We were dressed, packed and checking out of the hotel when our transport arrived. With two breast prosthetics and two knee replacements I know I will get a full search through airport security. Today was the most thorough search I have had yet. I am starting to feel like I have more artificial parts than real ones. We were there so early we watched the sunrise from another open air airport.
Gayle had exchanged USD for XPF and didn’t want to take home the cash she had left. There was a place near our gate to donate your XPF to breast cancer research.
We are flying Air France home. We chose this flight specifically because it would be a daytime flight. It is 8 hours from Papeete to LAX. We didn’t want to spend that time trying to get comfortable enough to sleep. I caught up on my blogs, watched two movies and tried not to be too irritated by my compressions socks. On this airplane there was a camera on the tail and one underneath the plane so we could get a full experience of the plane. I watched as we landed at LAX and I knew I was home!
We got through customs without hassle, grabbed our bags and got on the Ride Share shuttle to find a ride home. We were back at my house before 9 p.m. and I was so glad to get those compression socks off and unpack my bags. Travel is wonderful. It opens you up to new understandings, challenges your comfort zones, fills you with a wonder about the beauty of the earth and makes you grateful to be alive…..and I am so glad to be home.
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