Hey there!
As you can see I am finally home! YAY! I'm soooo happy to be here. Enjoying it so much I haven't taken time to write in my blog, but I thought it's a bit unfair of me to just leave you all hanging not knowing what's going on with me.
So Edinburgh was really great. I absolutely loved being there and I hope to go back one day. I enjoyed just having time to myself to go into the city and explore, also loved the fact that I could wake up at anytime and not feel bad.
On my last night there Anna and Robin took me out for Mexican food because I told them it was one of the things I missed most from home. It was actually really good for being from the UK, I may have said before that Mexican food in the UK isn't the same.
I was just a little nervous about my flight home just because the weather was really crazy in Edinburgh while I was there. It would be snowing, and I kept reading about Heathrow having problems. I knew I would get home, I was just expecting their to be delays in my flights.
And so there was.
I arrived at the Edinburgh airport at about 8:30AM (my flight to Heathrow was scheduled at 10:35AM) There was a massive cue (line up) for people to drop their bags. I waited for about 40 minutes until I reached the counter, it was pretty crazy. Then read the screen to see that my flight was delayed by 20 minutes. Ok, no big deal, I can handle that. I have a 2 hour lay over in London until my flight to Vancouver. So I go through security, get to my gate and the flight is delayed by another hour. You know what? it's gonna be alright. They won't leave without me, they can't.
So I arrive at Heathrow, head to my gate quickly, then run into security #2. Of course, because I'm actually flying to the US (Seattle- it was cheaper than going to Vancouver) so I have to go through the new security measures, let's just say, not that fun, but it was fine. I have nothing to hide. 15 minutes to spare, wrote a few emails to update my family and then into the plane. Everything looks good.
Then the pilot announces an hour later that out plane needs de-icing and it shouldn't take too long. An hour later... the airport has ran out of the de-icing fluid so they need to go and get more so we have to wait for it. An hour later... fluid has arrived we just need to apply it and then get on the runway. An hour later... Ok I am fine with the way things have been done we are heading to the runway, there is one plane in front of us. That took another 30 mins or so, then we took off. I watched a movie during that time, it was nice of them to turn on the entertainment for us.
I was a little bit nervous since I had no way of letting my family know my plane had been delayed by so much time. They were coming to the Sea Tac airport to pick me up. But I knew deep down I didn't need to worry and it would all work out.
The flight went well once we were in the air, I had the middle seat free so me and the guy on the other side put our legs up to sleep, although it's still extremely uncomfortable to sleep on a plane, I probably only slept one hour total.
Once I arrived I had to wait about 40 minutes to get through customs and I really needed to use the toilet, that wasn't so cool. Then I went to get my baggage only to figure out that it wasn't there. Interestingly enough I had thought about this possibly happening, and packed my carry on with a few clothes and shoes just in case. Good thinking on my part :) Anyway, it was still kind of a bummer, but why let it upset me?
Onward to hopefully find my family. They weren't at the baggage claim where I thought they might have been. I didn't have any coins to call them on a pay phone (my mistake.) Sea-Tac airport is really big so I warned my family that I'd get a bit nervous if I couldn't find them. I had to go to another Terminal so I took the train there hoping they would be there. Up the escalator and saw my mom and brother Mark at the top. What a relief! I was so happy to see them. I REALLY didn't care about my lost luggage at that point (and still don't-it's still lost) I am so so so happy to be home. I'm speechless really. It feels great to be here.
I am planning on going to school in August but I don't know yet if it will happen or not. For now, I am going to work, save up money, and enjoy my family and friends here in Vancouver.
Thank you all for reading, it means a lot to me, especially because I spent a lot of time typing this up. Hope it did you well :)
Bye for now!
