Off, off and away to Kentucky

Today I left for the airport with plenty of time to spare, but that didn’t matter when our flight attendant was “just running a little late”. That little late was more than ½ an hour late as we finally ended up with another flight attendant that arrived from another plane and was willing to come on our flight. I was sitting with 2 guys about my brother's age that were just like my brother: funny, jokers, and very open. We were joking around quite a bit, then one finally said "do you want us to be the extra flight attendants?" She seemed quite insulted and said “you have no experience. You have to be able to handle situations and help people, plus have first aid training.” They only paused a second before they continued with, “ I’m sure she missed some things but if she didn’t then between the three of us we could do it, lol: we all had first aid training, and were already being tested with how we handle things and how hard can it be to say would you like anything to drink, or do you have any trash?” The rest of the flight went smoothly but that was clearly my highlight!


As for my connecting flight, I had 8 minutes to get from one gate, up an escalator, down an escalator, up some stairs into a shuttle, down another escalator, then right past the ticket lady and on to the plane right before they pulled the gate away. But I made it!

After arriving at Lexington, I went to try to find my bag as the airline said my bags (with all my riding gear) would probably not make it. Keelari would know what I was going through…. But guess what, ........it was there!

Next, it was off to find Marian, whom I had never met other than a few conferences calls and e-mails. She was right out front and she's an amazing person. No, I'm not just saying that because she put candy in my room and gave me the most comfortable bed in the world. And now that I’m thinking about it…. This bed is looking better and better. I'm going to have to call it a night. And for those of you who are at the barn thanks for all your amazing work, and for allowing me to go on this once in a life time experience!