The Philly airport really didn't have that many options for food...well any good looking options, that is. The Chick-Fil-A was closed for Christmas, there was no Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts was sold out except for one crusty doughnut...no thank you. So we went to the Healthy Market and got a salad and a wrap and had a picnic on the floor. I was under the assumption (you know what they say about assuming...) that the airports would be like ghost towns on Christmas Day, but they were packed! We had to search for a good floor seat and a plug to charge this iPhone!!! Charging this iPhone is TOP priority...can't leave y'all hangin'...right?!!?!?!?!
On Christmas Eve my Grandaddy got a phone call from a man that he hasn't spoke to since somewhere in 1950!!! It was an old roommate. Then Christmas morning, we got a phone call from Medehen! She lived with us while we were living in Ethiopia...I haven't spoken to her in 19 years and she sounded exactly the same:). Random facts, I know, but I wanted to add them...and it's MY blog...so I can:). Nick would tell me to edit that last sentence out, but he's not reading this right now.
Thinking about Ethiopia makes me remember the good ole days of travel. We would pack those XL duffle bags and had a weight limit of 70 lbs...AND each person could bring two of those enormous bags, plus their normal carry-on and purse and/or briefcase. I also remember getting several meals/snacks/drinks per flight, good pillows, real blankets and little toiletry bags with eye masks, socks, earphones, chapstick, toothbrush, toothpaste and lotion. Boy has international travel gone downhill...take it from a pro, we are all getting ripped off! THIS trip is our most rigid yet! The airline has the size and weight of the bags down to no bigger than our old carry-ons. The pillows lost their fluff, the blankets shrunk and lost their warmth (unless I keep my knees hooked under my two front teeth that I got for Christmas...or you're 3.5 years old...then you're good!), the earphones have to be requested, the toiletry bags have totally disappeared, and the edible items---we won't even go there:(. I even got to ride in the cockpit with the pilots on a flight from Germany to Ethiopia, as a little girl...never ever never would that happen now! Anyway, If I wasn't a claustrophobic maniac and Nick wasn't a giant, travel would be wonderful! Just kidding, I DO love to travel, but I tend to lean towards meltdowns and temper tantrums...Nick (of course) always remains calm and reminds me "this is a small thing in the large picture" or "it's not about the destination, but the journey"...seriously, how can someone always be so patient, so sweet, so calm, so positive...?! That's why God put us together...when I'm a crackhead, Nick puts me in my place. This is not a joke. I'm serious. Let's move on.
This is what we looked like two flights in with the longest yet to go...almost dead.
So we got on the flight from Philly to Dublin...let me sum it up, very crowded, old plane, dirty feeling/looking (due to oldness), children crying, two VERY giddy/giggly/loud/excited girls next to us in the back of the plane. Meltdown began and I pulled out my oils to handle the situation before I did something I would later regret. The girl in the aisle next to me says "I smell Thieves! Can I have a drop?"...yup...I shared my oils on the plane with a total stranger!!!
So we are now decending into Dublin. It's 2:45am in Florence, SC and we have yet to sleep (not for a lack of trying)! We look like death...not warmed up at all...I actually have a dread lock forming on the back/underside of my hair...you'd think this was going to be a bad day. BUT, we have gum, our loved ones love us no matter how scary we look/act AND we are landing in Dublin, Ireland...it's going to be a good day (and we are going to sleep goooooooooddddddd tonight!!!)!!!!
Good morning everyone!!!!
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