Life as a "First Class" Citizen

I wrote part of this on paper as I was traveling up the east coast Tuesday night. All I had was a pencil. I hate writing with pencil. But things were coming to mind and had to be written while they were fresh. So here it goes.

I'm sitting on a plane enroute to Pittsburgh or Philly. They become one in the same when you are simply passing through. La Guardia is my final destination. I am a first classer for the first time in my life. My flight through Charlotte was delayed for at least 2 hours, so I asked if they could get to my New York any other way since I would have missed my connecting flight. I was put on the next thing smokin' out of there. "Here you go. Seat 2F. It's in First Class." I wanted to be like a kid who just found out she was going to Disneyland and say something like, "Oh boy!" or "SWEET!" But I nicely thanked the guy and went to the plane. I pretended like I really knew what I was doing and that I flew that way all the time. I ordered wine when they asked for my beverage order, and knew how to pull out the fancy tray tables and drink holders when the time came cause I had scoped it out when I sat down. The guy next to me seemed to do everything I did, including order red wine, but he did it about five seconds after me. Later, I realized, it was his first time there too. His dividend miles were going to expire soon, so as his family sat behind the curtain, he tried to recover from yet another trip to Disney World with the family. I don't remember his name, but he is an engineer. We'll call him, Engineer Eric for now. More on him later. I alos have a story of Coach Chris from my flight down to to Florida

Daytona was great. Right at the beach. Nice folks. Beautiful weather for most of the year. And when its ridiculously hot and humid...there's the beach. I think I may miss having four seasons if I were there. But I do love my sun. So now there are three programs I have seen that are all tied for first for their own reasons. Moses Cone in Greensboro, NC. Lawrence in Massachusetts and now Halifax in Daytona. I'll have to give you all the whole rank list run down sometime.

Unfortuantely time is calling and I have to head off to my Geriatrics rotation. Look for my next post about my conversations with Coach Chris and Engineer Eric.