News from the Aisle Seat

First flight: Virgin from LAX to Dulles.
Excellent crew. The flight attendants were awesome, and if you're a fb friend you've heard part of my pilot story.
For some reason he was standing in the aisle in the back of the plane helping people put their bags in the overhead compartments and just shooting the sh*t.

The flight attendants got a kick out of it. Then we had a convo about stuff and his kids and my trip and then it was time for him to fly the plane.

He did a stand-up intro to everyone and it was a good time (even if there were a few bumps along the way despite his promise to me that it would be a smooth ride.)

Cut to Ashley and I standing in line to board our next plane at Dulles. In a different terminal from the one we arrived. We look over and up walks Mr. Handsome carrying my water bottle. He's all "I could tell it was new and I knew where to find you." I was all...I love Virgin Airlines!!

Next up: South African Airways, the lady at the gate gave us both hassle about our bags not being carry-ons, even tho they were and we had the previous flight. She made us check them and we decided if we're gonna have to roll with things we might as well start now.

And here comes the best thing I learned from our marathon time in the air. Always order a special meal. We ordered vegetarian. We always got our meal about 10 minutes before everyone else. Which meant we got to the bathroom before everyone else. Win. Win.

That's all for now. I'm going to go get settled in my room. They split Ashley and I up and my roommate doesn't get here for a couple of hours, so I'm gonna hang some clothes up and take a shower.

The real fun begins tomorrow!