06:00. Feeling quite good as I actually managed to sleep most of the night. Alarm snoozed but I am going to get up now. OK OK……I’m UP!
10:00. At the airport nice and early. Lucky enough to be chauffeured by my daughter and her partner whilst sitting with my best friend in the back. A very nice relaxing trip and less of the jitters. 11:00. Have now said my Cheerios to my girlfriend who is going back to Queensland and just waiting to get rid of my very well packed (using the Marie Kondo method 😉) suitcase.
At this point I usually go to PJ O’Brien’s for lunch and a bevy (at Tullamarine) but they’ve gone and shut down so have to settle for a muffin and coffee!!
Had a lovely meal last night with my lovely family. Best tasting tacos 🌮 in the universe!! Always tearful when I say goodbye as it’s my ‘trigger word’ but I know they’ll be ok and look after each other.
Now, with travel documents strapped to my body and the hope that I haven’t left anything major at home I am heading over to offload the 22.8kgs.
Wow. Supposed to be simple that check in but I made a mockery of that!! Well not really but my bag ah wouldn’t scan until the lady put it ‘just so’ then it disappeared into the wild blue yonder. Then I check through into the scanners and firstly am stopped because I look shifty. 😂. Then as I’m going through the metal detector thinking they might stop me because of the bolts in my neck – no it was because I set off all kinds of alarms because I’m wearing a jumper that has gold metallic threads all through it. Whoops 😬
Now as I sit opposite the boarding gate I’m eating tapas with my scotch and finding it quite appropriate as I’m flying to Barcelona. Cheers to me. 🍻. With salsa music in the background. Mmm
Last time at the international part of this airport I was coming through in a wheelchair. Quite the way to go with all that preferential treatment HOWEVER the trade off is most definitely NOT worth it! I’ll settle for great health and everything working well.
Weirdly I’ve just purchased my meal and drink on my credit card but on trying to get another drink…. my card is declined saying it’s “expired”. What the! So I phone the bank and he tells me it’s not activated. Which was done at the bank two days ago…. and he activated it and voila I have another drink. 🥤. Omg. 😤
I’m watching all the passengers go through. Might have to skull this in a minute. Hehe. Any excuse.
13:56. I’m off into gate four. Hic!!
Chat soon…….
Lady Boomer 