Airplane blog vol. 3

What's it time for?

It's time for Julia's third annual summer midair blog!

Wooooooooooooooooooooooo!

(There is no enthusiasm...)

I am writing this on the final leg of my journey- I already arrived in Japan hours ago, but now I am flying down to Kagoshima. I already tweeted that I am here and everything.

I didn't really want to type this up during the flight over the Pacific because I didn't want to bother getting the bag down just for a blog. :S

I don't mind sacrificing a little more leg room in the domestic flights, so I have the laptop bag with me.

I am so completely tired.

During my long wait for this flight, I calculated how long it has been since I woke up in California and it came out to 30+ hours. Yikes.

(Edit- actually, the total travel time was about 24 hours... I am not sure how I came up with that 30+ number)

I DID sleep on the plane though! Without any assistance from sleeping pills- it wasn't very restful, though. Neck pain and drool (yes, drool) kept waking me up.

Oh joy.

Aren't you glad I feel pressured to write these things for your entertainment?

YOU SHOULD BE GLAD YOU JERKS!!!!!!!!!

My ears are popping. The stewardess is giving out drinks out and I think one of the options is a soup. Yaaaay! I could really use some nice, soothing soup right now.

My throat is bugging me. I am guessing my voice is rather hoarse right now, but I haven't been using it, so I don't know. I figure it's a mixture of the altitude and my fatigue. I can't really even think right now about whether that makes sense.

In fact, I was really impressed that I could spell altitude just now. The spell check is on and everything. There have been a lot simpler words that I have screwed up royally in this blog so far, so the fact I can get "altitude" right is pretty dang awesome.

I should go soon. Gotta get soup. I guess I can keep this on my lap while I drink it and tell you all about it afterward.

But she's not here yet. She's still making her way down the aisle. BRING ME SOUP!

I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING!!

Ok, ok, I am guessing she went to the back of the plane to refill on stuff. Either that or she hates me.

I really want to be home sleeping now.

Anyway, I only have this short flight, a not-so-bad wait for a bus, an hour long-ish bus ride, the short walk home, and the shower that I am still determined to take.

Yay! She was just refilling her cart. Are you relieved? I'm not- I knew it would happen all along.

Don't look at me like that- I did.

DON'T JUDGE ME!

Nonsense comes easily when one is very very tired.

The cart is coming nearer. I'll put the lappy on my lap.

Beef consomme (????????) broth brings me back to LIIIIIIIFEEE!!!!

For now, anyway.

So the cart lady on my side of the plane was totally pwnd by the other cart lady. The cart lady on my side was just a few rows ahead, but the one on the other side asked me what I wanted first. It's kind of unusual for them to take orders from the other side, but maybe I just looked really close to passing out. I have no idea how I look.

This is a blog about drinking broth. It was pretty salty. I'm going to drink some water after I finish this blog.

You know what's crazy? My mom gave me $2 to buy bottled water after I got through security, but I ended up having to use my card because the cheapest I could find was $2.70!! I can't believe how much they abuse the fact that people can't bring water in from outside.

Japanese airports have vending machines just like everywhere else in Japan- I was able to buy a bottle of water for just 110 yen ($1.10 USD) past security. Airport shops in general are much less rip offs in Japan than in the US, I've noticed.

I do really like airports though. The big ones that are confusing are fun to figure out and the small ones are fun to stroll around. It's a hassle to carry so much though.

We got some turbulence and I am extremely tired and wanting water, so I'll end this here.

I'll probably blog about the CA trip. I can't think about that now.