June 15th/16th – Left for Thailand today. Two days vanished in a blur of movies. The first leg of the flight is composed of a trans-oceanic voyage over the international dateline. We followed the sun from Seattle to Tokyo, but everyone on the plane pretended it was time for bed. Except me.
I packed no book, so movies were my escape. I watched three movies – The Counterfeiters, Horton Hears a Who, and 10,000 BC – the first two of which were quite enjoyable.
A two hour lay-over passed quickly thanks to a few long waits in security lines and a bowl of ramen. The second leg consisted of flying mostly south. Two more movies (Under the Same Moon and Definitely, Maybe), a terrible in-flight meal, and 15 minutes of sleep and we arrive.
It is just about midnight by the time we land. I guess it will take another hour to go through customs and get to a bed.
One o'clock AM Bangkok time on the 17th, that is 11 AM June 16th Seattle time. I woke up at 5:45 AM on June 15th to wish my dad a “Happy Father's Day.” I am dead tired, and yet I am still so excited that I wonder if I will be able to sleep.
Pleasant dreams!
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