Showing posts with label Christmas Eve. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas Eve. Show all posts

Christmas in London

Another Christmas Eve in London for me! This is the third year in a row I have gotten my Christmas Wish List from the Crew Desk. Wow. Just WOW! And, I flew with a friend, Julie, so that was great! We didn't do much--slept a little when we arrived, then walked all afternoon over Regent Street and the fully and festively decorated Oxford Street. Michelle, one of our flying partners had her cousin Jamie meet us and he hung out with us as we shopped amidst the hoards of Christmas Eve shoppers.




An alley of shops off Regent Street


These fresh hydrangeas and roses had glitter on them--much prettier in person, though!


This was a Marmite promotion where people uploaded their own picture online
and it was displayed for all the world to see!









A side window display at Selfridges

Jamie and his cousin Michelle

Julie and me

Bailey's, Sambuca and grenadine.  Sounds awful, tastes great!











I hope that 2013 brings good health and great travels to us all!


Blondie

Woo-hoo! Got an excellent schedule for December. 18 days off! Of course, there was a trade-off. I bid to work Christmas Day. We do our celebration on Christmas Eve--so I don't mind working Christmas Day. I just don't like having to get up really early to fly to Chicago--but my trip starts at 3pm, so I can sleep in a bit that day.

So, here is my schedule with the overnights:

November 30-December 3:
NW Arkansas (XNA)
Indianapolis (IND)
Little Rock (LIT)

December 7-10
White Plains, NY (HPN)
Springfield, MO (SGF)
Grand Rapids, MI (GRR)
This trip I will take vacation days because Norm and I are taking off for a week. More on this later...

December 18-20
Champaign, IL (CMI)
Raleigh, NC (RDU)

December 25-26
Grand Rapids, MI (GRR)

December 31-January 2
NW Arkansas (XNA)
Bloomington, IL (BMI)

Well, this is how it all stands now. If I can trade my trip on the 7th, to work on other days, I'll do that, so I don't have to take vacation time. Then, a couple of these trips start early in the morning--too early to fly in that day, so if I can't trade them, I have to come in the night before and pay for a hotel room. And, the trips are jam packed--five legs days, followed by four leg days, followed with five legs days--which is how they Company is able to build a schedule with full time hours and lots of days off: you just have to work from sun-up to well into the evening hours--very long days. So, I'll try to trade and see what happens.