Adventure Days

Whew! What a week its been. So for 6 days a month I'm on call, at the mercy of scheduling. Well those 6 days happened to be the last 6 days.. I'm exhausted! The not so glamorous part of being a flight attendant is the 9 and 10 hour layovers and 13 hour days that follow. Lucky for me that's the trip I was assigned for the first 3 days. I couldn't get enough sleep when I got back from that trip, but then another trip was on my schedule, and another. There is a saint out there that picked up my lasy Aday so I could come home a day earlier!! Whoooo! Needless to say it was a long  days and I was more then exhausted when I finally got home last night. It was so nice to be able to sleep in my own bed and not wake up to an alarm. I have a great job and I love it, but man oh man, flying  days in a row will really take it out of you!

In other news the view from above is almost always more beautiful then from the ground and I will forever be thankful for the tiny porthole windows that we have to look out of and see the beautiful landscapes wherever we may be flying into. It happened to be pretty clear when we came into Portland and got a beautiful birds eye view of Mt. Hood.

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

This past weekend I flew a 4 day domestic trip with a crew who had been flying longer then I have been alive..! I had a 20 hour Houston layover and a 29 hour layover in Sioux Falls. I was pretty excited about the Houston part but not so much the Sioux Falls..

I try and be really optimistic about places that I go. Make the most of them right? Well I figured that I'd never been to South Dakota before I was going to make the most of the 29 hours I had there.

\I sign in for my trip and we have a pretty long day ahead of us before we get to Houston. So off we go. We flew from Minneapolis to Washington D.C and back and then we flew to Houston. Well on our way back from D.C. we had a medical event with one of our passengers just as we had started our decent. I made the decision and told the pilots to have EMT's meet our flight. i knew enough to know that this passenger needed help and probably wasn't going on her connecting flight. We got on the ground and got things taken care of and now we were off to Houston!

Houston was great.... Okay maybe not. It rained almost the entire time we were there. But they had smart TV's in the room so I could watch Netflix haha. I literally laid in bed and watch Netflix and Harry Potter my entire layover. I did do something productive and went to the gym! Yay me! But it's time to get back to work and that's what we did.

We got to Sioux Falls kinda late so I went to my room and talked to my mom and ate some pizza. I had decided that I was going to go out and explore the next morning because it was supposed to be unnaturally nice out. I hadn't been to the zoo in forever and that happened to be one of the top 10 things to do in Sioux Falls. I walked to Starbucks because lets face it, this Seattle girl needs her fix, and I was going to Uber from there. It was only like 2 miles but whatever. Well Uber AND Lyft haven't quite made it to Sioux Falls yet..... Okay so I'm walking and I did! Made it to the zoo and wandered around. Turns out the winter time isn't the best time to hit up the zoo because there wasn't a ton of animals. Whatever it was something for me to do and say that I've explored Sioux Falls. When I got back to my room I seriously felt like I made the most of my layover there. Now by no means am I dying to go back.. but it was better then I thought it was going to be.

The power of positivity!

A Little Bit of Learning

People told me when I started flying that I should start a journal or a blog to document all of the crazy stories I have or the amazing layovers I've had. I didn't, of course because someone told me to do something I automatically said' "well not doing that", and here I am wishing I would have started this when I started flying. But oh well, better to start after one year rather then 30.

Over the last year I have been some amazing places. Places that I never even knew existed, places that I've heard so much about, and places that I've always dreamed of exploring. I've also been some places that I probably don't necessarily need to go back to.

I've also encountered some very interesting people to put it nicely. Whether it be co-workers, passengers, or residents in various cities. I've also encountered people who will be a part of my life forever.

BUT! Probably the biggest thing that I've learned over the last year is to cherish the close strong relationships that you have. I have some of the best friends a girl could ask for. I mean I maybe only have like 5 true friends, but when I am home, they make it a priority to fit me in their schedule if I ask. I  may go a few months without seeing them or really having a meaningful conversation with them, but when I do its like no time has passed. To be truthfully honest I didn't realize how important that trait was, and the older I've gotten the more I realize that its more about the relationships and the quality of them rather then the quantity of them.

Now most of these friendships I've had for the last decade at least, but there are one or two that have developed over the last year. Its so funny to me how you can meet someone and instantly know that that person will be a part of your life forever and how special they are to you. One of my closest friends is from Flight Attendant training. So literally ONE YEAR AGO. I know this isn't a relationship blog but I've certainly learned a lot about them over the last year whether it be friendships or dating. I'm so thankful for this too because I feel like you waste so much time on people who are not willing to do for you what you would do for them. You learn to not waste time on relationships that you feel are dead ends even if he is super hot and you want it to go somewhere. You learn to end it and not feel guilty about being honest mostly because you don't have time to waste on something that is not going to benefit you. Relationships are 50/50 and at this exact point in my life I know how IMPORTANT that is.

Life lesson: Cherish the relationships you have and don't be afraid to embark on new ones and end old ones. But most importantly know that your time is valuable and you deserve to be honest with yourself. YOU DESERVE THE BEST!

"Smile Always, Laugh Often"

A little bit about me

Hi there!

I'm Tiffany, I'm a Flight Attendant for the best airline ever. I'm 27 and I've never been happier.

I have lived a pretty great life and there hasn't been much that I've wanted that I haven't gotten. my parents have made sure that I've had everything I needed to succeed and when it was time for me to be on my own the made sure they had taught me the tools and skills I needed to make it on my own. With that being said I was used to getting what I wanted whether it was a job, clothes or that super hot guy.

When I graduated high school I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with my life. i took a year off and worked at my favorite coffee stand until I could figure out what to do. I decided to become a medical assistant and went to college, finished the program, and ended up working in a private oncology practice. Fast forward a few years and I decided to apply with Delta Air Lines and Alaska Airlines. I went through the hiring process with Delta and flew to Atlanta to finish the interview process with a face to face. I was not offered the job and was a little bit upset, but I didn't let it bother me. A few months later I interview with Alaska Airlines and wasn't offered a job with them either. I was slightly crushed at this point. I knew I wanted to travel more but I didn't have the means or the availability to get that much time off work. I took it with a grain of salt and moved forward with my life. I moved to the city and got hired at a bigger physician's office and life was going to be perfect. well that wasn't quite true. I loved living in the city but I hated my job. I saw that Delta was hiring again and thought "hmmmm, I think I better try again. What do I have to lose?" So I applied again and it felt like it took forever to hear ANYTHING! I went on an 11 day European vacation with one of my best friends. I remember thinking on the flight back to the United States, "I have to do whatever I can to get hired with Delta." Well a week later I was once again offered a trip to Atlanta to interview in person. this time was a little bit different.. why? Because, I GOT THE JOB! I was going to be a Delta flight attendant! I was on cloud 9! I couldn't wait to call my mom and tell her the good news.

I got back home and couldn't wait to start my training. I didn't even have a training date yet! The next few months felt like they drug on FOREVERRRR! I finally got notice that my background check had cleared, my training date had been finalized and I could quit my job. BEST. NEWS, EVER! I decided to take about a month off between my last day at my current job and my start date, and I'm so glad that I did. Because the seven week journey to becoming a flight attendant was no freaking joke!