It's a Long Trip Alone

So, the good news is, I made it here alive! The bad news is, my body thinks it's 6:30am, and I haven't slept yet, but London seems to think it's 1:30 in the afternoon...yay jet lag...not. Anyway, my dad took me to the airport yesterday morning and helped me check in. We had a little difficulty with the slot labeled "Passport scanner..." not scanning. It wasn't until an employee pointed to the actual passport scanner (after a few minutes of frustration) that we read the last half of the label "Passport scanner to the right". I don't know what the random slot below the label is for, but it definitely doesn't scan passports. Believe me, we tried everything! The best part was when we claimed it said "passport scanner", and the employee replied, "It does! We need to fix that!" Apparently we Americans are just lazy and only read the specific words we're looking for. Once I got to Chicago I managed to find my way to my next terminal by ignoring Jake's confusing map and major oversimplification of the O'Hare airport and following the signs. By the way, they have this crazy weird underground walk way with blinking neon lights and music, and it made me feel like I was in a Disney movie or something. But I made on my plane for 8 hour flight...one of the longest 8 hours of my life. I sat next to this guy...he was nice, but I could he didn't want to talk at all. I don't know if I've ever gone that long without really talking since I learned how to talk. The best moment of the plane ride was when I was reading Chapter Two and one of the characters says, "Airplane food isn't dinner, it's survival" and I looked up and saw the flight attendants coming with my dinner, or my survival, rather. I thought it was funny, but maybe you would have had to have been there.... Well, I made it through customs, but I couldn't find the other group member I was supposed to meet, so I made my way through London alone...yay for trains and taxis! Oh, and I noticed from the airplane that all the fields in London are far from square and come in many different shapes...just thought it was interesting that it was so different from Utah.