New Year's at 35,000 Feet
FROM CAP’N MERYL New Year’s at 35,000 Feet
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/columnist/getline/2005-01-03-ask-the-captain_x.htm
It’s December 30th as I write this. Tomorrow morning I’m headed up to Chicago to overnight there before heading out to the Pacific on a five day trip to which I was assigned just moments ago. The trip starts on New Year’s Day.
First leg Chicago to Tokyo, then Seoul, Korea, then back to Tokyo, then back to Chicago. Each stop has a layover for about a day.
In the meantime, I’d like to draw your attention to a new feature on my site – the “Photo Gallery.” I always appreciate feedback so if you like the idea of pictures from various spots around the world I hope you’ll let me know. When you enlarge a picture for viewing, be sure to click your browser’s BACK button. If you close the picture, you’ll find that you’ve closed my site.
Also, I’ve been booked on a radio talk-show that will be a webcast. That’s not until Jan. 25th so I’ll give you notice closer to that date. This is good because normally the radio interviews I do are very localized. This one will be broadcast from 1150 AM KKNW in Washington and anyone can sign onto the Internet to hear it. It won’t be archived, however.
I always take New Year’s rather seriously. I think about what went right this year and what went wrong. I think about the year ahead and mentally go over all the things I want to accomplish. In fact, I almost always write this list down as it tends to be pretty long each year. This year I’ll be somewhere out over the Pacific as I go over my New Year’s List, and that makes it somehow even more poignant than usual. Looking at all that blue always brings things into perspective with its calming effect.
Most of all, I count my blessings each New Year’s. I’m not lying in a mud puddle in Indonesia starving to death and miserable, waiting for help to arrive, and hoping it arrives. I’m not in Iraq in a dirt hole wondering if I’ll be blown to bits any second. I have a job—at least for the moment—that I love, I have a roof over my head and I have people in my life I love and who love me.
I wish you a very happy and prosperous New Year!
Until Next Time,Maintain Airspeed!Cap’n Meryl
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/columnist/getline/2005-01-03-ask-the-captain_x.htm
It’s December 30th as I write this. Tomorrow morning I’m headed up to Chicago to overnight there before heading out to the Pacific on a five day trip to which I was assigned just moments ago. The trip starts on New Year’s Day.
First leg Chicago to Tokyo, then Seoul, Korea, then back to Tokyo, then back to Chicago. Each stop has a layover for about a day.
In the meantime, I’d like to draw your attention to a new feature on my site – the “Photo Gallery.” I always appreciate feedback so if you like the idea of pictures from various spots around the world I hope you’ll let me know. When you enlarge a picture for viewing, be sure to click your browser’s BACK button. If you close the picture, you’ll find that you’ve closed my site.
Also, I’ve been booked on a radio talk-show that will be a webcast. That’s not until Jan. 25th so I’ll give you notice closer to that date. This is good because normally the radio interviews I do are very localized. This one will be broadcast from 1150 AM KKNW in Washington and anyone can sign onto the Internet to hear it. It won’t be archived, however.
I always take New Year’s rather seriously. I think about what went right this year and what went wrong. I think about the year ahead and mentally go over all the things I want to accomplish. In fact, I almost always write this list down as it tends to be pretty long each year. This year I’ll be somewhere out over the Pacific as I go over my New Year’s List, and that makes it somehow even more poignant than usual. Looking at all that blue always brings things into perspective with its calming effect.
Most of all, I count my blessings each New Year’s. I’m not lying in a mud puddle in Indonesia starving to death and miserable, waiting for help to arrive, and hoping it arrives. I’m not in Iraq in a dirt hole wondering if I’ll be blown to bits any second. I have a job—at least for the moment—that I love, I have a roof over my head and I have people in my life I love and who love me.
I wish you a very happy and prosperous New Year!
Until Next Time,Maintain Airspeed!Cap’n Meryl
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