Departure Day

so i have been sitting in the waiting lounge for about 3 hours now cuz i had missed my 10 24 flight in the morning. baggage and customs took long, and they looked thru everything in my bag, even confiscated my manicure scissors. which does make me feel more safer that they had found it. ne way, i was put on the next plane out cuz i thought i had about 10 - 15 minutes to spare, when i got to the lounge, when in fact, my flight had already boarded. i only found out when they were calling for the next flight, scheduled for 10 35, and i asked what happened to the boston flight. lesson 1 for today, even though it says 10 24, u cannot board at 10 24.

it was kinda funny, cuz when i asked the women, she said that the flight was closed. i had never heard of that phrase before, what does close mean? had it left yet? ne how, she was very calm about it, almost waved me off, but not in a dismissing way, more like a calm down, its no big deal kind of way. so i was a bit more calm. one of the things i have picked up on, perhaps from experience is that if the other person is not too concerned about it, it probably means that it is easily fixable. and i know that i worry too much ne way. so she assured me that i would be on the next plane out and that she would get me another ticket and ensure that my baggage would be with me. the funny thing is, i kinda forgot all about my baggage. when she said that i was thinking, o yea, all my stuff. =P

ne way, im a bit hungry, but i dont want to eat too much. i have a coffee crisp in my backpack, so mebbe i'll munch on that. i already got some chicken soup. i've never been on a plane before, so im not sure if its similar to riding a roller coaster, and i dont want to throw up or anything.
so i have been keepying myself busy making a few videos and reading my new book, "something borrowed" by emily griffen. now to just double check on my flight, and break out the coffee crisp and continue my book. i love chick lits :).

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ok so its now 3 hours later, and im awaiting the 5 00 flight to boston because the 1 55 was cancelled. grrrr... see i should prob feel fustrated, agitated, mebbe even scared, but im surprisingly calm. im not usually a calm person in situations. i called home, called darrick, called my land lady to let them all know and not to worry. my parents are pretty worried, my mom said that she didnt even want to go out grocery shopping until i land safe and sound. awwww... but i insisted that she should go grocery shopping and i will call home as soon as i can. the ladies who helped me out were really nice, and i know they were trying their best to find me a flight soon. i know it wasnt their fault, and it was nice to have some sympathy.

im trying to rationalize why i dont feel scared, and so far, ive been able to come up with that ive worked at the airport and am quite familiar with all the terminals. its almost like im just slacking off from work or soemthing. or mebbe its because, i havent really left yet.

i had grabbed a tuna fish sandwich for lunch - a ridiculous $6 00 sandwich might i add. but i decided i needed something more than a muffin to last me until dinner basically. i also had a carton of milk - brain food. and somehow the cashier rang it up to total $ 4 15. the milk itself cost $1 99. so im not sure what he punched in, but im cheap and at that very moment, very dishonest. as i started to eat my sandwich, i realized how dishonest the sandwich people were! they cut the sandwich in half and display it, but they basically only spread the tuna in the middle! i had to spread it evenly through out, and realized how very little tuna was used. hmmmph!

in a way, i feel more safe, and less alone with all my belongings with me. i whip out my laptop every once in while to type, can look through pictures on my camera, and then i have my book. i also have a letter from my lil sis that has instructions, "to be read on the plane." although i doubt that she anticipated that i would still be on this side of the border almost 6 hours after they left me. i will still wait for the plane. i havent cried too much yet, although i did as i said my last goodbyes for four months. i later realized i walked thru customs and baggage checking resembling half a panda with my smudge eyeliner.
ne way, it is now 4 15, and i will make my final trip to the bathroom while still on land. so i will be way early for my flight. ciao!

Starting to Unpack to Pack

so i have been instructed by parents to unload all my stuff from the boxes in the downstairs foyer and make organize all my belongings. its kinda wierd that my worldly belongings can be packed and unpacked so quickly in just about 10 boxes. so in my room is a few piles of stuff, that i have categorized. techy stuff, clothes stuff, momentos stuff and dirty laundry stuff. its kinda sad packing with my sisters all around me, helping me, and joking around with me. makes me realize how much i'll miss them. miss the giggling and talking and just doing nothing.

carolyn stayed home from school today cuz she was sick, and i took her to the doctors this afternoon. she is much better now! im a good doctor! or nurse... caregiver. me and darrick will be heading to toronto tomorrow so i can get my stitches removed from my teeth. and do a little bit of shopping around:). havent gone shopping with my darrick in a while.

i feel its kinda wierd. u know, it doesnt seem like a countdown until the day i leave. but plans are made during dinner of when to have what. and it kinda scares me cuz it makes it seem scarier, cuz its made a big deal...

my mom was scaring me the other day. she told me to check my walls and washrooms for hidden camera's and stuff, in case my roommates are pervs and pyschos. that stuff scares me. and i know that i should be cautious, but just thinking of people like that scares me.

ne way, im falling asleep now. so i'll just finish packing later.

Home Sweet Home

finally home. so exams are finally done and i think that i will be writing in my blog again soon. boston is less than a week away, and i want to share it and remember it. im excited, but at the mement, im just really scared. im not sure what to expect and im afraid that i dont have everything ready and im afriad to be all alone in anohter country. (even if its just the states). ne way, today is the day that i go back to uw and move my stuff that has been packed away in boxes in the living room of my apartment.

so i have just spent the last day or so kinda lazy around. i got my wisdom tooth pulled the day i got back cuz i wanted to get it over with. it stil kinda hurts now and i cant eat too much. only mushy things, and not hot stuff. im so afraid of pain, as soon as i feel some pain coming back, down goes the tylenol 2!

ne ways, so i was just reading the star, and was reading about prom stuff. the article is called, "like a wedding, if you leave out the "i do" part. which is interesting cuz it wasnt taht long ago that i had my prom. 4 yrs... hmmm.... ne way, 2 of my cousins also have their proms coming up and we're goign shopping this sunday with her to help her pick out some stuff. ne way, as i was reading this article, it seemed kinda silly and at the same time scary. i dont recall going thru all this stuff when i was getting ready for prom. it seems ridiculous, if u ask me. the article was prob on more extreme cases, but it just goes to show, how extreme prom can be.

it almost seems like these girls are just makign trouble for themselves. having to have unique dresses that some of them are going to the states to look for them. and even bashing the dresses at fairweather cuz they are the cheap versions. i thought fairweather dresses are nice. shoes, hair and makeup, manicures and pedicures, some even want their bf to work out cuz they dont want a potbelly. who gets a pot belly when they're 17 ne way!? o, and apparently limos are the old thing, since its not unique enough. these people were looking for a red double decker bus. and not to mention hotel rooms too. apparently people were looking at over $1000. idunno, i just dont remember prom ever being so complicated and expensive. i think peope just try to make it complicated, kinda like wanted to live a celebrity life for a night or soemthing. why does it have to be so unique, isnt prom just supposed to be fun time to spend together before everyone separates for university or college or work. my prom was very memorable, and i believe its the fun time u spend together thats the most important, not the $600 hand made dress.