The hop across the pond

(written on the plane)

3:10 AM Paris time

I just used the bathroom on the plane and I think the man in front of me was trying to flush himself down the toilet to escape the in flight movie (Bucket List, ironically). Today has been good so far. An 18 wheeler's tire blew out as I passed it on the way to Reba's and I thought I'd been shot. When I got to Reba's, we blew a few bubbles on the dock of the pond. Some of them bounced so her mom took pictures. Then today we rode to ATL, checked in within 5 mins, found Mary, then got some lunch and drinks before moseying to security. We got through that without a hitch, hopped on the train, and begin walking to our gate. At this point, we're pretty proud of ourselves for taking our time and getting to our concourse a good 25 mins before takeoff. Then we hear: "Emily Doucette, Mary Wright, and Rebecca Smith report to their gate immediately. This is your final call. Your plane is ready for departure and your tickets are about to be cancelled." Quite a detailed message, I thought. So we take off running the 100 yards to the counter. I get there first as Rebecca's backpack is the size of her and Mary's 80lb bag has no wheels. We made it on the plane just fine and it left early! Cray Cray planes.

So we've been on the plane for about a year now. The first movie was Fool's Gold and for dinner I chose chicken surprise. Herman (the tiny stuffed elephant Rebecca brought) enjoyed dinner as we made him a swimming pool. Melissa flew from Minnesota and she said she was confused by the ticket Japanese ticket lady who checked her in to go to Paris. Our lady was German, so who knows where all our stuff will end up. Oh and Reba's bag weighed exqactly 50lbs...mine did too after I took out my boat shoes. So basically we are packing ninjas. Well it looks like ADD is kickin in now so I'm gonna nap before we get to Paris at 1:15 AM our time and 8:15 AM Paris time.

5 mins later...

Rebecca has hidden my blanket and pillow so I'm going to wiggle around continuously until she reveals them. She and Mary are asleep and enjoying their pillows and blankets in a mocking fashion. Damn. There is also a curtain that seperates us from 1st class and it is totally crooked and bothering me.

3:47 AM

Rebecca woke up and I asked her about the pillow/blanket and she denied it. We then searched our area and decided that either Herman took it or the people behind us did. Either way, I'm SOL. Also, there is an ash tray outside the bathroom. The same bathroom has all kinds of no smoking signs on it. Confusing. We're zipping over the Atlantic now, or as Mary put it, we're hurtling across the ocean in a tin can.

4:25 AM

Just watched an episode of Everbody Hates Chris and then they started playing music. What was the first song? "I'm not gonna write you a love song..." Mary and I played our pianos. Oh and we took Airborn earlier (the children's version that tastes better). It was like eating a packet of Crystal Lite for bottled water with a pre-taste of burp.

7:20 AM

Was woken by the flight attendant getting the breakfast cart caught on mu bookbag strap. We had to pick up the cart to free it. Then my shoe fell off while trying to get the bag out of the way. Amazing. Approaching Paris!!! Mary gave me some fruit nuggets.

8:09 AM

Mary: I don't like bananas unless they're in bread.

Rebecca: You mean like married to their cousin?