Picture this…Middle of the night prior to my 22 hour flight I wake up with severe chills, sinus headache, and bats flowing out of the cave. (If you don’t know what that is then you haven’t been around me long enough…lucky you.) I was so panicked Matt thought that I was having a coronary but I was so upset that he said that it was just allergies to make me feel better. I could smell my perfume on me and it was making me sick so he got up to wet a face cloth so I could wash it off. I know, real attractive, the night before I leave for 3 months. I am sick as a dog and groaning about how ridiculous of a situation it all was as I was sitting there with a side pony tail rubbing perfume (which was barely there as it was) off of my neck and arms. Hubba, hubba. Thanks Mattie! The chills and body aches didn’t sound like allergies but I went with it until the morning. Long story short I was a zombie until my flight boarded in BOS at 5:00 pm and got motion sickness on the plane to LAX. I sat next to a woman on the plane who hosted an au pair with EF Au Pair 15 years ago and was hoping that her daughter could get a job working for us. Thank the Lord that she was so patient with me and my hotness.
It was time to board the 15 hour flight to Sydney which I was dreading after my last disaster on the 6 hour flight.
Highlights:
• Economy on Quantas is like 1st class anywhere else.
• I sat next to a couple from Dallas and the wife told me how her husband hurt his foot deer hunting and fell out of a tree so they were worried how he would do on the flight.
• I took 2 doses of ambien and 3 doses of Tylenol pm and lived to tell the tale.
• The little girl behind me (Thought it was a little boy for the first 12 hours…guess it was the ambien) looked out at the clouds and said that there were a bunch of fluffy fairies out of the window and that she could see her dad. We were in the middle of the pacific ocean in the sky…poor kid was taking ambien too.
• Finally watched Slumdog Millionaire.
Challenges:
• Dallas wife proceeded to eat her airplane salad she held “something” up and didn’t know what it was. Deer hunter had no clue…turns out it was mozzarella cheese. I was shaking in my seat and it was not due to the flu. Ayi, ayi, ayi!
• I got totally hosed by the cab driver. I wasn’t sure if I was supposed to tip him and of course he said yes and then didn’t have any change so I gave him a doozy.
Check out the landing:
Stay tuned for more info. from the Outback!
