Be Good Not Bad : Web Design :: Brian Warren : Denver, Colorado

This Article was written by Aaron Orr, Watchtan’s part-time contributer.

When I was a child my Mom would read me stories from a series called “Owl at Home.” Owl was a wise old bird who lived in a small house in the country. One day he made some tear water tea by crying into a kettle. I don’t know why, he just did.

This is one of those tear water tea days. I went to work at 8:00 A.M. and no one showed up until 9:00. I was tired and could have easily slept another hour. My supervisor swears he told us when we were all gathered yesterday. I have NO recollection. Either way, it didn’t help. It was “cold” (45ºF) and very windy (Kansas-like wind that cuts through your clothes), and damp from the rain we got last night and this morning. The ground is muddy and sticks to my boots and in order to keep my tent clean I had to take them off on the porch. I think I’ll make some tear water tea.

Then I had to change aircraft from the one I was on yesterday because it needs a bunch of maintenance. So my crew and I had to move all our gear to another bird (I have about 100 pounds of gear) and do another preflight. So that didn’t help either.

But things always get better. After changing over all our equipment to the other bird and knocking out our inspections I ground up some Starbucks House Blend and made a strawberry espresso. I feel better already.

It’s still chilly and kind of muddy out and I still had to switch aircraft this morning. Just like two days ago when I was last on duty. At least it didn’t happen at midnight this time. But it’s all done and the wholesome goodness of that mild coffee is coursing through me.

Thursday, which I guess is Thanksgiving, I’m headed to Qatar for four days. I’m looking forward to putting my civvies (civlian clothes) back on for a few days and chalking up one more country on my list of places I’ve been that I never knew existed before.