Dream Trip

Wednesday night, I received an email from my recruiter at Deloitte telling me that I am flying on Thursday afternoon to Houston!! Which I was not planning on it. Two weeks before that, I said that I want to go to the event in Houston; however, nothing was confirmed to me, so I assumed I am not going. Anyhow, I wanted to make the trip but had so much to do. Therefore, I re-scheduled to fly to Houston at 6.30 am, and come back at 2.15 am. I wanted to come early to catch TBP initiation.
I woke up at 4. Dressed up, and was on my way to the airport. The flight was delayed, for a lot of fog in Houston. I decided that if they delayed it more than 30 minutes I am going home. At exactly 30 minutes delay, they said "Please, board the aircraft as fast as safety permits. We want to leave Austin before Houston ground says no again." I knew I was going to be late, nevertheless, I boarded the plane. Honestly, I've never traveled with Southwest, and I couldn't mess that chance. It was a large 737 with lotsa of empty seats. I sat next to the window couple of seats behind the wing. I let my head fall on the window and fell asleep as soon as we took off. I woke up while were descending. What woke me up was a feeling of the aircraft climbing up at full throttle. Not a very strange feeling as I am very familiar with go-arounds; though, I have never experienced them in a 737. It was heaven! Ten minutes later, the pilot was assuring the passengers that even after the second go around, everything is fine and it's a matter of lots of traffic. I thought,"Ya, right." So, there we were doing go-arounds in a 737 and circling Houston. Was that the best trip I've ever had or what? I am not being sarcastic. It really was a dream trip! How many times do I get to board a plane ride around for an hour and a half, without paying for ANYTHING.

We went back to Austin. I drove home, and called them in Houston telling them that I wont be coming. I ate breakfast and slept till Juma.

For those that don't remember, I tried to join Tau Beta Pi last Spring. I couldn't make it, as toward the end I was very busy :P Anyhow, this semester I barely made it, but I was ecstatic about it. We go through the initiation process, which I can't tell about here, because it was surrounded by secrecy! Let's say it was great and marvelous.

After that there was the elections for next semester officers. I had in mind that I wanted to run, but was not exactly sure which position. When they got to the third position after president and VP, Candidate's Secretary, they explained what this position does. I knew that usually this position is taken by someone from within the former officers, but in a split second I decided to run for it. It was the best position for me from those up there.

I went up and did my electoral speech. I did what I do best, public speaking. I had to extempore (thanks Nimisha for the word), because what I thought of before going there was for another position. Five minutes later and I won the Candidates secretary position. WAHOOO.

Anyways, back to studying!