Facing Fears

Today I am facing my greatest fear. Flying. I’m sitting at the airport gate right now scared shitless. I’m gonna do it and in just a few hours I will be with my friend N in Atlanta. I don’t know why I have such a fear of flight, I really can’t explain it. I’ve flown three times and all were uneventful routine flights. I hope this one and the one on Monday is too! heh There are so many places I want to go and flying is just about the only way to really get to those places . Hopefully I can conquer this craziness and enjoy it. I guess there is only one way to find out. Feel the fear and do it anyway. And thats exactly what I’m doing. More later. . .

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Well, I made it. Whew!! The flight was shorter that what I had planned for but still too long. Luckily no one was sitting next to me which allowed me to stretch out a bit . Man those seats are cramped. I couldn’t believe how crammed everyone was. I don’t remember it being so tight. I guess I’m just used to the luxury of Amtrak, and yes Amtrak is luxury compared to that. None the less, I’m here and proud of this accomplishment no matter how insignificant it may seem to others.

Right now I’m sitting in the Atlanta airport waiting for N to pick me up. He got stuck at work so I’ve got about an hour to kill. Good place for people watching cause this place is hella busy.

I’m smiling right now and thats all that matters.

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It’s now 11:30pm and I’m in bed. Well, on an inflatable mattress in the spare bedroom. But it feels sooooo good. Its been a good evening getting to see N again. I’m lucky to have him as a friend. Today has been exhausting. I need sleep. Goodnight

Long Day

Had to work a 15 hour day today. Ick. Came home and went straight to bed because I have to be back at 7:00am! (I love the fact that I now have a laptop and can now access the internet in bed.) What a way to spend the weekend. I’m tired, but yet I’m not tired. I hate it when I feel this way.

I lost my phone on Wednesday night. Thank goodness I got Insurance last time I got a phone. I just hate not having my phone. I feel so disconnected from the world. I’ve also lost all my phone numbers except for the ones I can pick up on off invoices. I always say I’m gonna keep track of my numbers but never do. I’ve learned my lesson this time. As soon as I start programming numbers back in my new phone, I’m also updating my address book. I’ve learned this lesson too many time times. Can’t wait until the cell arrives. Errrrgggg.

Goodnight.

World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial

Since Monday is Veterans Day, the World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial had free admission today. I’ve been meaning to go ever since it opened so today was a great opportunity. I’m really not much of a history person but I had read really good things about the exhibits. And what I had read was correct. Unfortunately, the place was packed full which made it really hard to really appreciate everything that was there.

So I did my best of dodging people and trying to ignore all the rugrats that were present. I should go back sometime when I can spend time reading the exhibit boards without any distractions. Kansas City should be really proud of this place. Below is my favorite pic I took. Its a look through one of the skylights at the 20 story tower. I really need to make it to the top of that tower one of these days.

After my culture for the day, I headed to Best Buy to purchase a wireless router for my Macbook. I know nothing of routers but did my best and bought a D-Link that was on sale. The price kinda scared me since it was so cheap compared to the others but I had it running in less than 10 minutes after I got it out of the box. Seems to work pretty well too.

I also talked to my friend N in Atlanta about coming out to visit the first of December. I am excited about going out there and he is as well. Hopefully I can book some plane and train tickets without emptying my entire wallet.

Avenue Q

Last night I took B to see Avenue Q at The Music Hall. The show was really good but for some reason I think I was expecting something a little more funny. Maybe it was because I was so tired and that I had to work an hour and a half late. Regardless, it was worth seeing and we had a good time. I can’t wait until January for Sweeney Todd Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Whats weird is that when I ordered tickets for Sweeney I got the exact same seats I had for Avenue Q. At least I know I have decent seats for that show.

Had an awesome workout tonight at the gym.  I’m really proud of myself for keeping on such a regular schedule with this.  Hopefully, it will pay off.  Its certainly much better than working out at home.

New Macbook

So I made the plunge today and bought a new Macbook. I have been thinking about this for a long, long time and a laptop would be nice for travel. It was a little difficult to shell out he bucks, but I deserve it. I’ve worked hard the past 6 months and it doesn’t hurt to treat yourself once in a while. . . right? right? Please say yes! I’ve been doing a lot of research and knew just what I wanted when I went into the Apple Store. The buying experience was a little to be desired. The two computer nerds that I did business with were kind of assholes. Certainly not very professional or very nice. But I was in and out in about 15 minutes. I think in the future I’ll just get my Apple products at Best Buy.

So why did I make the switch to Mac? I guess I just want something different. I used A’s imac quite a bit when he and I were together and I really like it. I’ve also been listening to a lot of podcasts and reading up on Macs and I guess I got suckered in. lol But so far so good. Its taking a bit to get used to, and the programs are not as easy to learn as I thought they would be. It took me 20 minutes just to learn how to resize a damn photo in iphoto. But I know there is a learning curve and that I will get used to it. I’ve really liked it in the 3 hours I’ve had it.

On another note, tomorrow I need to see if I can get off work late this month so I can go to Atlanta to visit N. I’m pretty sure I can get the days off but it falls over month end and those days can be kinda difficult sometimes.