i'm writing this message from the hotel in msp right now as I'm sitting on five days of out-of-base reserve for my regional airline. my family and I just bought a nice house last week so I could stop commuting to work every week and could spend more time at home. the irony of having to leave immediately and be gone for an entire week just like as if i were still commuting is painful. if it weren't the fourth of july week when my family is going to be grilling and having a good time together with my two year old daughter it might be just a little better. yes, i'm a fairly junior pilot with this company and i'm sure things will get better, but I'm with SkyHigh in the sense that I can see this isn't going to be the dream job I imagined when I got started on this path. i find myself wondering if my airline would file suit against me for the training pay they said I'd owe them if I quit in my first year. i know the grass always seems greener, but as I waste away in this hotel yet again, I can't help but wonder if just maybe this gig isn't for me. i can do more than twist the little knobs over and over again. and answer to foreign teenage dropouts in crew scheduling telling me how i'm going to live my life. well its time for another nap, good luck to everyone and happy fourth.