Twist of Lemon

Well I had to travel on out to New Jersey for a training class. If you are interested it is for a new quality standard for the food industry. Anyhow though I only saw the insides of three airports, two planes and one hotel so far, it has been interesting. It started on the leg from Minneapolis to Chicago, when the nice flight attendant announced that a church choir heading overseas was going to sing a hymn for all of us on the flight. Now I wish I had a writing implement at the time, because I could then tell you which hymn, but quite honestly they all sound the same to me. I was not thrilled, and I wonder what the obviously Hasidic Jews on the flight thought.

Then there was the leg from Chicago to Newark I could have sworn that one of the flight attendants was no other than Joanna Lumley! That is if she were from Atlanta.  And the one male flight attendant, well he was a Latin hunk, with a strong South American accent, a nice bod and a Ricardo Montalban voice.  Too bad he wore so much cologne.  Actually the whole trip has proved to be eye candy abundant, from the passengers to the airline staff to the guy who drove the airport shuttle.  Speaking of the drive to the Hotel, the Jersey turnpike system is fairly strange for a guy form the Midwest.  Instead of paying tolls during the trip the drivers just collect a ticket upon entering the tollway and then pay for the distance driven on the tollway upon exiting. A great idea if you ask me [and probably anyone who has traveled through Chicago by car]. Also they highway speeds are variable, with signs that can be changed to allow for different road conditions.

So I arrived in Newark on time, and after a short trip form the airport went to check in at my hotel.  Awaiting check in I was as confused as everyone else about the strange buzzing noise that seemed to be coming form the front desk.  It wasn’t until I headed off to the elevator that I realized it was coming from my luggage. Now get your minds out of the gutter, it turned out to be my toothbrush! After unpacking in my kick ass room [Jacuzzi suite! Woot!], I headed down to the bar, where I had a couple drinks, some food and played a few games of network trivia.  Oh and I think I was scoped a bit by two different guys, one of which smelled nice.  Weird if true, but who ever really knows if they are actually being scoped, I sure don’t, but it seemed very possible.

So now after a nice soak in the Jacuzzi, I am going to adjust my sleep number bed and get some shut eye!