Somewhere over the Pacific Ocean heading to Narita
I have never flown as a standby or buddy pass passenger and neither has Shon. Therefore, I am unfamiliar with the procedures.
We weren't able to check in using the kiosk since we are buddy pass passengers. So we had to wait in line for about half hour to check in. For some reason the kiosks weren't working well for other passengers so what could have been a simple line turned out to be a line for Disneyworld's "It's a Small World".
After we were successfully checked in which took about only 10 minutes, we headed to security. At this point it was already 1130AM. Our flight was scheduled to leave at 1250PM.
Let me tell you. The line in security mid day, mid week, was hellacious. It was ridiculous. There should have been a line for us with little ones. We had to take out every single ziplock bag and called it good. However, as soon as the TSA person yelled out "BAG CHECK 9!!!!!" I sheepishly looked at other passengers and silently blamed it on the turon we got from Seafood City earlier. Turns out, EVERYTHING must be placed on the conveyor. We might as well have emptied out the entire carry on.
At about 1210pm, Security was finally done with us and our many carry ons including a stroller. We had to haul ass to the S gates which involved an escalator, a tram, and two more escalators.
We got to our gate as soon as the last bit of passengers were boarding. All who were left were the standby passengers. I knew the flight wasn't full so I knew our chances of getting on were very good. The Delta agents at the gate assigned as bulkhead seats which was great.
Our takeoff was about 20 mins delayed but it seems like the pilot is making good time once airborne.
Speaking of airborne, I have been under a concoction of Zicam and Airborne and Halls Defense and Emergen-C. I came down with a slight cold last night and I'm trying so earnestly to fight it off.
Now, as for Kaleo. I am very pleased to say that he has been cooperative and manageable. He fell asleep before takeoff so that didn't faze him. I woke him up as the altitude was rising so I could give him a bottle to help the ear popping.
Shon has been taking care of Kaleo during the flight which gives me time to catch up on rest.
When lunch was served, that was kind of a challenge. One of us had to eat while the other carried Kaleo lest he knock everything off the flimsy airplane tray tables.
One thing I do recommend on a flight, is to wear a mask that covers your one and mouth regardless if you have a cold or not. There are a lot of coughing and sneezing passengers on board you can just imagine their germs floating in the stagnant, recycled air. If Kaleo could keep his hands off his mask, it would have been perfect. Shon and I don our masks as do some of the other passengers.
It's about 8pm PST and we will be landing in Narita in about 3 hours. Since I know that I won't be able to use FB and Twitter as much as I could and want, these blog entries will have to do for now.
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Location:Delta Airlines 0295 to Narita, somewhere over the pacific ocean
Glad everything is great!
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