Monday

January 6: thin air



Something happened on our flight that I have never experienced before. The stewardess had to ask two people to get off the flight because our plane weighed too much! She started the bidding at a $200 voucher and went up to $300 before she got any takers. I was traveling with two friends and we hadn't made a contingency plan for such an offer...too bad! We have a theory as to what happened to weigh us down though. There were a bunch of IV staff from the midwest and east coast on our flight. Most of us checked a second box of luggage -- boxes filled with books we got for a steal of a deal at our conference. So, we made for a hefty bunch that Continental didn't see coming. When it came time, we made it in the air!...Though, it's hard to imagine that two people made the difference (their luggage stayed on the plane)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

beautiful picture, A.

'tis madness here in columbus. sirens wailing as i type. :-( we just lost the national championship, and i am afraid people are going crazy.

hope you had a lovely time at nsc.

Anonymous said...

I love it, Annie, I love it. Of course your explanation is correct. Too bad you couldn't take advantage of the vouchers, though.