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Summer Summer Time

I've been slacking again on my posts.  Time slips away from me too quickly. June was a very busy month.  There is a new boat in South Carolina. It is waiting for me at this very moment for me to catch lots of pretty fish.   Just like the one above... stay tuned for more boating adventures.  

it happened to me

Have you ever heard stories or maybe yourself have experienced finding a twenty dollar bill or more on the ground or a waitress getting a really big overly generous tip. Well now I have a similar story. Last night a clever generous passenger handed this to me on his way out the door.  I first thought he was playing a mean joke (which I would also appreciate) I gladly played a along and took it from him laughingly saying how it can't be real. Then his daughter trailing not far behind him mentioned to me that oh I wouldn't bet it against him he is notorious for that. I then realized it was in fact real and no joke!! I tried to give it back but he walked away.... 

day in the thunderstorms

I saw this when I got off the train today. 

Everything green in Chicago. So pretty. 

I've been a little behind on my postings. Working overtime is to blame with hardly any free time. I timed out for the first time last week because of thunderstorms. This was the flight right before that happened. We are not allowed to work over sixteen hours and my duty day was 14 and I was still scheduled to go to Oklahoma. But because thats over a two hour flight I got to go home instead.  

Wheeling

New Mexico Days
I brought my bike out for the first time this year. Perfect day for a perfect ride. Today was the day summer begins. It makes it seem like weathering through the winter tundra was worth the wait. Trees are finally bloomed, tulips everywhere, and sun is warm! I'm in the process of making a list of all the things I would like to do this summer in Chicago. Today's bike ride was a good start. I really want to make sure this year I absorb summer to the fullest extent.  

Brand New Soul

At 5:15 pm today, arrived my new niece!! Rayne Emma Dove at 9 lbs 3 oz 20.75 inches long. I can't wait to meet her this weekend. 

My First layover in Baltimore. Actually that's not completely true just not one long enough to see the historic sights.

I finished this book today while working.  Yes, I'm one of those flight attendants who sits on long flights and reads BUT of course still pays attention to the passengers. Although I really need to stop reading books that make me cry while on flights. I'm sure its not very becoming when approaching my guests with bloodshot eyes.  Please read this book.  It offers insight that I'm sure most are unaware  of. 

My apartment is filled with collectibles of scissors.  They come in various sizes and forms.  They would be K's collection (my roommate's) not mine. I think I have lived here long enough I stopped noticing they are everywhere but I really don't mind and in fact its kind of interesting. Mainly because I have never obtained an interest long enough of anything to amount to a collection. I have a lot of post cards I have collected in the past from a lot of different countries. I travel all the time to different places with work but have never picked up a postcard.  Maybe I should picking up a new collection. 

This is the bridge I ran over. I wanted to display a visual. 

accomplished

I completed the first 10k I have ever ran. It was quite the site to see 17,000 people racing in front of me from atop of the cooper bridge (although new bridge has new name).  My time was approximately 1 hr and 7 min. Not bad and considering I finished in the top 50 percent and it felt like I spent more of the time weaving in and out of people who were walking or running slower.  For me though its never about competing.... its about accomplishing what I have been preparing for and the feeling of accomplishing with thousands of people! 

It was a weekend of fun in the sun. I always enjoy charleston and a few games of corn-hole with good company of course. I'm hoping to plan the trip to Dubai early next year to visit Y and J.

 For now I'm still considering signing up for the chicago rock n roll half marathon in Aug (?!)