Airplane/Aiport!

So, I’m on the airplane! Yay. It’s really crowded, but it’s awesome because I’m really close to the window (second seat in), and I saw the plane take off, which was really cool. It was super loud at first, but now I’m used the noise, it’s background noise now. I think it’s been about two to three hours since the plane took off? So, about nine to eight more hours on this plane, and then we’ll be out. We already had our snack and lunch/dinner, so we won’t be having food for a while. I hope this plane ride will pass quickly; I’m ready to meet my host family and start going to school. It’s hard to believe that only a couple of days ago I was at school taking my finals. I feel so far away now..

Well, I’ve gotten about.. half of my speech down, and like, the guy behind me just won’t let me move my chair back.. He keeps pushing my chair back up.. that’s so not cool, can’t he understand that I want to relax? Damn economy class seats. Anyways, turbulence on planes are kind of scary.. the plane shakes around and like.. it’s no fun at all, especially when you’re about 30,000 feet(?) in the air and there’s nothing but water and water for miles on end. I’m currently listening to Sung Si Kyung singing “I Believe I Can Fly.” He amazingly has a very soothing voice, and his English sounds flawless when he sings. It’s the song I listen to when I’m feeling stressed out or down. (I listened to this song when I sat down to type my long post only hours ago. (June 10 in the U.S.; June 11 in Japan).

When the captain let us unbuckle our seat beats it felt like all the YFU students were getting up and moving around, and I thought it was really rude to the other people who were sitting on the plane. But, now they’re all sitting together.. which makes me feel kind of sad that I didn’t take the chance to move. I really should be memorizing my speech, but it just so long..

So apparently the plane is going 520 mph and the altitude is 33,000 ft. I’m trying to stay awake because I want to get on Tokyo time as soon as possible, and right now, it is… 6:05 AM in Tokyo, so I’m going to crash at maybe.. nine tonight? The forms on the airplane are so confusing.. I really need someone to help me fill it out, but I’m not sitting next to anyone I know.. Ugh, it’s not that bad, but I think too much stress would like make me really upset and make me start crying.. even though that’s not really a good thing..

I can’t wait to wrap my host parent’s gifts and stuff.. it’s going to be so much fun to see what they think of the gifts I got them.. and I want to see what kind of host brother I have. The YFU paper said I had only one host sibling, but when I called my host mom, she mentioned two names, not one, one boy name and one girl name, and I got nothing for the little girl.. I really want to clear up who’s in my host family so I can buy the last family member a gift. Ugh, I really want to sleep, but I think that’d just throw me off. I really want to sit Mabs, Jess, and Anna, but I don’t want to frustrate the other people around the plane.. Yeah..