Revelations

Tomorrow marks two months from my official retirement from my old life.  I've now been working at my new job for about six weeks.  Here are some things I've found in that time:

• I love watching people.  I always knew that, but, the airport is the most amazing place to watch people, to see how people act, etc.  
• I have no idea how to recognize celebrities.  I don't know how many times I've had someone say, "do you know who that was?" and not realize who they are.  The only one I actually recognized I didn't recognize their face, I recognized their name as they were boarding.
• I was spoiled for 32 years.   I had a job that was sitting down - hence my Chelsea dubbed, "big, big butt" was born.  I am now on my feet and running and walking and standing and sweating.  It's awesome!!  But, I'm pretty much exhausted all of the time.
• Now I'm working at a place where you eat lunch and you are all together.  So seeing how differently people eat, what they eat, is a strange revelation.  I love food.  I love variety.  I am watching people eat the exact same thing every day.  Most of my co-workers bring their lunch, so it's interesting to see what people eat.  I know that may sound strange, but I realize now I probably can never be a skinny person - because I love to eat!!
• I've realized that I can stay calm in a crisis. I dealt with a lot of crisis in my past life, but now it's different.  When you are face-to-face with someone who is delusional and they are throwing their medication meant for their mental dysfunction at you and calling it confetti - it may be difficult for some people to remain calm.  I did it and made her trust me long enough for the police to arrive.   Also, I was able to impress one of the bosses because of that ability.  :)
• I love my new world.  I have met amazing people who love what they do.  Now, I'm not insane enough to think everyone that I work with is blowing rainbows out their behind, but the vast majority of them are truly happy with their lot in life.   I've had some amazing mentors.
• I have been so impressed by my bosses and my supervisors.  They truly care about the people that work with them.  They show it every day.  
• People from the west coast are much more laid back and friendly than people from the east coast.  I'm sure that not all people are that way - but, there are some cranky people out there.  It took me about five seconds to realize not to take it personally or it could drive you insane.  
• I love the fact that I every day at work, I get to walk onto an airplane, walk into a cockpit, ride in a jetway as it's being pulled forward to a plane or back from a plane.  



Stole this from my BFFs Facebook page.  Such a great mantra!

• Do you know how cool I feel every day that I get to pick up a microphone and say, "to those passengers flying on flight ### with service to ????, we are about ready to start our boarding process.........."  

Just a few revelations about my new world.  It's an amazing world.  Don't get me wrong, there are negatives - but, they are so overshadowed, they aren't worth mentioning.