Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Cold Bucket of Water

This was my first day back to work from vacation, and it was not exactly a triumphant return. The day started with a maintenance problem which led to an airplane swap. Later, we went to JFK, which was, as always, challenging. (New Yorkers! Ugh!) Then there was holding into Cleveland thanx to freezing rain, low visibility, and obscenely high winds. Toss in a 2 hour and 35 minute delay to O'Hare, and you've got a day served straight from hell. Great way to get welcomed back to work huh?

As I descended through the clouds and torrents of rain into Cleveland, with the wind whipping about at over 40 MPH and the adrenaline coursing through my veins, I knew there was nowhere I would rather be...

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