Summer is finally upon us! With this change in season, comes changes to flying. The routes are different, the crowds are different, and, though it goes without saying, the weather is different. The summer is a special time of year for flight attendants, in both good and bad ways. And today I’m counting down the best and worst things about summer travel, according to flight attendants.

I’m not talking about travel or flight attendant life today. In thinking about what I wanted to write this week everything fell short. After the leaked draft of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, dismantling 50 years of precedent and putting control of women’s bodies in the hands of their government, I couldn’t possibly tell you the 10 most extra things I bring on a work trip or how to pack a lighter suitcase. I have a lot of feelings about what’s happening, and writing is the best tool I have to process them. So we’re gonna do that.

Today’s post is going to be short and sweet. And with the cold/allergies I’m suffering from, short and sweet is about all I can handle. Today’s post is not even really a post, so much as it is an announcement. Big changes are coming to the blog

In case you’ve been living under a rock somewhere and hadn’t heard, on Monday, April 18 the federal mask mandate requiring passengers to wear face coverings in airports and airplanes was removed. Members of the flying public and airline staff will now have the option travel without a mask.

Last week I told you all about volunteering at the ultramarathon in Raleigh—how much fun it was, how I got wrapped up in the strong sense of community, and how it left me itching to set a new big running goal for myself. There was something else that came up at the race that I didn’t talk about in last week’s post that I think is worth addressing. Imposter Syndrome.