Airborne

January something, 2011. 30th? The elusive 31st? I do not know anymore..

I have lost all perception of time and reality. It's as if I've been sitting here my whole life. My family's faces and the faces of those dearest to me are slowly slipping from my grasp as I sit here and attempt to maintain what little sanity I have left, but I fear that I can not and will not win the battle with this impenetrable fog. 

There's a very large man who occupies the seat in front of me with a seat too small and nowhere to go but back. 

There is absolutely no position that can possibly be considered comfortable enough to sleep in, but some of these poor wretches have managed to catch a few winks anyways. As for myself, my rear end gets the worst of it no matter where I try to maneuver. Apparently at one point Christine and I had nowhere to go but to towards each other, and we ended up falling asleep, literally, on each others' faces. 

Ah but alas, I just remembered the half a bottle of complimentary wine waiting in the seat pocket in front of me. Heaven does care. 

*Ahem*

Our dinner was actually quite nice to be honest. Some sort of chicken with rice and peas and beans, with a dinner roll and a delicious caramel dessert. Ah! And I just re-discovered our "refresh" packet with snackies and water in it. I think they gave it to us what felt like immediately after our meal while I was trying to sleep so I was thinking, "Really? No thanks, how about a queen-sized mattress"

My hair is so greasy. To everyone who expects me to snag an Australian man while I'm here, don't count on me being able to attract anything in the state I'm in. It's not pretty, let me tell you. 

Landing in Auckland, NZ was pretty anticlimactic because we're at an airport with not a whole lot of incredible scenery. It's a little different on the inside, but all in all just the same old, same old. 

The plan here was to drink a little wine, have a little fun, and then enjoy the sleep aid as it wore off. Instead, it made me dizzy and I spent most of the rest of the flight inhaling deeply with my head on the seat in front of me. 

Laptops, microwaves, walkie-talkies and furbies - not allowed.