Christmas is here!!!

Ok, maybe not quite but it feels like the end of the year is approaching at the speed of a bullet train. I came back from vacations on September 2nd and dove back into work the next day. I also started rehearsals with the Chorus and as we are getting ready for our next show we are already singing Holiday songs. Christmas is here!!!

The month of September went by so fast. Or maybe I was still high from my wonderful vacations with my family. I really hope that we can keep on doing something together every year. Maybe it is because I am getting older. Maybe it is because mom is getting older. I just want to make sure I do not wake up one day wishing we had done more together. God forbid anything happens to either one of us for a long time, but life is anything but certain. I am going to Guadeloupe for a week in November. It will be my sister's, one of my nephews' and some of my friends' birthdays. My other nephews and niece have birthdays in October so it still will be fresh enough. Maybe we will have a huge party again like we did 2 years ago. And Christmas will be just around the corner so I will have gifts for everybody. Wow. Christmas is really here!!!

Last month I had a regular schedule with flights to Philadelphia via San Francisco. Although most of the trips had issues (delays, mechanical problems, cancellations...), it was nice to actually have some consistency. Now October is here and I am back on call so who knows where the friendly skies will take me. I try not to hope for anything so I will not get disappointed when I get sent to Buffalo, NY. Not that there is anything wrong with Buffalo!!! I had put a transfer to be based in SFO. It was awarded last week but I declined it. For now. Although I probably would have better trips, the cons outweigh the pros. I am just tired of my lack of seniority in LAX after 12 years with United. At the same time I do not want to make my life more complicated by commuting to San Francisco. I will keep an eye on my classmates' schedules who are based there to see what they usually hold and I will reconsider in a few months. After Christmas maybe!!!