bourdain died. I remember someone mentioned it on Facebook and I stared at my phone for at least five minutes trying to figure out how to react. It was the same reaction I had when I heard of Robin Williams’s passing and Troy Gentry’s plane crash.  I have always loved trying new foods, worked in food service for many years, love all sorts of documentaries about food and travel, and have been interested in journalism, so Anthony Bourdain’s name was one I heard often. He is someone I admired and respected for a long time. Anthony Bourdain was the type of journalist ..read more

To say 2019 has been crazy and hectic would be the understatement of my lifetime. I was basically moving nonstop since around Thanksgiving when I went back to work after my foot healed. Time was flying to the point that my mom called me a few days before Christmas to say merry Christmas…and I had a mini heart attack thinking that I forgot to go home. Then the new year came along and things started spiraling. Richie lost his job around the same time that I found out our base, the one I helped open, is closing down. It was upsetting news and we were left in the dark about anything else for a lon ..read more

You know that safety video or demo you’re shown before every flight? It’s about three minutes long, sometimes silly, but still, you don’t really need to pay attention, right? Not like it really matters, right?  Uh, wrong. That’s why you’re getting a safety talk right now.  – Your seatbelt should be common knowledge at this point. Pull up on the buckle and it opens. Yippee!  It’s also to hopefully keep your dead body in place in case of a crash and make it easier to ID. So when you’re told to stay in your seat, do it. Look up Aloha Air Flight 243 and try to tell me you don’t love your seatbelt ..read more