I’m coming to you “live†from flight 242 out of Detroit, MI en route to Amsterdam, Netherlands. It’s been an uneventful flight, except for the sore bum and back. There isn’t much leg room in this row, and there is a HUGE gap near the window where I’m sitting, so I have to prop my tote bag on the arm rest and use that as a pillow holder-upper. Wheeee!! Isn’t this fun so far?
We boarded our flight less than an hour after we left our home cities. Dad, Leslie, and I all walked to our gate at almost the same exact time! I heard my Dad whistle my Angie whistle and I knew he was close by. I can’t really explain it other than to say, he whistles the syllables of my name. He does it with my Sister too, since we were little girls. I love that sound, it means my Daddy is here!!
This is a pretty big plane. We are in the first section behind the hoity-toity passengers, or as I like to call it, first class. Dad and I are on the right side of the plane in two seats, and Leslie is in the middle on the end in the same row as us. For such a large plane, the seat feels smaller to me than the small commuter plane I flew out of Dallas.
The bathrooms/lavatory on the plane is actually bigger than I expected it to be. Or maybe I’m smaller than I thought I was. In my mind, I was a large woman trying to fit into a small space just to pee. I don’t know if this happens to you, but I’ve had to go at least 5 times since I left Dallas. I didn’t think my bladder could hold that much!
OK, enough with the TMI.
We had a snack and beverage first, then about an hour later, we were served dinner. Our choice was chicken or pasta. It came with a pre-dinner appetizer of a cheese snack and two crackers, followed by a small green salad with 2 cucumber slices and a radish slice. A roll with butter, and stuffed pastas with marinara sauce was the main course. For dessert we had a blondie bar, it was soo good, and only 3 pts! I don’t know how many points the rest of the meal was, but it couldn’t have been more than 11 total. That’s my guess anyway.
After dinner we rested for a bit. I tried to watch the movie “When in Rome†and I couldn’t keep my eyes open. So I snoozed for a while until we hit some turbulence and I was wide awake for the next 20 minutes or so. Exciting stuff here people!!
We’re about 1.5 hours to our destination, and they’re supposed to be starting the breakfast service soon. I’m getting a little hungry. All this sitting makes your bum hurt and your tummy hungry.
Speaking of tummies. Both flights have been encouraging to my weight loss efforts because 20 lbs. really does make a difference in how you not only feel about your body, but how well your body feels out in the world. New clothes are an obvious bonus, but I haven’t flown much in the last 10 year. I can tell you this backside has been squished and pinched all to accommodate the person sitting next to me, so I am not busting in on their personal space with my behind hangover. I’m typing this with the tray table down and that has never happened before. Now I can’t wait to go ride a go cart without getting stuck. That happened once, I couldn’t lift myself out of the go-cart because I had no upper body strength and a big butt. Wow, enough about that too. I didn’t realize I was so into talking about my butt. LOL
Here comes the breakfast cart! That means we’re almost there!! Yippee!!
More adventures from the Harms Family Globetrotters coming soon!
Molto Amore,
Angie the World Traveler