Board on the plane – check!

See Jennifer Messer 2 rows in front of me (Jennifer is also speaking at the APDT AU conference and I thought she was taking a different itinerary. I was thrilled to see her on the plane because that meant that we could travel together on the 2^nd leg of the trip. It turned out that she was flying Qantas and I was flying United**there is a story there that will come later) – Check!

Sit down – check!

Breathe – CHECK!

Wait – check!

Plane takes off – check!

Breathe – check!

Watch some movies – check!

Arrive in LA International airport – check!

Find terminal 7 and the bus that took us there – check!

Get on the new plane and hope that my luggage followed me – check!

See that there is NO computer hookup – CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!! What the heck am I going to do for 15.5 hours???!!!!! And no individual movies!!! Double Crap!! – check…sigh…

Groan when I see a couple and their 3 kids sit next to me across the aisle…check…sigh again

After 2 hours, I had had enough of this flight and wanted off the plane. At around the 4 hour mark, after trying to sleep but couldn’t because of the aforementioned 3 kids, I did say something under my breath. Mom must have heard me because they finally made an effort to shut the kids up! – check! <g>

At around 8 hours, I really wanted off the plane. I continued to try to sleep with not much success. I could have taken some xanax, but for some reason didn’t. I was cold, achy and tired.

At the 10 hour mark, I really, really wanted off the plane…

At the 13 hour mark, I really, really, really wanted off the plane…..

I did periodically take a stroll around the plane and it really did help. The food was horrific and while I did bring my own food with me, it was hard to get to. Because I was in an aisle seat, the area in front of me was very small and my carry-on bag wouldn’t fit. Because I am so short, I had to keep enlisting help to get my bag down out of the above compartment and I didn’t want to keep asking this 7 foot guy behind me for help. I came to regret that later…