Like I'm in an Elevator

And so begins the long day of travel.
It's 7:07 and I'm sippin' on starbys at heathrow airport. I've been here for 2 hours now. Should be arriving now, but I came early with Allison so we could say our last goodbyes at the airport before she ran off to Prague. Definitely glad she was here last night and this morning... She is seriously an angel!
This toffee nut latte is straight hittin' the spot. I'm listening to Ed Sheeran; if you haven't heard of him, listen, please. I sort of feel like I'm in a romantic comedy when I listen to him... And I don't hate it.
Heathrow is hopping right now. This is such a cool airport! Waking past security toward the gates was like walking through a make-up wonderland. Ah-mazing.
I met a bi-coastal couple in line this morning... Convinced me that I am meant to live in The OC AND Manhattan. They were heading back from a week in Honk Kong... To have a week in New York... Then to LA... Then to Miami! Sounds like a lifestyle I could handle!!! They were a very precious couple and it was so nice to have someone to talk to so early.
Let me tell you about yesterday... So, Allison was set to take a train at 1230 and I was set for 230. I tried to change my train so we'd be together, but it was far too spendy, so we ended up sticking to the original plan. About an hour into my journey, I get a tap on the shoulder... From Allison! Her train was cancelled due to communication issues between Cardiff and Newport and by some magic of fate she ended up on my train!
While I was glad to see Al, she was not so happy about missing her flight to Prague because of the train. However, that meant I had company at the hotel last night, so that was nice! Courtney and Yushi met up with us and we went to the strangest dinner I've ever been to... But that's another story.
It's now 7:22. It's strange not knowing when you're going to depart. My first try is 9:00, so in about an hour I will go find my gate and do the "ee-ee ee-ah" dance to connect to the travel gods. (The Proposal, anyone?)
I have had the intro to Somewhere Over The Rainbow stuck in my head all morning: "When all the world is a hopeless jumble and the raindrops tumble all around, heaven opens a magic lane to a place behind the sun, just a step beyond the rain." I think that's pretty well suited to my life, huh? As I'm about to go to the other side of the rainbow, via travel tornado, I am looking forward to great things. Even if it is only the lollipop guild.
I keep thinking about how blessed I am. It's true that I work my buns off for things I want to work: school, relationships, work. If I want it... I will go down swinging to make it work. I'm so thankful that 90% of the time my hard work pays off, because I have truly been leading a charmed life.
This post is sort of all over the place, huh? I guess I have just been thinking about life lately. We have a saying within my sorority that goes something like "what you put into something will be returned four fold"... And I really believe that's true. Call me ambitious, but I think if you work smart and give love, you can achieve anything. ...wow, I sound like an "escort"... Haha. I mean it, though, love makes all things possible. If you love something enough to make it work... It will... Regardless of barriers and meanies who tell you it won't. Trust me, I've been told "no" enough times to know that it really just means "not now".
Random positive thoughts, I know. Another thought: happiness is only transferrable if you carry it with you everywhere. You can't truly share it with anyone else if you don't have it to share.
I have moved on to James Morrison. My high school boyfriend sent me this CD a few years back... And it's so good. Maybe I just feel like being in a rom-com today, huh? ***oh, Prince Harry, I'm at heathrow waiting to be swept off my feet*** There is a song called "you make it real for me" that, if you've ever seen a diamond commercial or a chick flick, you probably know. It is one of those songs that makes you bubble inside (in a good, non-IBS way). I don't know why it's important that you know that... But I feel like since I'm stuck in the airport, you should be too ;)
My contacts are about to fall out of eyes. Crusty, crust. My eyes are getting heavy, so I'm off assess my condition in the loo. I will keep you posted on my flightiness.
Mad love.