Landed safe and sound!!!
Well, I'm here, finally in New York and finally comfortable.... It has been a VERY long few days.
It's amazing how when one does something amazing and huge, all that stands out in retrospect are the things that went wrong. These things that are the events that you can say "and despite ALL of that, it turned out for the best". I'm very much looking forward to that point...
Here's what I have gone through in the last few days...
Well, I left on Thursday after many goodbyes, much tears and a lot of packing stress. I got to the airport and the good news (I'm going to include as much as possible) was that my two HUGE suitcases, stuffed to the MAX, were NOT overweight. No extra fee for heavy bags, YAY!!!!!!! Also, I was so brave, I didn't cry at the airport. It was very hard to leave Daniel, though, much harder to walk away than I was ready for...
The plane to Fiji, where I had my first lay-over, was pretty painless. I watched The Legend of Zorro and cried at the end when they renewed their vows and said "for better or for worse". I got into Fiji at around 7pm Sydney-time and then had 3 and a half hours to wait in their UNbelievably NOT exciting transit lounge. No good food and REALLY ANNOYING music. On the up-side, the phonecards there were REALLY cheap and I was able to talk to my Husband. I already felt weird traveling without him.
Next I had my VERY long (I had forgotten just how long an 11-hour flight feels) and quite uncomfortable flight to LA. I thought it was a good thing that I had a private TV and got to choose which of the five movies I wanted to watch and in which order. However I had seen ALL of the films within the last 2 months (damn My husband and I wanting to see all the Oscar-nominated films) and the food sucked, more than aeroplane food usually does. However, I did get a little sleep, an hour or so....
I arrived in LA, feeling surprising untired and was greeted with many "Welcome Home"s, which felt great but strange seeing as I hadn't been on US soil for over five years. I made it through baggage and customs with minimal problems, so THAT was good.
Next was the task of actually getting to New York city from LA. The first price I got was almost $700...that's AMERICAN DOLLARS. So, I went to a different airline and they had A seat on a plane heading to New York at 11p.m. that night. I booked, but it meant waiting in the departure lounge another FIVE hours. It was cheaper but still about twice what I wanted to spend, what I was EXPECTING to spend, so I left LA having FAR less money than I had expected to have. BUT, I got to New York...
So, here I am, safe and sound. And it is late. 12:49a.m. and the good news is I'M TIRED!!!!! Yay, I'll be on New York time before I start job hunting!!!!!
Wish me luck, I'll write again soon.
Love to ALL!!!!
Taliesen.
It's amazing how when one does something amazing and huge, all that stands out in retrospect are the things that went wrong. These things that are the events that you can say "and despite ALL of that, it turned out for the best". I'm very much looking forward to that point...
Here's what I have gone through in the last few days...
Well, I left on Thursday after many goodbyes, much tears and a lot of packing stress. I got to the airport and the good news (I'm going to include as much as possible) was that my two HUGE suitcases, stuffed to the MAX, were NOT overweight. No extra fee for heavy bags, YAY!!!!!!! Also, I was so brave, I didn't cry at the airport. It was very hard to leave Daniel, though, much harder to walk away than I was ready for...
The plane to Fiji, where I had my first lay-over, was pretty painless. I watched The Legend of Zorro and cried at the end when they renewed their vows and said "for better or for worse". I got into Fiji at around 7pm Sydney-time and then had 3 and a half hours to wait in their UNbelievably NOT exciting transit lounge. No good food and REALLY ANNOYING music. On the up-side, the phonecards there were REALLY cheap and I was able to talk to my Husband. I already felt weird traveling without him.
Next I had my VERY long (I had forgotten just how long an 11-hour flight feels) and quite uncomfortable flight to LA. I thought it was a good thing that I had a private TV and got to choose which of the five movies I wanted to watch and in which order. However I had seen ALL of the films within the last 2 months (damn My husband and I wanting to see all the Oscar-nominated films) and the food sucked, more than aeroplane food usually does. However, I did get a little sleep, an hour or so....
I arrived in LA, feeling surprising untired and was greeted with many "Welcome Home"s, which felt great but strange seeing as I hadn't been on US soil for over five years. I made it through baggage and customs with minimal problems, so THAT was good.
Next was the task of actually getting to New York city from LA. The first price I got was almost $700...that's AMERICAN DOLLARS. So, I went to a different airline and they had A seat on a plane heading to New York at 11p.m. that night. I booked, but it meant waiting in the departure lounge another FIVE hours. It was cheaper but still about twice what I wanted to spend, what I was EXPECTING to spend, so I left LA having FAR less money than I had expected to have. BUT, I got to New York...
So, here I am, safe and sound. And it is late. 12:49a.m. and the good news is I'M TIRED!!!!! Yay, I'll be on New York time before I start job hunting!!!!!
Wish me luck, I'll write again soon.
Love to ALL!!!!
Taliesen.
posted by Taliesen K. Farmer | 4/29/2006 11:27:00 PM
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