Well I am Home!
After the longest journey in history I am finally sitting at my home pc!
We left Auckland on Wednesday the 8th and due to passing through the International Dateline (I never even got a date!) we went a day back in time!
The flights included babies that screamed like a referee's whistle and kept Ashley & I awake constantly! Why? People should shut their babies up on long haul flights.
We landed in LA and managed to get upgraded to a better seat, but again that flight was fucked as a small baby decided to break all world records for ‘The baby who can scream and stay awake the longest' I wanted to die....every time I finally drifted off, that fucking high pitched scream that made whales in the ocean below us twitch...woke me up again.
The mother just sat there, I wanted to stuff the wee screamer into a small box and throw it out of the window. Apparently that's illegal.
I would rather sit beside the terrorist than that squealing pig of a baby, give it drugs or something? No....let it scream and keep awake an entire cabin full of people who need to get to London refreshed. Of course as we landed the wee monster fell asleep, I felt like pinching it to keep it awake. Apparently that's illegal as well!
So we landed into the searing heat of Glasgow...yes its summer here!
The bad news is, our luggage cases went AWOL on arrival in Glasgow. We have been frantic; there is nothing worse than getting to your destination and not having your well packed and much loved luggage. Ashley is hysterical as she has 21 hours of film footage in her camera, her tapes and her hard drive! The good news is that I just got a call and Ashley's case has been found and being delivered. That's great; as my case only contains a tripod and some clothes....the important news is that all Ashley's camera equipment and film footage is safe! She was gutted at the thought of losing her precious memories being strewn to the wind.
So we are waiting on news of my case, my good dress and my make-up are secreted in that case, but that is easily replaced....memories aren't!
Husband is watching telly, he is ignoring my big tales of NZ, he will not watch my footage of the shows, he is watching telly....so I am so needy and attention seeking as we speak...why won't he listen to me? Probably because I will talk about that trip to NZ for the rest of my life and he will no doubt hear it over and over again...but a bit of attention would not go amiss!
I am off to kill him. Bye.
posted by: scubadiva (reply)
post date: 06.09.06 (7:42 am)
There was a flight attendant in the US a few years ago that was fired/charged with putting vodka with fruit juice in a sippy cup to shut the toddler up.
Personally, had I been on the plane, I probably would have done it myself.
posted by: bronwynj (reply)
post date: 06.09.06 (8:06 pm)
It's worse for the mothers of the screaming babies!
I nearly had a nervous breakdown during a _one hour_ flight
with my 8 month old baby in 1991. She just screamed
at full volume the whole time! The only thing that
used to shut her up (most of the time) was to
breastfeed her, or walk-jiggle-walk with her
looking over my shoulder all day long - but she wasn't
interested in feeding on the 'plane. I suspect the
pressure was hurting her ears & sinuses.
In short, though it was bad for you, it's so much worse
for the mothers, who are stressed & sleep deprived & worn
down for weeks or months before the flight.