I'll admit it. I'm a bit of a primadonna when I travel. Over the past four years I've approached a half million miles in the air - hundreds of flights, many of them long international legs. I rarely sleep on these long flights like the current 24 hours of travel from Nairobi through London to Los Angeles. Kyle slept most of the flight, Susan slept over 5 pretty much uninterupted hours of the flight, and I got a couple hours of catnaps and felt really blessed to have gotten that much.
As a road warrier (I totally relate to the movie Up in the Air), I do get an occasional perk, like access to the British Airways lounge due to my American Airlines status (Over 60 flights last year on American). Today I tried getting Tim, my wife and myself into the lounge so Tim could check email, and my wife and I could get a shower. Unfortunately, I found out the hard way it's one guest only with me, and no substitutions of guests after the first one accompanies me. Other airlines two guests have not been a problem. So Tim checked his email, and Susan didn't get her shower.
The shower had to be one of the best I've ever had, and not just because it was after 9 hours in an airplane. British Airways has the high tech shower with a large overhead nozzle, six adjustable body nozzles, and a handheld nozzle. After God gets us a house of our own again, I hope to have one of these gizmos. It was also nice after two weeks to be able to rinse my toothbrush under running water, and be able to rinse my mouth out under the shower.
Well, time to board for the 11 hour flight to Los Angeles.
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