I decided that since I'm heading back to London that I should continue with my blog. First edition of a brilliant adventure take two is brought to you from my lovely British airways flight. Packed up many of my belongings into my new Heys suitcases and headed off to Pearson to catch my 9pm flight. There was a bit of traffic but nothing my mom couldn't handle. Got through security super quick as there was no line and easily found my gate. Of course, this was after I hit up the duty free shop and picked up some Canadian alcohol which I couldn't pass up as I would miss it in England. I also bought an over priced sandwich and juice as I was starving. To kill time I played on my phone, sent texts, and exchanged some money. They finally called us to board around 840 and that's when the nerves set in. Once on the plane I easily found my seat and to my delight the man sitting beside me was already half asleep with his shoes off (no, they didn't smell) and his eye mask on. Bonus! I had looked up the seat online so I already knew I had extra legroom but it was really cool to see how much. I can fully stretch out which is lovely. As I'm writing this we have only been in the air for about half an hour. I'm in world traveller plus class which is in between first class and economy. Seats are comfier, there's more legroom, and they have a leg rest that comes out. Pretty neat. As I'm sitting here reading my free paper an attendant comes over to hand me a fancy dinner menu. What service! There's a salad to start, choice of Alberta beef or pasta main, and cheesecake dessert. Despite the mushrooms I'm going with the pasta. Details to follow on how it tastes. A few minutes later another attendant comes by and offers me a hot towel. I had a complete "Wedding Singer" moment because I had no idea what the heck to do with it. Haha. Then I remembered the part in the movie and I patted my face a bit. I'm still silently giggling about it. Don't want to wake up my neighbour! Now I will read the paper and wait for what I hope will be a decent airplane meal. At least this time I'm not dying so I can actually eat my meal.
The meal was actually quite delicious. It came with proper cutlery and a cloth napkin. I had some red wine too and watched a movie from my pull out tv. The rest of the flight was uneventful. I couldn't sleep so I watched "Horrible Bosses" and some random rom-com with JT and Mila Kunis. It was terrible. I did attempt to sleep a bit and probably managed to get 20 or 30mins. The time seemed to pass quickly though so it wasn't too bad.
The best part of the journey was when we arrived at the airport. We got there about 15 mins earlier than expected which was a bonus. Since I was in the middle section I got off the plane right after Business class so it was fairly quick. I hurried my way to customs where there was a relatively short line in front of me. From previous experience I know not to get too excited about that because once there were only 5 people in front of me and it still took 45mins to get through customs. Not this time! I was out of there in 9 mins! That was the fastest time I've ever been through when entering the UK. I was quite impressed. I made my way to the baggage collection section. The bags weren't there yet (as expected) but I only had to wait 10 mins before they started showing up. It was just my lucky day because mine were part of the first batch. I quickly grabbed them and got out of there. In total I spent less than 30 mins from getting off the plane to exiting the airport. =)
I was absolutely exhausted by the time I got into London and crashed out for a few hours. That night I went out for a friend's birthday and then tried to correct my sleeping to get over jetlag. I spent Sunday and Monday getting things organized and doing grocery shopping and whatnot. It was very low key as I wanted to get back onto London time in preparation for work on Tuesday.
The work week went amazingly well! I worked 3 days, 3 schools and all Year 5. All of the classes were wonderful. The kids were so well behaved and helpful throughout the day. I didn't have to raise my voice or send anyone out. I couldn't believe how well it went considering I was a little apprehensive about teaching in London again because of the many bad kids I had encountered last time. I hope the rest of my time continues to be like this week. Fingers crossed for more work and good work.
