Traveling and painting in 2024 part IV

 

            No Nada. The house is torn up. First it was the downstairs and now it is the main bath. Everything get stored in my room. I have spent more time with Delta than any customer. I made the next level in two weeks.

            Delta out to AZ. My flight was booked last minute on Solar Monday. Ticket prices for the right side of the plane, insanity. My 1st class ticket was 600 less than a right side back of the bus window seat.

            Holiday Inn has 2k for 2 nights. Plus I get double points and 3k a night. Marroit has jack all for bonus. At the bar again painting. This was a good painting trip for me. I got all those infantry bases done and dudes mounted to them.

                Terrible trip for work. 3800 in travel costs to show up to a robot damaged in transit. The robot's arm looked like it was crushed in the jaws of life. I sat around for a day doing nothing but painting. 

                 Then a midnight rush back to the East Coast. Another robot, same style down. The Engineer fixed it while I was flying. The other tool they cannot bring back to life. So I get 24 hours to sleep and get to work the weekend.

                Another Staybridge. Same deal for points. And back again.

Panic in AZ. 

            Same place, hotel, deal with a new robot. I got a crap room. No bar! A desk with no light.

                    TSA popped my bag. First time in a long time they want to look at my toys. As soon as I saw the ticket, PANIC. What if they didn't put the foam in correctly? What if a dude stuck to the bottom and goes AWAL? Sweet baby Jesus the Salamanders with me are 30K Aussie. I cannot replace them. All I got is what I got. 

                I torn into the case throwing cloths every where. Someone was nice to me! All good. 

    

                I was done within the day. The motion test ran over night. So I leave to fly out. Fastest trip home had me sit in the airport for hours. I never thought about the AZ daily temperature. It was 100 plus that day. PANIC, again. My minis are in a black bag, baking somewhere! The whole flight I cannot stop think about them melting.

                Land in ATL, my bag is still in AZ. If they didn't melt while I sat, they are mush now. I am going to have a heart attack. If they melted??????

                I get redirected to Dallas. Hit BWI turn around and fly out in 3 hours. No bag! This is another fly in, so sorry tools dead, fly out. I grab the Staybridge by 19:00 by DFW. In the hopes my bag will catch me. I am smoked and my feet have been in boots for 2 days with the same socks. My minis could be lost for days trying to catch me. Bloodly melted! 

                Tool saved with some Harry Potter Afghan magic. I leave the customer site and the bag is waiting for me. I opened it in the hotel lobby. Sooooo lucky! No one is AWAL. No one melted!

        Nice island with good lighting. I am smoked. No dinner, no painting, straight to bed. Up at 3am to fly home.

            Now, going forward with minis that are not available or replaceable, they will travel in my carry on. Paints will still ride under.

            Home for a day and back out. Denver is next. Then maybe a week off and back to AZ.