last week, i embarked on a six day trip to seattle, the place of my birth. i visited family their (the entirety of my father's family lives within about 30 miles of seattle) and some good friends, cabe and matt. staying with my grandparents for the first part of the trip was nice and relaxing. in an amazingly nostalgic fashion, we played games, ate salmon and watched the olympics. it was a great time, especially getting to see what family could make it out the last night for a pseudo-family reunion dinner.
next, i went back to seattle and hung out with my friends. but first, we actually went on a boat with my uncle. the simple activity of watching salmon jump out of the water was actually quite fun when coupled with hummus, a drink, and friends.
next, we went to the jimi hendrix statue, and then on to the experience music project. the building was designed by frank gehry, a fact that has enticed me to see it ever since paul allen put the money towards the building.
then, i left for dallas on thursday, getting in at about 8pm. i went home, unpacked, did laundry and then repacked. we left the house at about 2pm on friday for the airport to england. all in all, i was in dallas for less than 24 hours.
the flight was the hardest flight of my life, not because it was hard leaving the life i had started behind, or because the plane was bad. it was because i got a migraine headache about half-way through. this escalated into making me physically ill. there's nothing quite like being 30,000 feet in the air and not being able to lie down anywhere. i ended up offering back to the plane the few morsels it so graciously provided me. i then sat on the bathroom floor, anticipating more offerings and apparently fell asleep. my father knocked on the door after an hour and a half nap in the tight confines of the plane restroom.
but, we did land in england. and all our luggage made it as well. so, my first trip as a full-time member and documentarian of csntm has begun at tyndale house in cambridge, england.
3 comments:
glad to hear you had a fun time in Seattle with your fam. Crazy that you were home less than 24 hours before you had to head out again.
So sorry your flight sucked so badly. Reminds me of our hellish flight over to Thailand-- vomiting and a screaming baby sandwiched between 2 inconsiderate Japanese guys. The screaming baby is pretty much the only thing that could have made your flight worse. I hate to say it but the thought of you sleeping on the floor in the bathroom of the plane makes me laugh and also feel a little sick to my stomach at the same time.
Hope things go well in England. Can't wait to hear!
i did miss that flight, didn't i? and on the return flight, i had head phones on, and couldn't hear her anyway. but yeah, the bathroom was a feat.
Andrew, did I not tell you about my horrid flight to london? I couldn't balance my brains for another 2 days, which made all the bus and metro riding slightly miserable...
Still, I'm slightly jealous of your travels...
take care...
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