Yesterday I had a emergency conference call scheduled at 8am for the project we are going live with Monday so I couldn't make practice. I decided this was no big deal, that I could do Intro to Second Series which would be good for me anyway. Then about 3pm a big huge problem was discovered and I ended up flying out of San Diego last night for Seattle. I intended to get up here, sleep, get up, make primary series at AYS and then work all day.... but about an hour into our flight I noticed some wierd things going on. I felt the plane slow WAAAYYYY down. In an effort to maintain my sanity and not freak out, I did not even take out my ear plugs. I continued to watch the flight attendants scury about, ask for some sort of help via the intercom, turn all the lights on in the cabin... and then shortly therefore an announcement that we were making an emergency landing in Sacramento.

Now, I love birth and babies.... and if I wasn't scared of blood and didn't need to support a family, I'd consider being a midwife or a midwife's assistant... but, color me purple, a lady got on the plane TWO WEEKS past her due date with TWO SMALL CHILDREN in tow and no one else. And, yes, she went into labor on the plane... requiring an emergency landing as the baby was coming fast. Fortunately there were 3 doctors on the plane. I've never done such an immediate landing. The plane just descended and quickly... really quickly. Even the guy next to me commented on the feeling in the face as we came down so fast.

On the ground the paramedics came, took the woman and her two kids to the hospital while we waited for the plane to refuel, the computers to be reset, etc. and finally take off for the remainder of our trip to Seattle. Unfortunately, this put me landing in Seattle about 1 or so in the morning and not actually in a bed with a pillow until about 2:30 so getting up early for practice was not something that was going to happen :(

I am hoping I can find some time to do a mini-practice here before the day is over.