I thought that my trip on Monday would never end. It set my recovery from whatever ails me back a least two days.
I can't eat, I can't sleep, I can't blog, and I can't drink.
In other words, my life isn't worth a whole lot right now as a result...
Stay tuned for either some new postings or an obitituary.
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Monday, August 15, 2005
Air Sickness
I’ve spent the past two and one-half days wallowing around in my bed trying to get comfortable—something that has proven to be virtually impossible because of the malady affecting my gastrointestinal tract—ALL of my GI tract.
Without providing any additional gory details, lets just say that I’m probably five pounds lighter and slightly dehydrated because I haven’t consumed anything but ginger ale, green tea, and chicken broth since dinner on Friday.
I’m back to about 75% of normal right now, and if I felt much worse I’d have to cancel my trip to go visit my mother in southern Alabama.
My flight departs Brunswick at 6:10 AM this morning. The good news is that the trip is broken up into two 50 minute segments in the air, so hopefully the risk of causing some sort of security incident will be minimized by the short flight durations.
I’d sure hate to cause one of my flights to have to declare an emergency, drop the oxygen masks, and be escorted into Atlanta or Dothan by F-16’s because I opened the restroom door in flight.
My blogging will be affected this week by having to use a slow dial-up connection.
I know, I know, I know--the hearts of those of you without cable or DSL are playing tiny violins for me right now.
Oh, the misery…
Without providing any additional gory details, lets just say that I’m probably five pounds lighter and slightly dehydrated because I haven’t consumed anything but ginger ale, green tea, and chicken broth since dinner on Friday.
I’m back to about 75% of normal right now, and if I felt much worse I’d have to cancel my trip to go visit my mother in southern Alabama.
My flight departs Brunswick at 6:10 AM this morning. The good news is that the trip is broken up into two 50 minute segments in the air, so hopefully the risk of causing some sort of security incident will be minimized by the short flight durations.
I’d sure hate to cause one of my flights to have to declare an emergency, drop the oxygen masks, and be escorted into Atlanta or Dothan by F-16’s because I opened the restroom door in flight.
My blogging will be affected this week by having to use a slow dial-up connection.
I know, I know, I know--the hearts of those of you without cable or DSL are playing tiny violins for me right now.
Oh, the misery…
Sunday, August 14, 2005
Terror In Greece?
I was lying here on the sofa watching FOX News at about 5:35 AM when they broke in to say that a Cypriot Airlines plane with 110 people on board had crashed north of Athens.
Further, they said that one of the pilots was reported to have collapsed, the control tower had earlier lost communications with the craft, and it was being escorted by two F-16’s when it went down.
I hope it’s just an accident, but this sounds like there might be something else going one here besides a simple plane crash.
Airline pilots are quite capable of acting solo in the event one pilot is incapacitated, and the loss of communications and the F-16 escort sounds suspicious to me, particularly when the event ends with the loss of the aircraft.
Wait and see…
UPDATE: The Associated Press is now saying the plane carried 115 passengers and 6 crew members. One of the F-16 fighter pilots is quoted as reporting that he did not see one of the pilots in the cockpit, and the one he saw was slumped over in his seat.
Something doesn't sound right here to me...
Further, they said that one of the pilots was reported to have collapsed, the control tower had earlier lost communications with the craft, and it was being escorted by two F-16’s when it went down.
I hope it’s just an accident, but this sounds like there might be something else going one here besides a simple plane crash.
Airline pilots are quite capable of acting solo in the event one pilot is incapacitated, and the loss of communications and the F-16 escort sounds suspicious to me, particularly when the event ends with the loss of the aircraft.
Wait and see…
UPDATE: The Associated Press is now saying the plane carried 115 passengers and 6 crew members. One of the F-16 fighter pilots is quoted as reporting that he did not see one of the pilots in the cockpit, and the one he saw was slumped over in his seat.
Something doesn't sound right here to me...
