Day 0 - Flight

5 - 13
Mom and I got to Omaha no problem this morning and I met Alaina there. The flight got delayed but we still made our connection in New Jersey. I was so proud of myself I actually talked to my neighbors on the second flight! I didn’t get their names or where they are from but I know a lot about their daughters and I just feel like that was a big step. I did, however, find that that time at the end of the flight where everyone wants to leave but no one can get off the plane yet is way more awkward when you’ve made friends with your neighbors because it’s just hard to decide when you say, “Have fun! Bye!”. I think they didn’t know how to handle that either because they said goodbye right as everyone started standing which meant there was this awkward we-already-said-goodbye-but-you-are-still-right-here-next-to-me-I’m-just-going-to-ignore-you time. I also ate an airline meal. I think that was a first, let me tell you, it’s nothing to be excited about.

I realized I hate flying but I love seeing the clouds. I think I just hate that I can’t sit in more than 1 position and I feel like a nuisance when I walk around. I slept on the first flight a little and then on the long one it was more sporadic. Somehow, I managed to pass out during take-off on the second. I definitely woke up like an hour and a half into the flight totally bewildered. The good thing about that, though, was that then I really didn’t get any good sleep after. Which is normally bad, but after one semi-successful cat nap I looked out the window (which was not mine, I had to look across the aisle and over two people) and it was the most beautiful sunrise ever! The clouds were all fluffy-looking and the sky looked all smooth and it was the prettiest shade of red. I was so glad I saw that. I am not looking forward to the return flight though. 

I went to the bathroom at the airport and that was an experience! The seat popped up all on its own and that was new. I thought that a man must have designed these toilets. Then I freaked out because I couldn’t figure out how to flush it so I just started pushing buttons until something worked. It reminded me of Collinson’s class where she told us about the toilets of the world. There were six of us on the same flight over the ocean so we all got a taxi van and that was good. We made it to the hotel and met Dr. Erdogmus.