The Word B

we are back. i was not ready to leave, but in the end had to. my wife and yet to be born child were boarding the plane and i couldn't be left behind. although it was a tearful good-bye at the airport. really it was a tearful good-bye for the past 4 days as i parted with friends and family i will not see again for some time.
i want to state it once again for the record- i had the best time. everywhere we went, everything we did, and everyone we saw, it was a great 6 week adventure.
so the plane ride? what an experience! we were hearded into economy class with the rest of the cattle. about an hour into the flight, the cabin crew started to serve dinner. both cherry and i declined, due to the fact that the food was a bit gross and we had also pigged out at a mexican restaurant only an hour before boarding the plane (i overly pigged out, as i needed to get my fix). i ordered a bourbon on the rocks and cherry ordered a tea. that was our in flight meal. it couldn't have been more than 5 minutes after receiving our drinks, while we were watching the movie, when i heard cherry squeeling and squirming in her seat. i looked over and she was covered in her tea. some lady had been digging into the overhead compartment and dropped her hardcover bible onto cherry, spilling her tea and whacking her in the abdomen and thus hitting frijole. i was upset. cherry was clearly upset. the woman who had caused the ruckus was upset but helpless to do anything other than say, "i'm sorry. i am so sorry."
finally the flight attendant came up with some towels and a bit of ice, as we were unsure how burned cherry was from the hot tea. it turned out she was not burned, but soaked through. about one minute later the flight attendant stood cherry up in the aisle, then pointed to me saying, "get your bags and follow me." i began to smile as i new where we were headed.
we followed him towards the front of the plane where we were given two business class seats! it was totally awesome. frijole fought of christianity at an early age and we got upgraded. the result was a few hours of uninterrupted sleep on the 14 1/2 hour flight between LA and sydney. after that it was pretty smooth sailing the rest of the way.
however, we have still been battling jet lag and there are about a million and a half things to do. last night we slept in our own bed for the first time in 6 weeks. let me tell you, it was awesome. i slept nearly 13 hours straight. i am still a little tired today, but i am charging through it.
(if you don't want to take my word for it then read this story to find out a different perspective on the events)