Woot! Today...just for something different....we will fly to Los Angeles. I still can't wrap my mind around that. Surely I must be dreaming? I am positive we will get to the airport, and then drive home again. I can't even picture myself boarding a 747!
The Bear and I have stayed overnight at a hotel near the airport. We stayed at this motel when he had a number of flights, including an international one, a few years ago. It just wasn't worth him driving back to Toowoomba between the flights so we decided to have a night in Brisbane to make it easier for him. On that occasion, the motel was excellent! Clearly the management has changed. When the Bear checked us in, he was greeted (for want of a better word) by an arrogant, aging Asian woman who apparently felt that he was interrupting her TV viewing. The foyer looked worn, the lift had serious issues, the carpets stained and tired, and the room absolutely reeked of bleach. In fact, the bleach was so strong my eyes burned. I started itching uncontrollably and add to that I wore an armful of chocolate ice-cream as a result of an altercation with the ice-cream machine at Sizzler (which Alyx thought was the funniest thing she had ever seen/heard) and I was a mess. It was just ghastly! That being said, the bed was nice and firm so I did get a few hours sleep. I am waaaaay tired this morning however. I guess that is a good thing as I will need to try and sleep on the plane. If I don’t I will crash and burn when we get to L.A.
I would just like to take this opportunity by the way to say that I absolutely HATE typing on a laptop! This one is possessed! And no, it does not have anything to do with the typist. I apologise in advance for the multiple typos, incorrect punctuation and horrendous dummy spits that I have over the coming weeks!
Speaking of L.A. the temperature there today apparently will be 27 degrees with an overnight temperature of 14 degrees. Nice! The Bear suggested I pack my togs (keep an eye out for a news headline "Mystery surrounds beached whale in inner city Los Angeles" ) so I did!
I am still confused by the time differences. I am told that L.A is + 7 hours and minus a day, to our time here. We were thinking it was +6 - 1 day however this has been corrected. I am not sure how I will go with trying to turn my medication time table upside down - I have certain ones I have to take in the morning and certain ones that I have to take at night time. It won’t be a simple case of reversing these, especially seeing as we will not only experience the change in time zones when we get to LA...but we will travel through several time zones as we make our way across the country. I guess if I come home with a full beard and a third nipple (yes Ma...a nipple) I will know that I have stuffed things up a tad!
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