A Spoonful of Orange Juice or Champage?

When that's the first thing the flight attendants ask you, you know you're in for a good flight. I was expecting 6+ hours of uncomfortable chairs, crowded legroom and below par microwaved meals, and I can't even express how happy I am that wasn't my experience. You see, when AirCanada had to reschedule my flight for the next day, they were forced to place me in business class for the international section of my flight. I didn't find out about this until I was at the check-in desk in Toronto, trying to check in my second piece of luggage, because it hadn't fit the overhead bins on my last flight. A little frazzled and upset at having to pay an extra 50 dollars for my bag, I was more than happy when they announced I was booked in business class, and because of that, they would check my other bag for free. I was still getting over the joy of not having to pay more when I boarded the plane to my own little nook, complete with a fully-reclinable chair, and flight attendants ready to wait on me hand and foot. I almost cried out of happiness, I'm not kidding. Have you ever used a warm wet towel before? They are simply envigorating when you're on a plane for more than 4 hours. You know that scene from The Wedding Singer when Adam Sandler has to book a flight in first class going to Las Vegas and he has to watch the other first class passengers to figure out what to do with it? Yeah, that was me, but with every little luxury they had. It was absolutely foreign...but in a good way.

The meal came in courses, salad and bread, a delicious main dish, cheese, and options for dessert. The little packets they have for each passenger in business class are neat too. They have socks (?), an eyemask, and toothbrush & toothpaste. Honestly, guys, I thought the flight was too short. And I'm considering upgrading to first class for all of my international flights in the future. Okay, maybe I don't have the resources for that kind of luxury, but I can still pray for bad weather before all of my flights, can't I???

A Spoonful of the Middle Class

You may think that being a part of Divine Comedy assures you all that is privilege and luxury. I'm here to dispel that belief. We are solid members of the middle class for now and possibly forever. I mean, we get fed a lot, and yeah, we get noticed, but we get all that at the sacrifice of our time, our semester grades, and sometimes our sanity.

Don't get me wrong, I would never trade the experience of being in Divine Comedy for anything, but I don't want people to get the false idea that we are the upper class at our school, you'd have to see the athletic department for that.

Anyway, we met at the HFAC at 5:30 in the morning before heading to the airport where we split up into two groups, one group to arrive 2 hours earlier than the other. I really wouldn't have minded being in the later-to-arrive group except that we didn't get to the hotel until about 8 after having traversed all of Times Squares with our suitcases. Not too fun. Then besides being hungry, I was just incredibly tired and my allergies had decided to act up so I also felt less than up to exploring. I think I spent my first couple hours in New York sleeping.

This tale probably makes it seem like my first night in New York was terrible and it kind of was, but I did end up getting real New York Pizza. and I think I'm sleeping these allergies out of me. Lots of things to be excited for, but right now I just want to sleep!