Like a kid at xmas!!

I have had such an amazing time over the last week!! Firstly Rod took me to Bab al Shams last Friday for the night. When we were getting ready for dinner he asked me to marry him!! Woo hoo!! He has bought me the most fabi ring, I love it!

We had a great time at the hotel, we went for a couples spa treatment then to the Arabic buffet restaurant with belly dancers, singers and a horse show on the sand dunes then the next day sat by the pool.

On Tuesday which was my 30th birthday all my batch mates came out to captains bar for a few drinks then Rod and me stayed at the Rotana beach hotel (hes not allowed to stay in staff accom). Were going to move in together early next year.

On Friday my mates in Dubai and my batch mates went for brunch at the grand grill and had a fabi day!! The food was amazing the DJ was great and the vino was flowing!! As you can imagine with all this celebrating Rod and myself are a bit tired haha. I have promised him I will not mention my bday again till next year tehe.

Training is going well we are on our last week!! We got our rostas but there will be a few changes because we are only trained in EYs new IS service we cant fly on routes with old service and on our rostas they have put us on old service so Im waiting on the changes. It looks like my first flight is Athens next Sunday, its a turn around so it will be a long day but I cant wait! Its only a supy flight so I wont be operating crew until I have done a supy turnaround and layover. At the mo my layover is an old service so dont know where it will change to. Ive got a Sydney and Heathrow late dec im hoping they wont change because Ive never been to OZ and in LHR I can go to asda haha.

Right back to the studying!!! Weve got a run through of the meal service tomorrow, wish me luck.

Finished safety training

I really am in shock about how quick the last few weeks have been. We have finished our safety training and have moved on to security then on Sunday we start first aid. For all the safety exams the whole batch got over 90% which is fabi! My lowest mark was 97% so I'm mega chuft with myself tehe. I will be having a few beverages at the weekend to congratulate myself!! I should be studying now for security tomorrow but I thought Id write a quick entry first.

We had an aircraft visit yesterday on the a320 and I came out with an injured thumb!! We were all opening the stretcher hatch but it was really stiff so on my turn we were wiggling the latch and the hatch when the hatch opened on top of my thumb and went straight through my nail. Now I'm not a baby when it comes to these things but it was bloody sore so there was a few sweary words! I think I might loose my nail which I'm not overly happy about, funnily enough! Fingers crossed it didn't break the all the way across and it keeps growing. It would look a bit silly when Ive got red nail polish on the rest and no nail on my thumb tehe.

Rod came down for dinner last night as my flat mate is away we had the house to ourselves so I made tiger prawns with garlic & wine sauce. I had a few glasses of wine to celebrate passing the last safety exam so I was a wee bitty tired today (early night tonight). Were both getting really excited about next weeks trip to Bab al Shams (my 30th prezie), I keep reading the website it looks amazing. Only 2wks till my bday I get far too excited just like a child haha.

Week 3 of Training

Well for a start I really cant believe I am in my third week of training!!! But I am!! The safety training has been great fun, weve been firefighting, jumping n sliding, ditching (emergency landing in water) which was bloody freezing but v funny oh and today we had our first exam, not so fun! We all passed scoring over 90% (pass mark is 80%) I only got 1 question wrong so I am v v pleased with myself, next one I want 100% keep your fingers crossed. The exam today was general safety and we have the airbus 330-200 exam on Wednesday, we also have a practical on Wednesday so it will be a busy day. Tomorrow night we are meeting up to run through the drills and commands for the practical exam. Tomorrow we are going on an aircraft visit Im really looking forward to having a nosey round the plane. I hope its a 330-200 as we have the exam the next day.

I went back to Dubai at the weekend and met up with some friends for a wee drinky then on Friday went to Karama where they sell genuine fake hand bags (well everything) tehe. Got myself a lovely wee D&G which Ill use on my bday brunch in a few weeks. I have no idea where the time go's in this country, in a week I will have been in the UAE for one year (apart from 2mths in the summer when I was in the UK). I cant believe its my bday again!! This time its the big 30! Im excited about it because Rod is spoiling me with a trip to Bab al Shams, Ive wanted to go there for ages so im really excited.

Keep your fingers crossed for me on Wednesday, I will let you know how it go's.