I left yesterday bright and early from my house with James, Mum and Kyle to make the peak hour traffic drive to the airport...everything went a whole lot smoother this year, my suit case weighted more then 10kg less then last time(that's a huge effort for me as i usually cant stop myself from packing everything + the kitchen sink!), there was no line for check in, money exchanging was easy enough (except for the rude lady with the giant hunk of silver hanging out of here nose, but we will excuse that!) then we ate a McDonald's breakfast (somewhat of a tradition now) hung around at the security gate for awhile and before i new it, it was time for me to leave!.... tears were shed this time round, and I'm extremely happy every man and their dog didn't come to see me off otherwise i would have been a blubbering mess!
so i went though security, customs and down to gate 9 to find out that my flight was being delayed 25 or so minutes, i also had only found out that day that i had anther stop over in Sydney before going to LA, so anyway everyone was on bored at just after 12pm, and they plane was pretty much empty, not did i mind though because i had 3 seats to myself.... and hour later and we were in Sydney. it was a matter of hoping off one plane, walking up a corridor, down a corridor and onto anther! and to my absolute joy when we got onto the plane that was going to take us to LA i found not only did i have an economy plus seat (thanks lady in Melbourne!) but this plane was also pretty much empty so i got another 3 seats to myself, also 3 pillows and blankets... needless to say i actually got some sleep and it was well needed as a 13 hour flight turned into something around the 16 mark when we had to make an emergency landing in Honolulu due to some boy being really sick and needing medical attention (but you should have heard the flight attendant having a dig at his mum saying she shouldn't have brought him on the plane etc.etc then saying its going to cost the airline $20,000+ for that unscheduled landing!)
We finally arrived in LA 2 hours late, meaning majority of peoples connecting flights had to re-booked at the expense of the airline, i couldn't care less about my connecting flight as i new i had well and truly missed it... instead i stood by the luggage carousel waiting for my precious Disney labeled bags to appear ( i had a small panic attack when i didn't see them come though with the first lot, the fact that Nikki's luggage was left in Adelaide last year didn't help the nerves much!) never to worry they both soon popped out and i went and retrieved my new tickets to find that my new arrival time in Orlando would be 6am THE NEXT DAY! that was the only option, it is a direct flight witch is always a bonus however it meant that i had a total of 8 hours to kill at LAX airport! (hence the title)
so since then i have re-checked my main luggage in (the nice lady let me be 3 pounds over the domestic limit, what are pounds anyway???) received the baggage security guys card consisting of his name and number (Weirdo) and wondered down to the international terminal where Ive found a nice spot to entertain myself with the Internet! (and also trying to escape the Korean guy, lovely that he is i just don't think i can possibly listen to his bad English much longer!)
So the next time i will post anything will finally be from Orlando!
Plane pictures, always a good way to past 30 seconds of the time!
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