Plane Ride

10:00 PM US Time

 

Greetings everyone!!  We are currently in the air.  By the time you read this we will be in London.  We got to the airport about 4ish today and checked in.  They didn’t have to bump us again (yeah!!!).  It’s a pretty full flight.  It looks like every seat in First Class is occupied.  They have a ireless Access Point at the airport and I checked my email before I left.  I was in the process of typing an email when I get a phone call from David.  He told me that he was sitting at the TGI Fridays at TIA with my parents!  What a surprise!!!  Tammy, Chris, Kendall, and I were already airside with all of our stuff and it would take forever for all four of us to go back through security with everything.  The guys were sweethearts and stayed with all of our stuff so Tammy and I could go over.  Before Tammy and I left we got hugs again from the moms.  By the time we got back to airside there was 5 minutes before they were going to board us and so the guys couldn’t go over but David was able to say good-bye to them on the phone.

 

It has been great getting to see the experience of flying through somebody who has never flown before.  My first airplane trip was so long ago and I can’t remember it.  Also, the First Class experience is great.  This may sound crazy but I can’t see playing the extra money for it. 

 

According to the website our model airplane was supposed to have both the airplane adapter plug for laptops and the regular power source to plug our chargers directly in.  This plane only has the airplane adapter ports.  It is 68 pounds for the adapter…give or take $140 US dollars.  Both Kendall and I said no thank you.  I don’t have much juice left on mine and Kendall’s battery died.  So I may wind up having to finish this later.  We were thinking if it wasn’t too expensive that we would split the cost.

 

Here is our selection of food from the dinner menu.

 

Starters

 

Grilled king prawns (shrimp) with papaya drizzled with rocket dressing.

 

Or

 

Glazed Goat cheese and heirloom tomatoes dressed with balsamic olive oil.

 

Fresh seasonal salad served with vinaigrette

 

Main

 

Grilled fillet steak with asparagus, baton carrots and rosti potatoes

Or

Chicken korma with wilted spinach, pine nuts, basmati rice and Indian bread

Or

Portobello mushroom tortellini with a creamy mushroom sauce topped with grated Parmesan cheese

Or

Poached salmon salad with new potatoes and fresh salad leaves

 

Dessert

 

New York cheese cake (came with some blueberries and raspberries)

Or

Aged Cheddar and Brie cheese.

 

They also have a well-stocked larder that we are allowed to raid that has a variety if crisps and dips, choice of sweet biscuits/cookies, assortment of chocolate bars, and a selection of whole fruits.  They have also given us a travel kit that contains toothpaste, toothbrush, stuff for our lips, lotion, the eye masks and sock among other things.  They also came in a neat little carrier too.

 

I’ll write more later.  It’s pretty late and I need to get some sleep.  The end of this flight will come sooner than I know.  We’ll be shuffled right into a day of training (which I am looking forward to.)

 

Before I go I would like to thank everyone that went to the airport yesterday and today.  It meant A LOT to us!!  Also, thank you for the sweet cards and goodies that people sent!!!  A few individuals as well as a couple of small groups sent cards of encouragement for us and they were very much appreciated!!

 

I pray that all is going well for everyone at home and I can’t wait to be able to update everyone on what’s going on during the trip!!

 

Now I’m off to get some shut eye!

 

I love you all!!

 

-Jenn