Uncle Luke Says Happy Birthday...Typical Aquarius



A young lady, full of excitement, boarding a plane eagerly sits down and fastens her belt. She prepares her iPad, phone in airplane mode, and adjusts her personal belongings accordingly.  She takes a good look at her audience and counts the crowd…hmmmm approximately 42 people arranging themselves.  Not a full house, but just enough for 7 am flight. 

The flight attendants go around advising the passengers to turn off devices, put up trays, and place personal belongings under the seat.  The young lady makes certain she doesn’t disobey any of the orders, and does as told.  She attentively listens to the steps in the case of an emergency; only because she knows she has something more to be excited about than a safe landing. 

She waits for the intercom call allowing everyone to turn their devices on, and for the kind attendants to take and complete everyone’s beverage orders.   The young lady locates the bathrooms and waits for the opportune time to catch one of the attendants near it.  Smiling ear to ear, but yet nervous, she kindly gains the attention of the flight attendant, Andy.  In her best whisper voice, “Excuse me Sir, hi, how are you?” 

Andy turns with a smile, and not realizing the lady is whispering speaks in the normal level, “Yes,

Ma’am, how can I help you?”  She begins to speak, “Ummm…today is a special day, okay maybe not exactly today, but it’s prettyyyyyyy clossssssse.  See, last Saturday was my birthday.”  Andy intercedes with a nod in agreement.  The young lady continues, “See, yeah it’s a pretty big deal.  So even though today isn’t the day exactly, I still want you guys to sing me happy birthday.”





“Excuse me Ma’am, did I hear you correctly?” Andy replies.  “You’re requesting a song?”  “Yes, exactly.  I was on here last time and the flight attendants sung happy birthday to a woman on my last plane ride.  Should I’ve called in advance to have it done??”  Andy, smiling and chuckling in disbelief, “Yes Ma’am, we do sing for our customers.  Usually someone requests a song, but this is fine too.” “Oh, goodie!” the lady responds.  “I’m so excited! This will be great.  I have to go to the restroom right now, so just give me a minute, and I will totally prepare myself for it.”  Andy, chuckling, again gave a nod, “Sure, we’ll make something happen 

So this year my birthday was pretty awesome!!! As usual, I hung out with great people, my mother came to town, and most of all I took a winter trip in the winter to Philadelphia to see another Carter Family, Jay-Z.  I know it was probably pretty tiring for people to hear “But, it’s myyyyyyyyy birthday…” over and over again.  But shoot it was.  Therefore I enjoyed every moment of it from January 24^th to January 31^st…who doesn’t celebrate their birthday for an entire week?  The most impressive part, was my favorite moment, on Southwest Airlines.  They made turning 23 backwards the ultimate highlight! While everyone is interested in bags fly free, I am feeling the karaoke on a plane.