Saturday, July 23, 2005
July 23
July 23 – My parents took me and Sam to the airport (JFK). We had gone to a late lunch at Yura and then I finished packing. I was almost totally packed but it was still stressful fitting the last pieces into the three suitcases. At the airport, I could not find my itinerary so I had to wait in line at the virgin customer service to get my ticket printed. Of course the people in front of me were paying cash for like 10 tickets so it took forever. I got my ticket then waited in line to check in. When I was a few people away from the counter the system went down so it only added more stress and waiting to the day. Finally, I checked in but had to go back to the other line to pay an excess baggage fee. Then I was able to pick up my boarding pass and sent my luggage through the check-in.
We went to the security gate and it was tough saying goodbye to mom, dad, and especially Sam.
When I was up to the metal detector, they took my ticket and passport and told me to wait. It must have been because I had a one-way ticket. Then they let like 50 flight crew people through. It took a while. Eventually I got to the gate and waited a while then boarded the plane. Fortunately, there was no one in the seat next to me so I had both the window and the aisle.
I was not able to sleep on the plane but did watch Million Dollar Baby on the entertainment system. I might have slept for an hour or two on the whole flight.
I took out my contacts and looked into my bag for my glasses. I opened my glasses case but no glasses. I later found out that I had brought 3 cases and 2 sets of glasses. I was a little panicky there.
