The Road to June Madness

June 6^th 2013

So here we are. Day 1, well really day 0, of what I am calling #Junemadness (hastag it!). So far so good.

I went into work today, while time and again I’ve learned that face-time does not matter at work, I still think about it and wanted to make it in the office one last day. In the car on the way to EWR I fell asleep. It was a pretty awesome nap and things were going well until I was stopped by the baggage police because my bag didn’t fit in the old shitty bag measurer. Many of you are as fond of my pink roll-aboard as me and I know that it fits overhead. I do this enough. It fits! Checking my I’ll spare you the details but I got through with it (checking it with a stop in Paris could be disastrous).

So I was feeling lucky and decided to walk into the Delta SkyClub like I owned the place. I learned that move from Liz Scott Gera and it works more than it should. The club is pretty crappy but this wing of EWR is even crappier so I decided to stay put. In 329 minutes my 1 hour episode will download from iTunes onto my iPad (I tried to do it last night but I ran out of memory because I have too much Music on it. I learned that one from Regi Altema). I’m in that vacation purgatory that I love to exploit – I’m working via my phone if things needs to get done, if not I’m on vacation – so I figured it was time to start drinking.  I went for the Pinot Grigio despite my French destination and the nice man asked for my credit card. Amateur! @aroumm explained to me that I ordered top shelf wine instead of the basic wine. Eh, what are you going to do?

Once Roumm stopped making fun of me, he suggested I get to writing. Good idea Roumm, and thanks for the confidence booster.

Ok, I’m off to Marbella via Paris. Wish me more luck!

XOXO

June 9^th – Day 1

Paris, sweet Paris! Even though it is only for 2 hours and in the airport, I still love it. As I wait for my flight to Malaga, I am compelled to make a list of things that I love about CDG:

• -          The greenery inside the airport
• -          The free fashion mags and newspapers. Maybe America would be little smarter is we gave out free newspapers in airport terminals.
• -          The Laudree stand that was just waiting for me as I turned the corner into my terminal (2F)
• -          The architecture. Just beautiful
•       The people watching. Yes, people watching is great in most airports but I love the number of men who are wearing slim jeans and scarves

Ok back to my flight. I would describe it as very easy, pretty close to perfect. My rowmate was a cutie furniture designer from Charleston on her way to India to be inspired and check out her factories, textiles, etc. I still would have preferred @jlieberman to be next to me but Anne was a good consolation prize. Dinner was a salad with grilled chicken (my fav) and then I watched Silver Linings Playbook, took half an Ambien and woke up when we were crossing the English Channel. The green countryside was beautiful as we came in to land and it made me want to explore France more. I always want to explore more.

Back to Silver Lining Playbook for a minute… It is a really good movie, but it got me thinking about what message it sends to people with mental health issues. Bradley Cooper’s character is bipolar but tries to get his life by replacing his meds with exercise and positive thinking. Don’t get me wrong, those things are great but I’m not sure it is a real substitute for medication. For those in the field (Ariel, Jenn Bloom, etc) feel free to comment. Oh, and Jennifer Lawrence is hot. I may be late to this realization but I’m on board now.

And I’m also on-board my next flight to Malaga (how about that for a transition!). I was greeted with a “Buenos Dias” which was fantastic! Spanish! I know you! I can understand what people are saying to me! Yay! It just makes life so much easier.