A rainy day

I don't really know how to start this blog. This week I think has been a blast. I spent time with Karma, had the values committee meeting, my first session of Physical therapy and my orthodics are here. For some reason I really feel that a apart of my life is missing. As most of you know it will be a year on the fifth of november that my only brother passed away. In the last week a lot of situations have made me emotionally cold. I feel that my brother was the one who really showed me what success is and that your dreams are possible as long as your cheerleaders beleive in you. On tuesday I had an appointment with a physical therapist to gain strength back in my foot so I can do cardio and get into better shape. Afterwards I went to Rite Aid to pick up more vitamins for Karma and look for whey protein to start to curb my appetite. I saw a section of Bally's blast and with no thought I started to dial Erin's number to get advice. when my brain finally caught up with my fingers I just hung up and stood there in disbelief. I finally went on my merry way and checked out. That was the first time in months I did that. When I finally wound down for the night Karma and I were praying as we do nightly when I have her and during the prayer I added Erin Reeca and Carter in. At the end of the prayer she told me that she misses her uncle Erin and cant wait to see him again. That made me happy and sad all at once.


So the other thing thats been really bothering me is my financial status. I am starting to feel that I am also in a resession. A year ago I was at the waves and the money wasnt good but it wasnt bad. In march I decided to leave to work for an airline knowing that I would take a minor pay cut but if I worked it out right I would make more. That worked out for a couple of months and then all the extra hours dried up. I was out for a month and now my bills have accumalated and I dont feel that I can bounce back with this one job. I left Wild Waves because I felt it was morally wrong, but didnt think of the paycut that I would be taking. Now I feel I have a good work enviroment but not happy with how much I make. So now its my goal to seek out and find a second job to surpass what I was making before. I know that it will make me more stable as a person once I get everything under wraps and rolling. Thanks for being a great friend and listening!
Clathyn The Great!

How my job can be rewarding

After my wonderful month off I have had a fair amount of time to think about how I can make my job more rewarding for me. In the last week I have had my mind set to find my strong points of the job and weak points and work on my weak and perfect my strong. The other night we had our famous jetting from Boston. All the customers bags came in but one... We will call the customer "KF". I thought that kf was going to be irate because her bag was missing. When I checked to Rez there were no comments about if her bag was misloaded to baggage land as it wasn't in SEA. KF was frustrated because obviously her bag was lost she was in a city that wasn't home and had a conference to get to for work. So I took a claim and assured her that we would find a bag. She was comforted but not really satisfied with my answer. The following day(Friday the 17Th) I talked to her again and informed her that I still have not heard anything about her bag but was confident that we would find the bag in a timely manner. She asked me if I had that much confidence in jetBlue. My quick reply was yes and if I didn't have a lot of faith and confidence in the integrity in my co workers across the board I wouldn't work here because my work life would be very difficult. She replied back and said that she would have faith also. I told her that our last flight coming in from Boston was due in at 1020ish and if she didn't hear from me by 11pm give me a call. I ended up going to the gate to take care of a possible situation. When I got finished there I just wanted to go home so I didn't check to see if she called or to see if who ever was in baggage finished the reports that needed to be completed or if the pass down sheet was finished. When I came in today nothing was done from the morning. I figured it was because I didn't complete my form yesterday. So I ran around for completing different things that needed to be finished before our flight to LGB was off the ground. When I was in the baggage area my sup called and informed me that they found KF's bag. I wrote down a couple of notes so I could remind myself to call her after I finished taking the two claims that I had. When I finished that they informed me that I had a call from our delivery company. When I answered the phone it was KF. I asked her to hold on so I could transfer it to my desk. When I transferred the call it was disconnected so I returned her phone call. When I called her back I apologized for not calling her back last night and informed her to bring her receipts with her on Tues when she jets out so we could reimburse her for her expenses. She was extremely happy and relieved. She asked me for my first and last name so she could write about me and how helpful I was to her. I think that this was a satisfying moment since most of the time people can be real evil. So for KF thanks for understanding and being a great sport about the situation!
Clathyn the third!!!

Not heading South this winter

So in the last month I planned on going to South Carolina for my fathers back and neck surgery. Last night I called him to verify plans so I could make it down there and help him out as much as I can. When we were on the phone it just felt like I was just inconveniencing him. So we had a huge disagreement and I decided that arguing about me not going is just not worth it. So now I have no plans for the 20-22 of October. Thinking about going to magic mountain next week! I talked to my former co-worker that said she would hook me up! If you aren't doing anything and wanna go to Magic mountain let me know!
C3

First day back to work!

Today was my first day back at work after my moronic injury. After a month of being off I figured that I would be kinda rusty but would be able to hop back in and roll with it. It started off shaky as I still had an inactive status. After all that was cleared up the day started to go smooth. We had a situation that made a plane inoperable. I felt bad because I wanted to be able to use my damage control skills but had to just sit back in baggage and listen to it unfold. I really figured out why I moved to work for an airline. If you treat people right you can make everything okay for that moment for them to not panic. At the end of my shift I had to go down to baggage and make sure there were no people with displaced bags. This was a night that there wasn't. I actually had three extra bags on the carousel. As I was collecting the bags there was this lady who had a military duffel bag, a garment bag, a laptop bag and a purse. I usually try to offer help to people that need it. She said she wasn't sure where she was going but had to be at Ft Lewis and then asked if we had an USO. I told her that we did and if she waited for the people to come get the last bags I would walk her up there and help her with her bags. She said okay. So an older couple came and got the bags that was theirs( ironically the Williams'). I locked the third bag up and assisted her with her things. She told me that she grew up in NY(45 minutes south of Syracuse) had Basic in South Carolina(Ft Jackson where I was born) and had training in Orlando. It was her first time in Washington and didn't know a familiar face. Since she looked frightened I told her that I was born on Fort Jackson, also had training in Orlando(for jB) and had been to upstate NY for training at Darien Lake Theme Park. She seemed happy that someone was actually talking to her. As we were walking to USO I politely thanked her for serving our country and wished her the best of luck. She told me that it was the most genuine kind gesture that anyone has ever offered to her. I graciously smiled and told her that if I was in her shoes I would hope someone would offer me the same hand. Just being able to help a person in need really puts my job into perspective. As always thanks for reading and have the best day week month possible!

C3

Happy third birthday Karma!

So its Officially Sunday the 5th of October. Happy third Birthday Karma. Later today I will be picking her up. As I go through this day I think back to the day she was born. I think of the smile when I first saw that little girl. She is a special girl. As the years go on I want to be an important part of her life and remain a constant loving nurturing father and just be there for my bright shining future star! If you know Karma you know that she is a blessing and is also a character. So as the years go on I am going to make sure she is my first priority when it comes to her health well being and mental stability. As always thanks for reading this and if you feel like it leave a comment.

C3