Thought I'd end with us getting safely home. We had a great time in Sydney walking around the Harbor, seeing the opera house, the Harbor Bridge and raising a pint in the Three Monkeys Bar! Enjoyed on last morning of hot pot, coffee and milk in the mini-fridge. That is such a nice touch in any hotel room. I love when they hand you your little jug of milk.
The Sydney airport was hectic and I struck up a conversation with a few other Delta employees who had been traveling in Australia and waiting for seat assignments. We all got Business Class which was nice. However, and I'm not complaining here, just stating a fact, all the non-revs are placed in the very back of Business Class with the wall separating you from the bulkhead of coach. And guess what goes on the bulkhead wall in coach. The slide in baby cribs. There were three babies, all under a year old, making the same 13 hour flight. And one of them, was a screamer. And not a scream for a few minutes and sleep baby. It was a six hour screamer. The only way you could keep from gnashing your teeth was to put in earplugs, then head phones over and then watch a movie on loud. You could feel a calm settle over the entire plane when that kid finally fell asleep.
The plane took of at 10 am Thursday from Syndey and landed at 6 am Thursday in LA. Not quite sure how that happens but I would have rather had the extra day in New Zealand. The airport security and lines and personnel at the LA airport were a nightmare. Do they not know that every day, at the same time, these planes arrive? Customs was long, password check was long, baggage check was long, the xray machine in our line broke, it went on and on. Plus you're tired, not sure if you're hungry, thirsty, tired, frustrated, crabby or a combination of all. BUT, again, not complaining, we were back on home soil and had made the plane which is always nice. Until you travel with NO ticket, you can't understand the relief of having the airport desk call you name and hand you seats. You are pretty much at their mercy.
I watched four movies, can't even tell you which ones, and then slept for about three hours. You aren't really tired at that point, but you sort of are??? I managed to be awake for the first meal, missed the middle one, and didn't feel like eating the last. Three hours later, while cooling my heals in LA, I was sorry I passed up the eggs. BUT, we were back in the US and everything seemed so CHEAP!!! A Vanity Fair magazine in NZ cost $15.50. At the LA airport, only $3.75. It seemed like a bargain!
We stopped at the local grocery store on the way home for some basics. Again, we felt like royaly. A head of lettuce for just $1.49!! WOW! Get five!! And guess what I found at our local store, a Clearance Section!!! For some reason, I have never even looked in there before. Maybe I will now.
We got home, looked at mail, had a bowl of cereal and took naps. Larry had more ambition than I did and went for a bike ride. I did four loads of laundry, caught up on mail, paid bills and we managed to stay up till 10 PM. I slept OK and feel actually pretty good this morning. So I'm going to try to get back into my routine, we'll print some of our pictures and try once more to get some either on this blog on e-mail.
Hope you enjoyed the blog. It was fun remembering the day this way. Maybe next I'll blog about our upstairs bathroom remodel. I'm sure that won't be near as pleasant. I'll let you know when we set out again. Thanks for reading. Terry
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