It's Tuesday

[MelindaandTarek 0]

I'm starting to want to throw up thinking about flying again. I dont' know why but I just looked at recent reviews of Alitalia and they all sucked.

My biggest fear, aside from crashing and dying, is that I'll miss my connecting flight home. I"m not scared about going there but coming home I know I'll be soooooo stressed out to see my kids and I don't know what to do if I miss my flight. Didn't have to worry the last time since my layover was 8 hours and plus it was British Air which I felt safe with. This time the layovers are 3 1/2 hours but I have been reading that they cancel trips willy nilly and that they're usually an hour late or so taking off.

The other reviews I can deal with like poor food, poor service, old seats, etc. Just get me there in one piece and on time is all I ask.

i hope ur travel is hassle free...made me chuckle though and recall my trip back from Egypt, first I didnt factor in that I needed to recheck my baggage in NY so I only had 1 hour when I got to NY for my connecting flight..so picture this...it is so hot no a/c...I have all my bags and all the things I am carrying on - - I am running like a mad woman to catch my flight almost colliding w/ppl my bags are turning over and flipping...I get to the check on and finally get my bags back on..they let me through security fast (15 min to flight and counting) I stupidly wear a belt so I have to take this off (pants are a lil on the big size) so of course I have cool sandals that I need to untie to take off and retie tham half-assed becuase i dont want to miss my flight..so i forget my belt i am running to my gate, my shoes are not on tight they are slipping, my pants are falling so I am holding them..I am sweating like a stuffed pig because it is so hot...and I am moving like a bat out of hell...and get to my gate and they say, ur flight is not boarding yet...What?? OK - so after all that i wait 5 hrs in NY and I am freaking out because my car is at the bus station, the last bus out of Boston leaves at 915 and my flight is delayed until 9pm..it has been almost 24 hrs since I left Cairo and I am thinking no way am I sleeping at the airport - - I will pay whatever I have to get out of there..so long long story...we finally board the plane I am biting my nails wondering if I will make it to Boston in time (we board at 7pm I think) of course we wait to be taxi to run way forever...when i finally get to Boston and get off plane, i have exactly 30 minutes to catch the bus...i run again like mad woman...find my bags...cant believe it...walk outside just as the bus is pulling in ....i was never so happy to see a bus driver in my life..i could have hugged the man...needless to say i made it home in about 27 hours (factoring in the time difference)..but i made it...hahaaaaa thought this could get a few laughs for everyone...hahaaaaa

[deemabrouk 0]

I'm starting to want to throw up thinking about flying again. I dont' know why but I just looked at recent reviews of Alitalia and they all sucked.

My biggest fear, aside from crashing and dying, is that I'll miss my connecting flight home. I"m not scared about going there but coming home I know I'll be soooooo stressed out to see my kids and I don't know what to do if I miss my flight. Didn't have to worry the last time since my layover was 8 hours and plus it was British Air which I felt safe with. This time the layovers are 3 1/2 hours but I have been reading that they cancel trips willy nilly and that they're usually an hour late or so taking off.

The other reviews I can deal with like poor food, poor service, old seats, etc. Just get me there in one piece and on time is all I ask.

