the way home

i have to just gush for a minute. okay. ready?

*breath*

i got upgraded to business class!!! i guess they overbooked coach, and business class didn't sell out. it must be my lucky day. i'll have to find a way to pay back this karma soon. i bet it'll get to jess somehow.

god, the difference is outstanding. there's actual LEG ROOM, my chair basically folds out into a BED, i get bose noise-cancelling headphones, the food tasted really, really good, and i can have all the wine, beer, cognac, whatever, all for free. free! i have a personal TV that folds out of the armrest. i'm actually COMFORTABLE on a flight. it's incredible.

the only sour point is that matt, my co-worker/friend who is traveling back with me, didn't get upgraded. so he's smushed back in coach. i want to take him something to drink, but we've been asked to stay in our cabins... maybe i'll sneak him some scotch in a little while.

it'll be so nice to be home. it'll be crazy busy, though, because i have to start packing, and then i leave for DC on thursday, and get back tuesday, and then i'm moving at the end of that week. no more east village for little sai--off to the world of central park north, large apartments, comfortable commutes, and being near friends. thinking about it makes me pretty happy. life seems to be coming together nicely.

i realized, between spring break and being away, how few close friends i have in new york, and how much i really really love them. it was busy before i left, so i didn't feel it so much, but after a week of acting like a total adult in another country i just want to hang out with my people and be silly. i haven't been silly in a while i think.

now to document the rest of the trip...