Flight 1549

I heard the announcement about an airplane down in the Hudson River on Thursday while driving around doing errands. We are frequent flyer's and often request the bulk head or exit rows since they offer a little more room. On a recent flight from Hawaii I was seated right by the exit window and when the steward came by and asked me if I could do the task I said yes. I read the instructions a few times and visualized what I would do if I was called to action. The same day passengers on a flight out of Denver had to open the emergency exits and on Thursday passengers on Flight 1549 had to do the same. I have pondered whether I should volunteer to sit in the strategic aisle on future flights. Size is a factor but so is the ability to keep a cool head. I suspect in the future passengers might be more vigalent about listening to the safery instructions before take-off.

Happy 2009

I for one was quite happy to see 2008 end. I am all about new beginings and hopefully 2009 will be better than the end of 2008. The end of January we will have a new president. Hopefully he will be able to fullfill all the promises he made during the campaign. The stockmarket on January 2 did a little turn around. It sounds like some failing institutions are being purchased by people with money. I do wonder if this would have occured naturally if big government had not stepped in. If the housing market continues its downward spiral maybe our children can actually get into the housing market it 2009 or 2010. I don't do resoolutions. I try to do something positive for myself each year. My goal this year to come out of my comfort zone a little. Not sure what this means yet but I have 352 days to try something new in my life. Stay tuned!