i hope ur travel is hassle free...made me chuckle though and recall my trip back from Egypt, first I didnt factor in that I needed to recheck my baggage in NY so I only had 1 hour when I got to NY for my connecting flight..so picture this...it is so hot no a/c...I have all my bags and all the things I am carrying on - - I am running like a mad woman to catch my flight almost colliding w/ppl my bags are turning over and flipping...I get to the check on and finally get my bags back on..they let me through security fast (15 min to flight and counting) I stupidly wear a belt so I have to take this off (pants are a lil on the big size) so of course I have cool sandals that I need to untie to take off and retie tham half-assed becuase i dont want to miss my flight..so i forget my belt i am running to my gate, my shoes are not on tight they are slipping, my pants are falling so I am holding them..I am sweating like a stuffed pig because it is so hot...and I am moving like a bat out of hell...and get to my gate and they say, ur flight is not boarding yet...What?? OK - so after all that i wait 5 hrs in NY and I am freaking out because my car is at the bus station, the last bus out of Boston leaves at 915 and my flight is delayed until 9pm..it has been almost 24 hrs since I left Cairo and I am thinking no way am I sleeping at the airport - - I will pay whatever I have to get out of there..so long long story...we finally board the plane I am biting my nails wondering if I will make it to Boston in time (we board at 7pm I think) of course we wait to be taxi to run way forever...when i finally get to Boston and get off plane, i have exactly 30 minutes to catch the bus...i run again like mad woman...find my bags...cant believe it...walk outside just as the bus is pulling in ....i was never so happy to see a bus driver in my life..i could have hugged the man...needless to say i made it home in about 27 hours (factoring in the time difference)..but i made it...hahaaaaa thought this could get a few laughs for everyone...hahaaaaa

dang! lol

[doodlebug 3]

Yeah i'm glad that the last leg of my flight is always a direct hit to Boston. I could never deal with transfering in NY. No way jose!!!!! I haven't even looked to see how long the flight is from Milan to Boston. I think it was only like 6 or 7 hours when i went to london but this must be a bit longer. At least it's overnight though. I'll just do some word puzzles until like 10, pop a few advan and then cork off until the morning. I'm going to beg for a discounted upgrade, though I don't know how often Alitalia does those.

[deemabrouk 0]

Yeah i'm glad that the last leg of my flight is always a direct hit to Boston. I could never deal with transfering in NY. No way jose!!!!! I haven't even looked to see how long the flight is from Milan to Boston. I think it was only like 6 or 7 hours when i went to london but this must be a bit longer. At least it's overnight though. I'll just do some word puzzles until like 10, pop a few advan and then cork off until the morning. I'm going to beg for a discounted upgrade, though I don't know how often Alitalia does those.

yup 7 hours to milan... then 5 hours to cairo

[allousa 1]

Happy Tuesday...

I miss Ben & Jerry's Bovinity Divinity. It was my favorite I try not to eat ice cream much though, it's my vice. When I succumb, I go for sorbet. Haagen Dasz raspberry sorbet is really good. But it's not ice cream.

If anyone has read about my fly saga on OT, it's driving me BONKERS!!!! I don't understand how it's survived multiple spritzings with bleach, ammonia, and even EZ-Off-Bam

We've got "mutant" crickets here in NC. I think some people call them spider crickets or camel crickets. They've got these huge legs that make them look like spiders. I live in an older house and when I moved in, a developer had just cleared a bunch of land behind the house to put in a new development. WELL, that apparently opened up the seventh hell portal of these dayum crickets. I was killing up to six a day. Even my neighbors said they had the same problem. I was the first to call Orkin...that was after I was laying in the bed one night and one started crawling up the wall behind my head. Needless to say...Orkin is still on my speed dial...but no more crickets.

I feel for ya.....I HATE BUGS!!!!

[~Jess~ 0]

doodle- i flew with alitalia in dec from beirut to toronto.....i had a 5hr layover, turned into a 6hr layover..it was dec tho. i made it safely. the bags took forever coming out in toronto tho. the planes indeed are old, and the seats and all that, and i didnt like the service...but the take off and landing were nice...good pilot i guess thats all that matters......and well a good plane lol..

i am flying Royal Jordanian again...i like them, the entertainment sucks, and i got sick on the food, but its a semi direct flight for me and the price was right. plus the airport in amman is smaller so i wont get lost lol. 7 more days til i leave!!!

didn't you puke your guts out that whole flight w/ alitalia???

no some other little boy got real sick on the alitalia flight. i was sick on my rja flight. i was just unhappy with the service. hope that helps. i am wishing you a pleasent flight....

