Well, we are sitting here in a little bar in the LA airport waiting for our flight to Sydney. It was a very tearful morning saying goodbye to people on the phone and especially saying goodbye to Joe's parents in the airport. We got to the gate only to find that the first leg of our trip was delayed!! It ended up being delayed for so long that we would be unable to make our connecting flight in Detroit; and, the desk agent informed us that the next two flights to LA were booked full!! AGH!!! So, we continued checking with her (she was so nice) and she finally told us that there were two first class seats available on the 5:15 flight to LA. She booked us into them and the rest of our travels went without much of a hitch at all. The first class seats were wonderful and it was nice to have at least one leg of the trip that was super comfy.
The desk agent at Quantas was so nice - didn't charge us for our one overweight bag and also booked us into exit row seats so that we will have extra room. We have neck pillows, eye masks, ear plugs, books, movies, ipods, laptops.... oh, and sleeping pills. So, hopefully the 15 hours will go by pretty quickly!
This whole trip has been an experience in absolute, complete exhaustion. I can't remember a time when I have ever been this tired. I haven't been sleeping well for the past week or so anyway and last night I only got a few hours. So, we have been up since early this morning - it's 1:30 in the morning EST now and we are going to try to stay awake the first 7 hours of the flight so that we can sleep the last 8 and be somewhat on Sydney time when we land at 7 in the morning. We'll see how that all pans out. It's feeling a little more real now - there are Australian accents around us everywhere at this gate and I am starting to wrap my brain around the fact that we are not coming back.
I had a little cry in bed last night and then saying goodbye today - I'm only sad about saying goodbye to people I love, I am not regretting the move. At least for now.....
The desk agent at Quantas was so nice - didn't charge us for our one overweight bag and also booked us into exit row seats so that we will have extra room. We have neck pillows, eye masks, ear plugs, books, movies, ipods, laptops.... oh, and sleeping pills. So, hopefully the 15 hours will go by pretty quickly!
This whole trip has been an experience in absolute, complete exhaustion. I can't remember a time when I have ever been this tired. I haven't been sleeping well for the past week or so anyway and last night I only got a few hours. So, we have been up since early this morning - it's 1:30 in the morning EST now and we are going to try to stay awake the first 7 hours of the flight so that we can sleep the last 8 and be somewhat on Sydney time when we land at 7 in the morning. We'll see how that all pans out. It's feeling a little more real now - there are Australian accents around us everywhere at this gate and I am starting to wrap my brain around the fact that we are not coming back.
I had a little cry in bed last night and then saying goodbye today - I'm only sad about saying goodbye to people I love, I am not regretting the move. At least for now.....
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Have a fabulous flight and WELCOME TO AUSTRALIA - confusingly whilst you have been in the air we've got a new Prime Minister - but hey that's the way they do things here!
Joe and I have been watching the news the past couple days - loving the commentary on the politics!!