One Flight Down

I couldn't find free wifi in LAX, but here's the post I wrote anyway:

Well, “’The time has come,’ the Walrus said.”  So, having my new camera purchased (thanks Dad!), my hair cut, and my bags packed (early this morning, of course), Mom, Dad, Elizabeth, and I left this morning to meet Sarah for Lunch in Edwardsville before heading to good ole Lambert Int’l.  What could have been a better last lunch than LaFonda?!  This first flight, to Los Angeles, left at 5:00pm (CDT) and I, remembering the wisdom of “don’t sleep on the first flight; save it for the next,” promptly fell asleep before the plane was at 32,000 feet.

I didn’t sleep well or long, however, so after a while just sitting there, bored, I finally cracked the volume Thailand: A Short History, which proved surprisingly readable and sufficiently stimulating for my historio-philic intellect.  Arriving at LAX at 7:00pm local time (9:00 CDT), I was hungry.  So, considering the variety of ethnic food choices available, I decided on McDonald’s, taking the last opportunity and deciding not to push my palate before necessity asked it of me.  Up next:  a 14 hour midnight flight to Hong Kong!