My friend Tina drove me to NY today. We got to catch up and chat and spend time together. She is family to me and absolutely one of my dearest friends. She is an inspiration to me. She is cut and dry and really funny. She doesn't take shit from people. And she's really organized which is great for me when we travel together because I tend to be the scatterbrain. Thank God for Tina!!
And at the end of our four hour ride, she pulled up to the departure lane, helped unload the van and kicked me to the curb. She had other people to go visit. I just love that about her. Keeping everything right sized.
The porter wasn't happy with me. TWELVE bags. And then the virgin Atlantic computer would only process eleven bags... Ugh!! Don't worry. I didn't have to ditch anything. But the porter had to load, unload, reload all these smiley face boxes. He didn't smile much. Even when I dished out the cash, no teeth. Oh well.
I got through the lax security bit and sat to get my last bit of american food for a while.... If you call chinese panda american food. And as I sat and ate, I started to get scared. Uh oh.. Now what? I was dropped off by myself going to someplace really far away where I didn't know a soul. Yikes! What about if my cell baTtery dies or I lose my phone? What about if I get lost in london? What about if no one meets me in nairobi? What about if all the stuff for the kids gets lost? What if? What if? What if? And then out of the blue a woman sat at the table with me. There was an open table right next to us and I was a little surprised. I had been making a conscious effort to not talk to strangers and here one just plopped down in front of me. I just couldn't resist.
"Are you travelling someplace fun today?" I asked
She didn't understand what I said.
I spoke a little louder. "Are you going someplace fun today?"
"What?" She asked with a British accent
"Fun. Someplace fun F-U-N".
"Oh - yes. Kenya."
Of course. Let the journey begin.
Gotta run. Boarding is starting. Leaving on a jet plane...don't know when I'll be back again.
Rock ok
