Monday, December 19, 2011

A Human Being That Was Given to Fly

Greetings from Toronto, where I arrived via Regina (of all places) at 7:30 this evening. En route I did some number-crunching and discovered that today's flights were #53 and #54 of 2011. Don't believe me? Check it out:
Toronto->Calgary->Grande Prairie->Calgary->Toronto->Calgary->Houston->San Jose, CR->Panama City->Bogota->Quito->Lima->Sao Paulo->Buenos Aires->Houston->Calgary->Toronto->Calgary->Toronto->Quebec City; Fredericton->Montreal->Calgary->Toronto->Calgary->Toronto->Milwaukee->Toronto->Calgary->Toronto->Calgary->Houston->Mexico City->San Jose, CR->Managua->Guatemala City->Houston->Calgary->Houston->Port-of-Spain->Miami->Barranquilla, CO->Medellin, CO->Bogota->Lima->Bogota->Quito->Miami->Kingston, JA; Montego Bay->Miami->Grand Cayman->Miami->Houston->Calgary->Regina->Toronto
In other words, I averaged more than a flight a week in 2011. A flight a week! Earlier today Small n' Bald praised--I think it was praise, anyway--my ability to relax. But with a schedule like that, can you blame me for kicking back when I'm not in some faraway airport? I'm glad I don't have to visit one for the next three weeks.

2 comments:

KellyO_ said...

Wow you barely have me beat. I'm exactly at 50, to be officially 51 by year end.

Stephen Johns said...

...and yet, because I fly Avianca and Copa as often as I do, I'm only barely clinging to Prestige status. So you've got that one.