The Crooked and the Straight

Well, I made it back to Cleveland in one piece, and with all my luggage intact. I flew there from Seattle through Charlotte, which might seem odd to some people, but it avoids Denver, Chicago, and Detroit (the 3 most common connecting points for SEA->CLE) which I feel is always wise to do in the winter. Plus, the Charlotte airport has these awesome rocking chairs scattered throughout the terminal. Best layover chairs ever.

My flight out into Cleveland was on a little Embraer EMB-145, which is a little 3-across jet. The attendants at the gate first announced that the flight was overbooked, so I volunteered to give up my seat in exchange for a seat on the next flight 4 hours later, plus a free lunch and a free round-trip ticket anywhere the airline flew. But (un)fortunately, they had several no-shows for the flight so I was able to get into Cleveland as scheduled. Not that I minded avoiding a 4-hour extension to my layover, but a free ticket would have been pretty nice. Maybe next time I'll have the fortune of being more unlucky.

Today was my first day of work and they let me drive a forklift. I even managed to pick up palettes of stuff without causing too much destruction. Assuming that they can patch up the roof and that the lift still works after they put the fire out, I might get some more practice soon.