It's 9:02pm on Wednesday May 02 here in Australia...

At least, that's what I think I am...I hope I am...

It should be 7:02pm on Tuesday night back home...

My brain is mush and the sunlight pouring into the airport terminal where I am waiting for a (domestic) connecting flight has caused me to wear sunglasses indoors. And I don't wear sunglasses indoors.

I don't know if I'm supposed to be eating breakfast or dinner, all I know is that I'm having trouble understand how I managed eat to the so called "food" served in the plane.

21+ hours of flight time with about another 1+ hour to go...WHY HAVEN'T THEY INVENTED A SUPER FAST JET TO GO FROM TORONTO TO HERE YET!? HOW CAN PEOPLE POSSIBLY TAKE THIS MUCH AIRPLANE TIME!?!?!?!??!

This 'ish is bananas people...B-A-N-A-ANAY-S

To illustrate the inaneness that is the state of my mind the following happened while waiting in San Francisco to take our direct (15 hour) flight to here:

Me: "Wow...look at all those tiny lights down there. They look so small and pretty! But why don't we see any cars or houses..!?"
Brother (still in a respectable state of mind): "Umm...those are the lights on the jetway - we haven't even taken off yet..."
Me: "Oh..."

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Me: OH THANK GOD! There's only one more hour on this flight!! YAAAAAAAAA-
Passing by Flight Attendant who smiles too much and looks like a Ken doll in his mid 30s: No, actually there about 2.5 hours more to go...
Me: AAAAAAAAAAYYY - Wait what?! Oh Holy God no...


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Mom: Why don't you go to sleep for a bit?
Me: Kind hard with M's (my sister) foot in my rib and the bright movie screen glaring in my face.


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So far in the airport I've seen a Krispy Kreme, McDonald's, Hertz and Budget car rental, heard on the airport shuttle talk radio about Muslim terrorists, children being abducted by their father, health system problems, high homicide rates.

Feels like I never left home...


Hope you're all having a lovely day.

I'm not complaing - the weather is beautiful and I saw a real live palm tree...and I'm thrilled to finally be here in the country, though still not at my final destination, but I'm just insanely tired and need to decompress. I can't take my shoes off one more time and walk through airport security only be told to stand there until they scan me over. Nor can I be told again that my father's name has caused there to be a security alert on "the system" (happened only in Toronto). And with the number of bags, adults and an 8-year old to keep together, I had no time to take pictures of any airports or anything yet. But will soon...just can't remember where the heck I put the stupid camera....