Traveling...

I am currently at London Heathrow Airport... I arrived here at 7 AM London time which is around 1 AM Wisconsin time (I think?). I've been on three flights now and my longest one still lies ahead. I smell bad, I haven't slept, and I really really want to shower. I made the mistake of not packing a change of clothes... and won't arrive in Nairobi until 9 PM. I have a long day ahead of me! I just won't plan on making too many friends... ha.

I am also a bit stressed about my arrival in Nairobi. Hopefully everything goes smoothly and I am freaking out for nothing!

The flight from D.C. to London was a superb joy. Lol. But even tho I had a middle seat it was in an exit row so that was exciting. The guy to my left never said a word, just watched shows on his iPad and shamelessly picked his nose the ENTIRE FLIGHT with the gusto of a 3 year old who just discovered his fingers fit perfectly in his nostrils. Bah. I mean, flights are dry. My nose was filled with itchy dry blood, I get it, but this was more than that. THIS WAS A CRAZY MAN.

The guy to my right asked me if a was afraid of flying, "you don't dig flying do you?" I'm not sure where he got the idea that I was stressing out about the flight. Maybe because I wasn't quite as relaxed as he was (he did have at least 5 vodka tonics).

There was a very young girl across the aisle from us and she threw a crying fit midway through the flight which in all honesty wasn't all that terrible. I had my iPod on and could only hear her in between songs. It was more when she began to vomit all over the floor that it became somewhat of an unpleasant experience. Her parents quickly grabbed the puke bags but not quite soon enough. It smelled. Terrible. I thought there was going to be a chain reaction of vomit frenzy across the plane, but alas people restrained. I was only mildly disappointed.

Then the fine moment when we all realized (being seated near the bathroom) that whoever was currently in there had been in there for quite some time. After about 30 minutes a crew member knocked and out stumbled a chick about my age (give or take) wearing sunglasses insisting she was fine. Yeah...

Well I've got another hour or so to kill before my flight to Nairobi starts boarding and I disappoint all the people who are forced to sit next to me. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Here's to hoping for smooth sailing from here on out... and also a high five to cheery helpful British people.

- Morgan