5 August 2008

Just woke up at Gatwick. There were several people sleeping in the area we were. The Asian girl is still here. The British man and the wife he watched over while she slept, are gone.

Jake is still sleeping.

I didn’t sleep well, but that was probably the longest time I’ve attempted to sleep in a while. I think we laid down around 8:pm last night and I sat up at 8:am, just now. Hopefully, we’ll both feel a little better today.

I would like to brush my teeth and have some coffee. I don’t know if I should wake Jacob.

I would love a shower.

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It’s now a little after 3:pm. We had coffee earlier. I ate a sausage thing I found in a food store in the airport. It was only £1.

It is very boring, wasting days at the airport. Jake bought two papers and we each read one, then switched. There is little else to do.

This morning, I confirmed our reservations and the check-in area. We are scheduled to leave at 8:45am tomorrow. We have a short flight to Dublin, possibly a two hour connection, then on to Dulles. We should arrive in Washington around 3:pm. I’m not sure about the time though. I think the time they quote are local time.

We still have 16 hours before we leave. God help us.

[beyond-the-journal notes]

I stopped writing that night. The next day we got up and had coffee, then checked-in for our flight.

The flight out was great and not just because I was headed home. The plane was really nice. We each had a screen on the back of the seat in front of us. They had movies and tv shows we could watch. I watched Sponge Bob, Fraiser, What Happens in Vegas and some Jack Black movie. It really helped make the length of the flight seem less.

I have more stray side-notes in my journal. I’m going to post them after this.

I liked Salisbury. I liked Cologne. Frankfurt was okay. Europe smells badly.