In Dallas and so far so good.

Trish asked me to "bring my toothpaste back." Apparently I inadvertently took it with me when I left on Monday. So in all my rush to get things done today before my flight I moved the toothpaste to the top of the list. I needed to take some things by the CPA and I really wanted to go to the bank and get some cash, but I opted to skip those things so I would have time to get Trish's toothpaste. I bet you can guess what happened next, yep my nemesis, the TSA guys, were there waiting to hassle me at the airport. Just a side note, why do the TSA guys wear those blue gloves? My best guess is that they are afraid they will get Koodies or is it Cooties?, when they are poking around all our stuff. Sorry, back to the story. I thought I had done it all correctly, you know the little plastic bag to hold all the liquids and toothpaste and all. Sorry Trish, but they stole your toothpaste and they stole mine too. I suppose I do look suspicious enough, might have brought down a plane by mixing the two toothpastes together you know. I'm just joking, I really do feel safer having these guys around. I sure am glad the government took over security. The guy on the left did kinda have me and the other passengers freaked out. Who knows what could have happened if the TSA guys hadn't been there.





Well it was really really foggy at the airport today and although I don't have the fear of flying Trish does, the fog did cause me a bit of concern until it happened. The flight attendant came on to welcome us and introduce herself and the crew.....crackle cccrackle screech crackleccle...."Good evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome to flight blah blah blah from Longview to DFW. My name is Mary and your flight crew today is," OK are you ready for this I am not making this up, "Captain Kirk and first officer Rebecca." After a little chuckle I knew I had absolutely nothing to be concerned about. Dang!! we have Captain Kirk driving. A little fog?? Laugh, laugh, we could have fog, rain, hail, tornadoes, hurricanes, monsoons, Clingons, Romulens, whatever, I knew we were gonna be just fine. And not only did we have Captain Kirk, but we also got Rebecca!! The whole package.

We landed in Dallas and did our taxiing around and stopped a mere 12.4 feet from the gate and then............and then.......... and then.........Nothing! Absolutely nothing. After about ten minuets Captain Kirk came on and made the announcement. ....cracckckle cccrackle cracccle...."Ladies and gentlemen we have arrived just short of the gate, we are waiting for the ground people to arrive, we will be delayed a few more minutes." ....crackle cccrackle screech crackleccle.... What the heck is Captain Kirk talking about? We are 12.4 feet away. Just put your phasers on stun and move forward 12 feet dude. Is there a pothole,wormhole, black hole, in the next 12 feet? What is man? Now, the best I can tell we did have a slight problem, yes, the guy with the 2 orange sticks was not there to tell us where to park. However, I did figure that Captain Kirk could have handled this one his own I think what really happened is that sly Captain Kirk was probably up there kissing on Rebecca for the last 10 minutes, yes sir, he always gets the girl.

So now I sit for 3 hours while I wait to hitch my next ride to Omaha. I really am excited about seeing my little pickle. I hear she may come off the vent tomorrow and I am really excited about that. Trish, so sorry about the toothpaste. I will go find a nice restaurant and have a nice meal and prepare myself for the next flight.

I do hope Captain Pickard and first officer William Riker are there to greet me. "Make it so Number One!"

DAVE

PS at the risk of sounding like a Nancy boy I have to say this. Allie received some flowers and balloons at my office today. Those were the prettiest flowers I have ever seen. I know Allie will love them so I am sending my thanks to Florida today.