Homeward Bound

Sitting in the waiting area to board for the long flight home....I was VERY aware that I was sitting amongst Aussies mostly..even though I was relieved....I was also embarrassed......You see the people that I met in Seattle were of a gentler nature ...not just in the Gospel but everywhere I went......I think Naomi and Luke will notice it even more....... Tony mentioned the same thing as that happened to him as well..... boy there were some rough and loud Aussies boarding on this flight......had a little silent prayer that I wouldn't be sitting near them...and I wasn't.......now don't get me wrong of course not all Aussies are a bit rough on the edges..just take my friends for instance.....it's a hard thing to explain...if you went where I went in Seattle you would know what I mean...we didn't find the same gentleness in Utah even.
Anyway I did as a friend told me to sit at the back which I did and in the middle section and I was blessed with an empty seat next to me..... which made the whole trip so much better......I know I slept a little as twice I became aware of my mouth being open !!!!!!! goodness knows if I snored....no one looked at me funny......but they were only snatches of sleep so my watch told me.
Nearly 11 hours sure can go slow.
I went through all the checkouts just fine got checked for explosives.... everyone did...inside bags as well
as guns had been recently smuggled into Sydney...the guns looked like a mobile....for all my fears that I had..I actually felt fine...Heavenly Father helped me I know....also being sooo tired, I had an couldn't care less attitude...if you know what I mean.
Caught the transfer bus...and I started to feel some funny rumblings in my tummy...I thought better get to the loo as soon as I get off which I did and my gosh ......... oh no not this again.....
There is a story to tell what happened next....but I will let it be untold...luckily I found a Chemist and was able to buy some Gastro Stop......which did the trick....
I thought that I would spend the next three hours walking I felt that I had been sitting long enough....
The journey home of 5 hours was the longest part of the whole trip I cannot ever remember feeling so exhausted and still feeling dizzy...I was at the stage of crying I was so tired...
Thank goodness Tony was in the Airport on arrival I literally fell into his arms....
I have Slept and slept and have only just started to unpack.
I figure that in a day or so I will feel back to normal
Would I do it all over again...only if any of my family asked me to.
Not even for a Holiday.

My way home

I kept a journal for my journey home......because I would never remember all the little details....... Which some might be so wonderful to read....I wonder sometimes whether to put things in ...but then it's my blog and my experience.
I never really got to say a proper goodbye to Manly as he fell asleep in the car so the planned parking and getting to say farewell within the Airport never happened...as I told them to just drop me off and go....but Naomi got out and took me in ....... And Luke drove around the Airport with the intention of picking her up on his way around.....I was glad as I would have had difficulty getting my boarding pass because it was all self help type of thing.....
It was a very teary goodbye ...... I felt like I could not let Naomi go..... My eyes were bulging and my head was pounding by the time I was at the strip yourself down to just your outer layer of clothes no belt no shoes no watch no jewellry...etc.... You stand in this machine which scans you from top to bottom...aghhh I hate this part...the man that checked my passport ...looked at me and gave me a little smile as he could see I was upset and it was kind and that somehow helped me deal with what I was feeling.
I had hardly eaten at all that day...my stomach was too churned up.
I sat in a corner waiting for my plane ..... No talkies to anyone just wanted to deal with all the emotions...plus my head was pounding so hard and I had no Migraine pills left or pill strong enough to take this awful headache away. My head was full of mucous as well. I wish I had some sunglasses..... Ahh you can see the picture
Finally it was time to board.....I had to sternly talk to myself to stop thinking about my darling family
.....I thought of a few friends of mine and wondered how they coped with saying goodbye to loved ones. I wondered if they were a blubbering mess like me!!!!!!
I chose an aisle seat as it is so much easier to go to the loo...as I was getting to my seat an Air hostess asked me if I would swap with a Lady with a baby.....whose husband I was about to sit next to....of course I would the air hostess said that they would pay for anything I wanted on the plane....I said absolutely not....I would gladly swap seats but for no rewards.
So now I was sitting by the window and two young girls next to me.
Sure enough I was given a T.V monitor for free I ordered a meal and she would not accept any payment for it nor drinks or anything.....
I don't generally get sick on the plane but this trip was to be different....I had to fight not to vomit and I could only look straight ahead I couldn't even look out the window without feeling dizzy.....oh my gosh what is the matter I thought.... After a few hours it hit me I was suffering from vertigo...after all that crying and all that mucous ....my ears were affected... Even to this day it being....have to think for a moment Friday...Thursday in USA I'm still swaying.
So even though I had a T.V. Monitor and a meal none were touched not even my ipad...just couldn't move my eyes.
Finally arriving at Honolulu.....Tony said just follow the crowd which I did, found some people that I recognised being on my flight and stood at the carousel where the bags would come out..it seemed like everyone but this old Lady and myself had gotten there bags and ours hadn't come out and we ended up being the only two left...we looked at each other and said what has happened to our bags...A worker passed by and she said our bags haven't come out yet, is this the Alaskan Airline from Seattle? "No Mame, you are standing at depot A your flight has it's drop of on D".... Now when I say old Lady...it was really two old Ladies standing there !!!!!!!
So off we went and it seemed so far away by the time we got there, there were only two bags left and a few workers standing by. An announcment was made "Any bags not claimed are taken and destroyed"....we quickly picked up our bags looked at each other and smiled.....dumb Dora's we were.
I rang for the Shuttle and off I was to my hotel and she to hers.
It was now 2 am for me but 11 pm in Honolulu time...I thought oh I hope that I will be able to get a good sleep ...needed to wake at 5am set my alarm sorted some stuff out in my bags and tried to sleep took half a sleeping pill......my alarm went off Seattle time 3 am so one hour sleep. Oh no and from then I couldn't switch off.
Nic has just come so I will leave it at that. For now.