Hello from the Pacific Northwest. I’m spending the week working in Portland, Oregon, and will be here through Friday. It is my first trip out to this part of the country, so it’s all brand new to me. Flights were good getting here, and now we settle in for work tomorrow. Got to fly on a fairly large, very full plane. It is a Delta/Northwest 757, and there are a whole bunch of people in here. I’m sure this is the biggest plane I’ve ever been on. I kind of feel ripped off, because I even got to go to Belize in 2004, and that was a smaller plane than this was. Also, got a 3.5 hour layover in Minneapolis, so I got to spend some time watching people. It’s definitely one of my favorite activities, and I get to do it again for 3.5 hours on the return trip. I’m not a fan of layovers, but I do enjoy getting to see the people and just thinking what they must be like. You so many oddly bizarre outfits, goofy shoes, and all kinds of other things. I did come up with a question for lady readers of this little domain, why on earth would you wear high heals to walk through an airport? Actually, let me cut that down. Why do you wear high heals? They cannot possibly be comfortable, and they surely can’t be good for walking in. I cannot for the life of me figure that out.
One other fun activity I did while in the airport was to sit and watch the people going in and out of the bathroom. I’m sure you’re wondering what makes that entertaining, and I’m going to tell you the look on the people’s faces that come out of one, and go to the other because they went to the wrong one for starters. The label above the entrance showed a picture of the women on the left, and the men on the right, however, the bathrooms were actually the opposite with the guys on the left, and the girls on the right. At first I laughed when I saw a lady walk right into the men’s bathroom, and then made me wonder if I was right. It actually took about 45 seconds for her the sheepishly walk back out and across the way to the women’s. It wasn’t even 5 minutes later, and a guy did the same thing. Walked into the women’s restroom. He was in there for a couple of minutes before he came back out. I don’t think he even realized he was in the wrong one until the lady that was at the entrance when he came out looked at him really funny. I was sitting about 30 yards away just laughing. Man, that’s a good time, as long as it’s not happening to you.
Then, just before boarding the plane, CNN brought on the story of the lady who apparently jumped into the polar bear exhibit at a Germany Zoo. Have you heard this?!?! They were portraying this story of the lady getting attacked by the polar bears as they tried to lift her to safety. Ok, isn’t there something in your mind that as your about to jump into the area where the bears are that you’d stop and think, “this may not be the best idea.” Well, apparently the part of this lady’s brain that says that was not present and accounted for that day, because she hopped right in. Well, they found a guy who gave his commentary on the story about how dumb this lady is. I turned to the guy I’m travelling with and said amongst the other passengers who were laughing that this guy’s accurate but funny perspective on this situation that he’s stating exactly what everyone else is thinking. He said, “This lady is beyond stupid. Why would you jump in with polar bears at feeding time? They didn’t attack her, she deserved what she got. She tried to invade their turf, and they were just defending it. This is….this is just way beyond stupid!” I hadn’t laughed that hard since, well, since the bathroom incident I guess. Hope the rest of the trip is as fun as the first day has been.
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