For some reason the first few paragraphs of last night’s post failed to publish… perhaps I was a little wordy and the post was too long? In any event, after trying to update the post…and failing because all I managed was a repost of the same exact post…( eye roll ) I will retype the two paragraphs as they add to the background of my journey with travel. If this is duplicate for you I apologize! Here goes:
My obsession with travel started when I was about 22 years old. I moved back home from a failed ‘first time living away from home’ attempt, and was struggling to figure out just who I was. Mind you I still might not know exactly who I am, or who I want to be, and I am now a couple decades older….LOL. But when I was 22, there was a man in my parent’s church ( at the time it was my church as well, but that’s a WHOLE can of beans meant for another day ) who worked for Delta Airlines. My mom asked him if there were any job opportunities that he knew of at the Salt Lake City Airport, and if there were indeed positions available….could he please help me to apply for them. Long story short, there were job openings, I soon applied, and before I knew it I was in a training class…I was one of the newest ticket counter agents for Delta Airlines! I pulled the late shift for quite a while but Oh My Goddd that was a fun, scary, exhilarating and demanding job. I loved it!! From there, I worked in the baggage service department for a hot minute. A memorable experience for sure, as this particular time frame was when Salt Lake City hosted the Winter Olympics. Those were some busy, busy days & nights. Little known fact: Delta Airlines actually LOST Apollo Ono’s ice skates as he was coming to the games to compete….yup, they were nowhere to be found. Can you imagine?? Never fear, the SLC baggage service department found those skates, and Apollo went on to win both Gold and Silver medals at those Olympic Games.
Eventually, I moved upstairs, to the C & D concourses, otherwise known as The Gates. There I was loading and dispatching planes with crazy efficiency 😉 My TypeA was strong even back then! If the ticket counter and baggage service offices were interesting… working the gates was a completely different level of both stress and fun. I got to meet people from all over the world as they traveled here and there…I chatted with them, quizzed them on their favorite places to visit, and started making my own travel plans.
Then came my first international trip to London….as told in the first post.
Thank you for reading!!
Around The World With Three Littles 