I finally get my travel itinerary and it feels so unreal.I mark the date and even set my alarm four days in advance.Departure is at 2pm so i gotta be at the airport early.I was not going to be missing any flight 'huntie' and especially not my first one.
If you have had the luxury of flying,you do have quite a story to tell about your experience.Unless you have been flying since your infant days.Join me as i share mine with you today.
So D-day is finally here.Who am i kidding,the butterflies in my stomach were alive.Sleep was a rumor at this point.I had packed,unpacked and repacked.The mommy juice (wine) i had been sipping away the night before did not help either.I kept myself together and got to the airport on time.Goodbyes are never easy.Here i was,a grown woman wailing in my mothers arms.Check in,wave and blow a kiss to mother dear through the glass window and off to board.
"Qr 534 is now boarding from gate 14" goes the announcement.I walk towards gate 14 trying to keep my cool but my sweaty palms are not trying to do me any justice."Beep" goes the boarding monitor and i see the bird,the tube that am gonna be in at 40,000ft.Its about to get super real up in here y'all.My sweat glands are on a hundred at this point.I try to focus on what i learnt in my cabin crew days just so that i do not look like a total moron.
I walk in and locate my seat.First things first.Seatbelt.Am looking through the window as they load the bags and drift off to another place before i hear"cabin crew arm doors for take off".As i said a quick prayer asking my maker for journey masses,i felt a jolt.Pushback.Minutes later we are on the runway.Sudden thrust backwards into my seat and we are in the air.
It hard been raining so the weather was quite gloomy.I look out my window and everything looks so small.Inbetween the aircraft moves up and down and with that comes that stomach feeling that everyone hates.Turbulence.Everything is just as the teacher taught it,well so far.Cabin crew start walking around the cabin and the cabin is filled with the smell of food.
The trolley dolly comes from the back pulling her cart and starts handing out meals.Then i here a voice in a heavy maasai accent ask "ni hii tu ama kuna ingine mnaleta?" The Chinese lady obviously not understanding him seeks help from her kenyan colleague.Clearly am not the only flying for the first time.I go on to devour my meal and finish off with my glass of wine.I can here my maasai friend ask for a second helping and smile to myself.Trays taken away and i decide to watch a movie.Two hours into it,i walk to find my way to the bathroom.Obviously a cubicle,i go about my business and i read 'press to flush'.The sound that followed that flush could send a baby into a fit.
As i walked back to my seat,i could not help but imagine maasais' reaction to that.Ohh well back on my seat i start navigating through the screen and find out we are about two and a half hours away from our destination.Am already tired at this point and my hangover is working against me.What am i going to do for that entire time?Mmmhhh....I wonder what they are doing in business class.If i poke my nose in there i will be stopped before i utter the word 'excuse me'.Ohh well lights are dimmed off and i drift off to a far away land.
'Ladies and gentlemen,this is your captain speaking,we are now beginning our descent.....'i open my eyes and straighten my seat as i slowly see lights appear inbetween the already dark clouds.Excitement engulfs me and it slowly becomes warmer.I start getting rid of my scarf and sweater one after the other.Then that stomach feeling again..The cabin is lit up and cabin crew are collecting blankets and i know we are almost on the ground.That stomach feeling again and maasai could not take it anymore.
"Ndugu yangu,unaona file hawa wasichana wanatembea haraka.kwani ni emerchency?Niitie huyo."I smile to myself waiting to eavesdrop on that conversation.It did not happen since cabin crew had been told to take their seats for landing.Minutes later touch down.The heat was real.My attire was definately not for this weather.Business class obviously disembarked first.As we walked out through the business cabin,I noticed there was a menu on one of the seats.These ninjas were ordering off a menu whilst the rest of the economy world had to choose from two dishes.Sigh.. ..
My inner voice obviously was not pleased as well..but hey,there is a first time for everything.Little did i know my business class travel was not far off.
Glossary:
1.Ndugu yangu,unaona file hawa wasichana wanatembea haraka.kwani ni emerchency?Niitie huyo -My brother do you see how fast this girls are walking?Is it an emergency.Call her for me.
2.Huntie -slang for honey and auntie combined.
3.Ni hii tu ama kuna ingine mnaleta - Is this it or are you bringing more?
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Glossary:
1.Ndugu yangu,unaona file hawa wasichana wanatembea haraka.kwani ni emerchency?Niitie huyo -My brother do you see how fast this girls are walking?Is it an emergency.Call her for me.
2.Huntie -slang for honey and auntie combined.
3.Ni hii tu ama kuna ingine mnaleta - Is this it or are you bringing more?
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