Just kind of curious, how much time do you give yourself to get ready in the morning while on a trip?

And would anyone care to share their morning routine of sorts?

 

1hr before the van. I have a bad habit of waking up and just laying there admiring the fact I'm not working yet. Then I realize the hotel AC control was on the unit and the one on the wall didn't do anything so it's about 50 degrees in there. After waiting till 15 till I jump up and get everything done.

 

Depends on how early the van is. Sometimes an hour, sometimes 30 minutes.

 

Ya get in late, turn down the temp to cool off the hot room, wake up shivering 'cause the a/c spitting out snow.

45 minutes before the van.

 

I can't remember exactly which hotel I was just in. I think it was the Sunshine something we use when in JFK. Anyway there is a nice indigo blue digital unit on the wall that I turn up to 72. Wake up shivering in a ball in my freakin bed too cold to get up and it's like 5am so no help diving for the curtains either. Then there's the choice you have to make. Do you lay in bed and curl up to an even tighter ball or do you jump out damn near screaming as you fight the battle against the cold towards the AC unit on the wall/floor? THEN as you start getting closer the air that's blowing out at 45mph and colder than all hell starts hitting you in the face so you duck down as close to you can to the floor. Next comes the squatted crab walk where you inch by inch work yourself closer under the razor sharp jetstream of air leaning in with your longest finger and star hitting the (^) button until it gets up into the 70s and the thing manages to shut off.... Only then have you won the battle.

 

I religiously hang up my polyester blend pants, which I never iron, as soon as I get to the room. Then, I access the possibility of ironing my shirt (which I occasionally am forced to do). I then hang up the shirt. I take fresh socks, underwear and a T-shirt out of my bag and place them on the rack next to my wrinkled pants. I turn over my hat and use it for what it was best designed for... holding my airline ID. I put my shaving kit in the bathroom next to the sink. Next, I put on my casual uniform (as I can only really fit one change of clothes in an overnight bag on a four day). Finally, I walk out the door to have some dinner and sodas with the crew.

When I return to the room (no matter what condition I may find myself in) I place my wallet, watch, spare change, sunglasses, keys, and black Pilot brand pen into the overturned hat. Most important is that my phone also makes it in to the hat.

Suddenly I awake to the sound of my phone alarm ringing at 3:50 AM. At exactly 4:05 AM I am walking out the front door of the hotel, with my wrinkled pants on, realizing that shortly later I with be underneath an airplane dripping glycol on my now wrinkled though previously ironed white shirt.

The key is to put the phone in the hat so that you are forced to get out of bed quickly so as to not have the time to admire the fact that you are not working. Not only will you not have time to admire the fact that you are not working, but this will also assure that you will not have the soundness of mind to contemplate quitting your job. Once you "come to" you will already most likely be in the air. This will prevent you from walking away from your job now that you can think again.

The day itself happens in such an amazing blur, accompanied by the guilt of leaving the other half of the crew stranded in the limbo of endless delay, that you will stay at work all day. Presto... you finally find yourself back in a cagey hotel room taking off your wrinkly polyester blend pants.

 

30 minutes max

 

Alarm 45 minutes prior to hotel departure.

5 min to snooze
5 min to watch CNN/Weather
10 min to shower
5 to shave/brush teeth
5 to dress
5 to pack
head downstairs 10 minutes prior to van for coffee/food.

 

Were you woke-up by a woman yelling "oh yes" at 2:00AM from the room next to yours? If so, make sure your down early enough to see what room's the rest of your crew had.

 

lol i enjoyed that