My short weekend home (Friday evening to Sunday afternoon) was relaxing. Didn't get many of my Honey Do list items completed. Darn it. I have higher hopes for this coming weekend when I return home on Thursday. Top of the list is to close the books on my Creative Memories and ensure I am ready to do my taxes. It will be a fun one this year. 6 State taxes, standard married fed taxes and my small business taxes.
My cab ride to the airport wasn't looking good. The driver was 12 minutes late. Fortunately, I have been ordering the car a bit earlier in preparation for this. We make it to the airport smoothly. The driver was not my favourite driver, Sher. And the Lincoln (whatever model) did not have heated seats/back in the back. I was disappointed since I really wanted to warm my freezing back.
Security was a breeze. The poor young guy in front of me was harassed by the TSA agent. The older TSA agent was sweet as can be with me. No waiting! :) I get to the gate. Thank goodness it is at C12 instead of C34 or C36 where it has been for the past couple of weeks. Less walk. Yes, I know walking is good exercise. I don't care. I get enough exercise at the gym.
The flight is delayed. So it begins. It isn't too delayed, only about 7 minutes. They said it could be up to 11 minutes late. That isn't too bad. I figure w/ the wind pushing us, we'd get there on time still. Make up the time in the air. To my surprise we land EARLY. We get there 25 minutes before we were supposed to.
The flight attendant, Pat was a stitch. She couldn't remember where we were flying to, when she paused to check w/ the pilots, everyone yelled, CINCINNATI!. She had the entire Safety procedure memorized. That is a pleasant change. Many of the last dozen flights, the flight attendants were all reading it from a script. Pat interjected some humour in her "presentation".
Now to Ian. Ian was a older gentleman from the UK. He had travelled from Southern England to Amsterdam to Detroit and then end up in Cinci. Ugh. The worst part, he was only going to be in Cinci for a day. He is to fly back the day after. Double UGH! His company partners with another company in OH that manufactures equipment for the Petroleum industry. . . machinery for Oil Rigs for example. His company makes the software for this company. Not sure what the software does.
We had a lovely conversation and of course, when speaking to a British gent, my slight continental accent started to creep back in my tone and my vocabulary switch to more British English than American English. Ian is apparently a brilliant Physicist in his area. Pretty impressive. We bonded a bit over the love of Sciences. My father was also passionate about Physics. It was amusing that his oldest daughter had issues for the first time in electromagnetics @ Univ. That was when my physics grades started to fail. Up until then, Physics was super easy. After EM Physics in Adv. Physics in High school, I decided being a physicist was not for me. This young lady is studying to be an astrophysicist. Sigh. More power to her.
Ian and I also discussed the trials of the youth now a days. I am not sure if it is a sign of me getting older or if this has been a problem that is becoming quite bad. No matter where I go, there is always some one older than me tell me that problems with the young coming out of college. Unfortunately, I do agree with many of the ones disparaging the up and coming work force. The best way I can say it is, this 12 rules I found on the Internet.
TWELVE RULES FOR RAISING DELINQUENT CHILDREN
1. Begin with infancy to give the child everything he wants. In this way he will grow up to believe the world owes him a living.
2. When he picks up bad words, laugh at him. This will make him think he's cute. It will also encourage him to pick up "cuter phrases" that will blow off the top of your head later.
3. Never give him any spiritual training. Wait until he is 21, and then let him "decide for himself."
4. Avoid the use of the word "wrong." It may develop a guilt complex. This will condition him to believe later, when he is arrested for stealing a car, that society is against him and he is being persecuted.
5. Pick up everything he leaves lying around - books, shoes, clothes. Do everything for him so that he will be experienced in throwing all responsibility on others.
6. Let him read any printed matter he can get his hands on. Be careful that the silverware and drinking glasses are sterilized, but don't worry about his mind feasting on garbage.
7. Quarrel frequently in the presence of your children. In this way they will not be too shocked when the home is broken up later.
8. Give the child all the spending money he wants. Never let him earn his. Why should he have things as tough as you did?
9. Satisfy his every craving for food, drink, and comfort. See that every sensual desire is gratified. Denial may lead to harmful frustration.
10. Take his part against neighbors, teachers, policemen. They are all prejudiced against your child.
11. When he gets into real trouble, apologize to yourself by saying, "I never could do anything with him!"
12. Prepare yourself for a life of grief. You'll surely have it.
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