...at 3:30am. Yeah, I
know that the adrenaline will kick in soon but this is EARLY!! I'm
sitting in RDU now, 2 hours ahead of my flight, because I'm generally a
rule follower. This flight will take me to LaGuardia, then LaGuardia to
Chicago. After that, it's Game On!! Shanghai, here I come.
Last night, I Facetimed with my family for a little while. Along with
the general well-wishes, my mom, being a mom and a nurse, made sure I
had all the possible medicines that I could need and that i had received
the particulate masks she sent me. I think I have 5 pounds of meds in
my bag!! I also informed her that I had been religious with consuming
Airborne each day for the last week. I bought this "No Jet Lag"
homeopathic stuff that I'll try on my flights. I'm not a huge believer
in "those" remedies, but I'll try anything to minimize the, fairly
certain, jet lag that will accompany my trip.
While I was talking with them, my three and a half year old nephew got
on and asked if I was going to come back from China. I assured him that I
would. :-) He also asked that I bring him a panda bear. I'll do my
best.
After talking with them, I decided to go ahead and "check in" for my
flight on my phone, like I typically do. This time however, the screen
said "error" and that I needed to check in in person. Well, of course,
that made me a little nervous. I went back through all of my emails to
confirm that I indeed had a flight and that it was due to leave when I
thought it was. I'm certain they took my money so I figured it probably
had something to do with the international flight. It turns out that I
was correct. The attendant told me that that was standard. In my head
I'm thinking, they could have added that bit of information to the error
message.
That's it for now. My nerves are definitely higher than normal and last
night laying in bed, I could have sworn that I could hear my heart
beating outside of my chest. I'm confident that these nerves will be
replaced with excitement, with my first, "Ni-Hao!"
--update: I'm actually at my gate now and I read the board that says,
"Flight is Overbooked- $250 voucher for later flight." What?!?! First of
all, how does this happen. Second of all, how do they decide who gets
the boot?? Uh! Fingers crossed.
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