eyes like hot coals...

I am 2/3 of the way home!
Leaving London was very hard - and poor Anna who came to see me off at the airport. There were lots of tears when I left, and I tried to look dainty dabbing away with a tissue. I got through security doing little hiccupy sniffs. Blimey.
The A380 aeroplane was absolutely amazing. I was on the lower deck (not upstairs, bummer!), and we left half an hour late. Luckily we had a pilot with a hot foot, cos he shaved an hour off the trip. I so wanted to hug him for that!!
The plane was so big that it cruised through turbulence with a slight buoyancy rather than a judder, and to me that was worth every penny!! I didn't sleep at all, partly due to the row of babies in front of me (and there I was thinking I had an awesome seat at the front), so my eyes were like hot coals by the time I got to Singapore.
I'd booked a room at the transit hotel and immediately slept like a log for 8 hours. A long shower and crappy american shows on tv made it even more excellent.
My flight to Adelaide leaves in 2 hours, better get some duty free shopping in before then....!