The Crew Dwindles

Mary's son has picked her up Wednesday night to take her back to San Jose and the Gorrells have flown back to Utah on Thursday morning. Gene and Sheryl opted to arrive at the airport a little later this morning as did Peggy after the late night. Deanna is there with her suitcase trying to catch a flight to Dallas. She would head out to a gate and then 30 minutes later return until the next flight. Then she would repeat the whole scenario. There really are a lot of us for the work that needs to be done. We pick up 13 new foundation members including Sailesh's family and three people that he talked with at the gala the night before. Steve's sister, Mary Claire, is also a new member, as is Zane's nephew.
We continue intermittent tours. These are a little difficult because most of the people have to have an escort to the ramp. We get six Air Canada pilots in handsome uniforms to tour and there are several American Airlines employees too. A former Lufthansa stewardess comes by but does not have time to tour. She flew on DC3's in the 50's. She still has the glamorous and stylish look. At 2PM the plane flies with 7 of our new members on board and all of the crew except Buff, Lewis and Patti. Peggy has revived the old routine of serving candy and mints. She borrowed a tray from the Admiral's Club and talked them out of a bag of hard candy also. Deanna makes the 4PM flight and now we are 8 remaining. After that we pack up and head to the hotel. All in all this has been an easy day. We eat a casual meal of mostly salads and sandwiches in the bar. This has been the easiest of our days.
Gene and I have had an orientation difficulty after so many hotels of popping out of the elevator or the hotel room and heading in the wrong direction. Here at the Hilton, this is made more difficult by the fact that there are elevators on two walls, hence sometimes you go left and sometimes you go right. One good thing about today was that the wind died for the first time since we have been here and though the day was cooler, it felt a whole lot warmer.