from the bottom to the top

so two days ago i was in el paso, tx on the mexico/us border. today i am in malone, ny which is awfully close to the canada/us border. my job has literally taken me from one side of the country to the other. from almost as far south as you can get in the contiguous us to almost as far north as you can get.

had a crazy travel day today. note: my first time on jetblue. plane was nice, individual tv's are a plus, terra veggie chips are also a plus, super delayed flight = not so much. had to rush around the boston airport: which, please note, is NOT a fun one when you have to change terminals. my grandma can surely tell you her story of her cape air escapade. i felt her pain today. shockingly, i made it on my connecting flight, after having to be escorted by a us air employee through the security check-point. when flying out, i forgot how pretty boston actually is. it had been quite some time since i've been there. thought i was going to have to spend the night there-- and i'm a little bummed i didn't get to.

i got to drive 1 hour here from the airport. its very rural here, but pretty. i was instructed upon picking up my rental car: to watch out for deer and that my gps won't work here. no cell service and lots of "wind farms" which are a bit eerie looking at 9pm. listening to canadian radio stations the whole way here and in case you ever wondered where maple syrup came from- this is it. just wish i hadn't misplaced my passport otherwise i'd go to canada. i'm only 15 minutes from the border and 1 hour from montreal. oh well, maybe next time. the one thing i am CRAZY thankful for is the fact that it is july. i can't imagine how this place looks in february. the only thing i know is i never would have made the drive if it was.

around the world

sparked by my last post...

current mileage totals:
american - 25,251
delta - 23,911
us air - 14,643
southwest - 9 CREDITS (if you equivalent this out to 500 miles / average flight then it equals 4,500 miles)
continental- 2,848
airtrain - 2 CREDITS (if you equivalent this out to 500 miles / average flight then it equals 1,000 miles)

total mileage: 72,153 (and the year is only half over!!)

autobiography

so i finally saw the movie "up in the air"- and let me just say that it may not be my autobiography but i can certainly relate to it. getting the most frequent flyer miles, being enrolled in every loyalty club under the sun, and being in a different city each week is definitely how i live my life.

i have come to the realization that with over 25,000 miles flown on delta this year and over 25,000 miles flown on american airlines this year also that i have the potential to be a 100,000 mile flyer over the course of one year. i know i travel a lot but that number is astronomical. that's the equivalent of flying around the globe over 4 times around (the equator). all i can hope for in the future is a few more free upgrades to first class...

up in the air

while most people are terrified of flying i get a sense of peace from it. something about being up in the air, so far from the ground, gives everything in my life a bit of perspective. when you can see so many miles and all of the clouds in the sky, a little bit of paperwork at the office doesn't seem like such a concern. i'm also sure it has something to do with the fact that once i get off of the plane that all of the stress from being at work truly hits me. so much to do, so many long shifts, all of the deadlines and hectic days. while looking out the window at 35,000 feet those things seem so much less important. the world seems so small and life so full of possibilities.