Yesterday, I took 1100 OPR (On Premise Reserve, remember?), so I could sleep in a little and possibly pick up a good trip or coast through and wait for future. Around 35 new hires were going to be called first for future (as the next day was their very FIRST day – YAY!), so I would be near the bottom of the list leaving me with either hardly any choices or nothing. I try to avoid riding daily, as daily scheduling will call me when it’s my turn for any trip that comes up for that day sometimes with barely over 90 minutes notice. My classmate Sherry took OPR, too, so if a trip comes open with at least 2 positions, we’d get to fly together! Well, that happened, and we took a great 3-day to PVD (Providence, RI) with a 35-hour layover!
This morning in PVD, I was on Facebook and read a post by my other classmate, Courtney, who announced she’s in PVD and wanted to know who else was there! I texted her, and we met downstairs for breakfast. Sherry texted me during breakfast, and of course I told her about Courtney, so we all met downstairs to catch a bus into downtown to look around.
We were dropped off near a beautiful and picturesque park – complete with a fountain and part of a boat sticking out of the ground! We continued to Waterman and found ourselves at the campus of Brown University where they were holding their Baccalaureate service! Coincidentally, today is the one year anniversary of our graduation from US Airways!
We stopped at a local coffee shop for some – uh… coffee and chatted about love and marriage. During our conversation, a sweet little old lady from the next table over was clearly listening in and chimed in! She told us that she would have been married 71 years (I believe I heard correctly) if her husband hadn’t passed 15 years ago. She emphatically told us to stick together (to our spouses) no matter what as they went through many hardships together. Afterwards, her granddaughter informed us that her grandmother was a holocaust survivor…. We all felt to humbled and wanted to cry. We also wanted to take a picture with her, but felt it would be tacky – although we really, really wanted to. You just never know who people are around you.
Courtney & Sherry at Brown University campus
Sherry and I took the bus back to our hotel area, while Courtney continued to explore downtown. We saw the new X-Men movie “Days of Future Past” which was great! We also did a little shoe shopping at Nordstrom Rack. My roommate had a nice pair of Clark’s that looked comfortable and stylish, so I decided to look for them. Would you believe that they only had one pair of the Clark’s and they were my size? I think it was meant to be… 🙂
First Baptist Church in America – it really was as there was a historical sign, too!
I’m very glad I took this trip, as we have one more day tomorrow. When I get back, I’ll post the Texas Caviar recipe since I did receive permission to share. Have a very blessed Memorial weekend!
Brown University Baccalaureate service
Crew Chew 