greetings from the cheery admiral's club at IAD. I am on my way to Chicago, and then back again this afternoon - - - all a part of my quest to retain premex status on UAL for 2006. My trip to London on the 14th will cap it, and then I can stay home the rest of the year. (what rest? two weeks?)

Of course, ORD is supposed to be affected by snow this afternoon. That's what I get for gambling and betting on comfort (767), rather than taking a smaller hop somewhere else.

This status thing irks me, though not enough to quit playing the game. In fact, I'm already brooding about the fact that my aa status will slip to gold by the time i go to SXSW in March...which means I'll likely be flying aa in coach during the busiest time of year in and out of texas. Spring breakers flood the return flights, making it very, um, cozy. I can "challenge" my way back to Plat...but not until I drop to Gold at the end of Feb. Which doesn't really give me much time before my mid-march trip. Of course I can use my march trip to jump start that challenge...

Stop it. How dull. who cares about ff status, except those about to lose it, or gain it?
I'm off, full back pack on shoulder. I've got the computer (to watch the rest of arrested development season 1), a book (the new joyce carol oates), the Post, People, and the blanket I'm knitting for debbie the poodle. (don't tell, it's a secret)

By the way, Debbie is not MY dog.