My Plane Trip

Day 1

So my meditation plans have been interupted. It seems like that happens a lot. The seven hours alone in the airport are now no longer alone. It ends up Teju is coming with me to Chicago. So I've been chilling with him all day. Some fun things that happened at DIA:

We listened to kids sing for an hour. Brings back old memories.

I got a Hindu religious text, it happened to me just like it happened to my Dad. So awkward.

In Chicago they have this really cool futureistic pathway. So I danced on that. People are really stressed out here because its Christmas time. I told 2 guys to stop yelling at Customer Assistance.

I met a guy from London on my plane trip. He suggested that I go see Ministry of Sound which would be so awsome. So awsome.

England's Air Port looks like a shopping mall.

And the best part . . I met this girl from Rwanda who is a sophmore at St. Monica, California. And she too is waiting six hours for her flight. So I'm going to be chilling out with her for the rest of the day (4 more hours of waiting). I think I already like foriegn people a lot. So we'll see what happens :)

As for philosiphy, finished my Tao Te Ching, it was EXTREMELY confusing. And now I am going to by Davinci Code in paper back. Buh ya. I've decided to freeze all my hopes and fears for the future. As it appears, the best thing I can possibly do is just enjoy the moment. For as Tyler told me, well can't you just figure that stuff out in a month. So now I'm just going to be me. For surely the things I value most can't be put into specific instances. Now that I am alone, I've got to say, I really appreciated Julie Marie and Teju going on the flight part way with me. It was so much more fun. And I've also decided that I have spent a lot of time understanding the poor this semester, and I think it will take more work for me to understand the rich. Standing in line at Chicago I saw family get denied tickets and have to split up. And then comes a lady cuts in front of 20 people, yells at the Customer Service "I did not drive 5 hours to sit in economy class, I demand you upgrade me" This really solitifies my view that problems are relative.

Other than that, Ashley, one of the girls going with us, got contacts of about 10 families in Kenya from her African dance teacher. So we get to homestead! Which is so wonderful. I can't wait to meet more people from Africa. Hopefully they are as cool as Natasha (the girl from Africa). Speaking of which I should go, as she is probably waiting for me.


The coolest part of the day:

Dancing around to space music with laser lights on a walkway in Chicago Airport. I swear, when I get old and am in business suits, I'm still going to do it. So much fun. So much fun.

Let me know what you think!!!

Elliott Hedman