Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Written on the plane! [Last day]

7:00 P.M.
Annoyingly, I’m sitting on a Southwest airplane and have been waiting for the past 2 hours to take off for Indiana. There was a really bad storm that hit just as we pulled out of the gate. As for the trip over here for the past three weeks, it was has been amazing. TJ told me that he would make this summer the best summer I have ever had and he did make it just that. I went to TJ’s Prom, Graduation, Band Banquet and Senior Week while here on this visit. We also visited his new home campus [Towson University] for a day. It’s hard to leave Maryland but eventually I have to. I’m leaving now but will be back next Thursday for about 6 to 7 more days because of Baltimore Gay Pride. This summer has definitely been enjoyable and very relaxing. Get this, my plane was supposed to lift off at 4:25 and as I am writing this at 7:00. We have been stopped in the same spot while on the plane for quite awhile and I’m getting quite tired. It’s all ok though. Hakuna Matata. One cool thing that happened that I’ve never experienced though is that one of the flight attendants got on the intercom and asked all of us if we want to play a game and of course, all of us agreed to because if not, we’d die on this plane. We started to play the scavenger hunt game. She called out an item and whoever could hit the call button faster won some weird prize. Well, for the most part, I didn’t have any of the items that she was calling up and I didn’t end up winning anything. If I just so happened to have a: Beer bottle opener on my key chair, hair brush, toothbrush, picture of my dog with me holding the dog, fingernail clippers, and even a 2 dollar bill. The things were sort of random to be asking from a passengers stand point but that also weeded everyone out. It was funny to watch people though. Oh and she also called up a penny from 1950. I didn’t even know anyone still had those. I don’t remember seeing a penny from before 1980. And now I’m starving. I kind of wish they served steaks on here. That’d be heaven! Luckily, I’ve had TJ to keep me occupied by texting me and just keeping me relaxed. But other than the delay, today was also very fun. TJ took me to the inner harbor, we got lunch and walked around everywhere. As we were walking around everywhere, we found some absolutely beautiful villas along the harbor. I mean, these villas are practically brand new looking and gorgeous.


9:00 P.M.
Well hello again. Two hours later my adventure continues. After sitting on the tarmac for over 2 ½ hours, our pilot decided that it was going to be a great decision to pull into the terminal and let everyone get off at the gate and grab some food and use the restroom. We pull in and everyone gets off but it almost seems as though the instant that I got off the plane, I was asked to get back on it. I went to get some food because I was getting quite hungry, so I venture over to Panda Express where I meet a lot of other people who’s plane has been delayed or who has been waiting on the tarmac just as long or longer than I have. One older lady waiting to have Asian food (which was shocking to me) had been sitting in her seat on the plane waiting to take off for 4 full hours. That was kind of astounding to me and a little ridiculous. I get $8 worth of food, meat, veggies, rices and a drink to go along with it and the instant that I sit down to eat it they are calling us back on board. I tried my hardest to snarf that meal down but it didn’t get into my tummy quick enough. They told us all who was trying to eat to get on the plane so that we could leave. That was very upsetting. But oh well. Again, Hakuna Matata! Well, I’m now actually up in the air enjoying everything. I’m glad that we lifted off when we did though because the sunset is b-e-a-utiful tonight. What a day. Well, I apologize to my mother and step father who have been waiting at the Indianapolis Airport for me since 5:30 but there honestly wasn’t anything I could do about this one mum! I’m sorry for this blog being really long but what else would I have been able to do this whole time to keep myself entertained? I’m gonna go ahead and wrap this up. I hope you enjoyed hearing about my lovely night and hope your summer is going well!

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