In flight thoughts

I discovered a fun way to confuse "Tom", my gps. Turn him on at 34000 feet going 577 mph. Oh yeah. The starboard engine looks loose. Feeling a bit like shatner in that tz episode. I actually had to deal with a little bout of anxiety. My mind suddenly decided that I has been in this can long enough. Now the current order of songs on the iPod: amazing grace followed by Jesus don't want me for a sunbeam… and we are hitting turbulence. We are over Ohio and should be starting our descent as it is 5:55 local and we are scheduled to land at 6:15 or so.

Travel

First off… never take an ambien before an early flight, not even Half of one. I had planned to get up at 2:30 am. My flight was at 7:00 so I figured that would give me lots of time. You know the saying about the best laid plans… I overslept … by two hours. I managed to get out of the house in an amazing 15 minutes. Yes... Dressed and pilled but no coffee or food.
As I said, my flight was at 7:00 with boarding at 6:40. I got on to the courtesy shuttle from parking at 5:54. Smartly I had taken advantage of United's advanced check-in and baggage check, so I dropped my bags with the skycaps and headed for the cattle chute called "security". Made it through with no issues (phew) and to my gate at get this … 6:34! Alas, no time for the restroom or coffee.

We Don't Need Another Hero...

My pampas grass needs a makeover. I'm sitting here looking at the 2 of them and they resemble Tina Turner's hair in Beyond Thunderdome... from the back. Or maybe Bowie in Labarynth. Anyway... they need work. Now, if you have never dealt with pampas grass, just imagine a six foot tall pile of 8' long, thin spring-steel blades sharpened to a razor's edge. Then dip them in some sort of skin irritant... oh yeah, serrate the edges a bit too... just for fun. Ok... NOW turn on one of those special effects wind machines and point it at the pile... and try to load those blades into a wagon... without getting cut to ribbons.

I saw a hint somewhere that I am going to try. Take duct-tape and wrap completely around the middle of the clump. Cut the clump off below the tape... you get a pre-wrapped bundle. We'll see........