[~Jess~ 0]

doodle- i flew with alitalia in dec from beirut to toronto.....i had a 5hr layover, turned into a 6hr layover..it was dec tho. i made it safely. the bags took forever coming out in toronto tho. the planes indeed are old, and the seats and all that, and i didnt like the service...but the take off and landing were nice...good pilot i guess thats all that matters......and well a good plane lol..

i am flying Royal Jordanian again...i like them, the entertainment sucks, and i got sick on the food, but its a semi direct flight for me and the price was right. plus the airport in amman is smaller so i wont get lost lol. 7 more days til i leave!!!

are you seriously gonna have to wear abaya's / hijab out there??? your not even muslim. Is it really a requirement? (why does the spelling of that word not look right....)

Ive seen pictures with non covered woman in Saudi

Happy Tuesday...

I miss Ben & Jerry's Bovinity Divinity. It was my favorite I try not to eat ice cream much though, it's my vice. When I succumb, I go for sorbet. Haagen Dasz raspberry sorbet is really good. But it's not ice cream.

If anyone has read about my fly saga on OT, it's driving me BONKERS!!!! I don't understand how it's survived multiple spritzings with bleach, ammonia, and even EZ-Off-Bam

those damn NY flies are mutants of some kind!!! lol

ice cream is my vice too... i've learned to love non-fat versions, even splenda versions are not bad in a dire need for ice cream!

you should try the haagen daaz raspberry sorbet/vanilla yogurt swirl. its awesome!!!

MmmmmmmmmMMMMMM.. I have the most fantasic Haagen Daaz chocolate shake when I was in Amsterdam!!!!

Dee-yea in Riyadh hubby says i have to. i dont have to cover my face...but i have to wear the Abaya and the head scarf. im not worried about it, and im not gonna stress about what im wearing when i first get there cause he told me to just make sure its something decent....i am still working to get my dress dyed black, right now its a dark grey color....after 7 boxes of dye....yikes...i will let it soak for an hour in this next one and then agitate it for 30mins and then rinse.....hope it works lol.

[Kym 0]

We've got "mutant" crickets here in NC. I think some people call them spider crickets or camel crickets. They've got these huge legs that make them look like spiders. I live in an older house and when I moved in, a developer had just cleared a bunch of land behind the house to put in a new development. WELL, that apparently opened up the seventh hell portal of these dayum crickets. I was killing up to six a day. Even my neighbors said they had the same problem. I was the first to call Orkin...that was after I was laying in the bed one night and one started crawling up the wall behind my head. Needless to say...Orkin is still on my speed dial...but no more crickets.

I feel for ya.....I HATE BUGS!!!!

OMG...I know EXACTLY what you are talking about. We call them camel crickets (or cave crickets), although not very common here so most people have no clue what I'm talking about. I killed 6 of them in my basement last year. When I told my fiance that I had these monsterous, hideous, spiderlike crickets all in my basement...he was imaging 100's infesting my basement. He seems to STILL get a chuckle that there was 6. He just doesn't understand how utterly grotesque these things were. We've also had them at my work before and even some of the men are freaked out by them. Oh and to make it even worse, they can jump like a 100 feet.

Yup, I'd be freaking out if one was crawling up the wall behind my head!!!!

I get the heebie jeebies just talking about them!

[mybackpages 0]

are you seriously gonna have to wear abaya's / hijab out there??? your not even muslim. Is it really a requirement? (why does the spelling of that word not look right....)

Ive seen pictures with non covered woman in Saudi

I think unless you are living on a western compound, the abaya is really "necessary."

[deemabrouk 0]

are you seriously gonna have to wear abaya's / hijab out there??? your not even muslim. Is it really a requirement? (why does the spelling of that word not look right....)

Ive seen pictures with non covered woman in Saudi

I think unless you are living on a western compound, the abaya is really "necessary."

well.. I have gotten used to being fully covered and dealing with the heat.. and I do mean.. clothes.. abaya.. arm covers.. underscarf and hijab.. all 100 layers ...

BUT i would think it would be SOOO hard to be a non muslim.. who Never covered.. to then move to saudi.. where in July its 120+ degrees.. where you then have to cover..

Maybe I'll make this a new thread... Since it's not Tuesday anymore