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heading out again
May. 27th, 2014 09:42 amToo soon I get on another plane. Back to the Philippines. My "I don't wanna" feeling is huge and unwieldy, weighing me down like a weight on my chest.
It will be hotter and more humid. The hours will be longer. Longer!!! And even more stressful and draining than teaching would be.
On the good side the international legs of my flights are now business class. Now that my coworkers are experience the pleasure that is 13-15 hours flights, we get business class (vs the economy hell I endured in December and February). On the bad side, the international and domestic tickets are completely separate. Totally and completely separate tickets. Which, for the 2 hour 40 minute layover on the way back will very likely be fine. However, the 1 hour 30 minute layover on the way out... I'm not at all sure it is humanly possible to change flights this fast, what with me having to check completely in (check luggage, get boarding pass, go through security) to get on the international leg. PLUS the checked luggage pickup... For a 3 week trip, I wanted to check luggage. But if I have to pick up a piece of checked luggage from my domestic leg, catch a train (outside security? Do they have those?) to another terminal, then go through a line to check luggage in again, go through security... I don't think it is humanly possible to do that in 1.5 hours, even assuming my domestic flight arrives on time!
Thus I am attempting to do the entire trip with only a carryon and a backpack. Among the things I'm giving up: Food bars and epsum salts.
I can buy at least the food bars in Manila. But my flight arrives late enough that I won't go shopping when I arrive... Or really even for the first entire week. Because I will be exhausted when I arrive at the hotel after work very late each night. And I'm working Saturday. So it will be Day SEVEN in Manila before I could realistically go shopping for foodbars and epsum salts. *head in hands* I have a really really bad feeling about this.
On the good side, I have a new set of quick dry pants in the hope that this will at least allow me have a clean pair of pants each morning (washed in the sink each night). My shirts, bras and underwear have been quick dry since December, but the pants have steadily been an increasing problem. When I sweat everything out every day and the pants take 48-72 hours to dry.... They simply don't dry quickly enough for me to have a clean pair to wear the next time I need them. We'll see how these work.
And I'm still kinda hoping that the $30 shipping I paid ExOfficio last week will get me a new shirt in time for me to sew a hook in a key spot before I leave.
It will be hotter and more humid. The hours will be longer. Longer!!! And even more stressful and draining than teaching would be.
On the good side the international legs of my flights are now business class. Now that my coworkers are experience the pleasure that is 13-15 hours flights, we get business class (vs the economy hell I endured in December and February). On the bad side, the international and domestic tickets are completely separate. Totally and completely separate tickets. Which, for the 2 hour 40 minute layover on the way back will very likely be fine. However, the 1 hour 30 minute layover on the way out... I'm not at all sure it is humanly possible to change flights this fast, what with me having to check completely in (check luggage, get boarding pass, go through security) to get on the international leg. PLUS the checked luggage pickup... For a 3 week trip, I wanted to check luggage. But if I have to pick up a piece of checked luggage from my domestic leg, catch a train (outside security? Do they have those?) to another terminal, then go through a line to check luggage in again, go through security... I don't think it is humanly possible to do that in 1.5 hours, even assuming my domestic flight arrives on time!
Thus I am attempting to do the entire trip with only a carryon and a backpack. Among the things I'm giving up: Food bars and epsum salts.
I can buy at least the food bars in Manila. But my flight arrives late enough that I won't go shopping when I arrive... Or really even for the first entire week. Because I will be exhausted when I arrive at the hotel after work very late each night. And I'm working Saturday. So it will be Day SEVEN in Manila before I could realistically go shopping for foodbars and epsum salts. *head in hands* I have a really really bad feeling about this.
On the good side, I have a new set of quick dry pants in the hope that this will at least allow me have a clean pair of pants each morning (washed in the sink each night). My shirts, bras and underwear have been quick dry since December, but the pants have steadily been an increasing problem. When I sweat everything out every day and the pants take 48-72 hours to dry.... They simply don't dry quickly enough for me to have a clean pair to wear the next time I need them. We'll see how these work.
And I'm still kinda hoping that the $30 shipping I paid ExOfficio last week will get me a new shirt in time for me to sew a hook in a key spot before I leave.
