I AM GOING HOME! Like... HOME

I am coming home,
I am coming home,
Tell the world
I am coming home.
Let the rain
Wash away
All the pain of yesterday,
And my kingdoms await
And they've forgiven my mistakes
I am coming home,
I am coming home,
Tell the world,
I am coming....

I got the tickets so long time ago that I did not count days first. When it got to a month, the count down started. It got real about a couple days before the date. I had so much to do before I leave to make sure kids are all set - who picks them up, who drops them off, etc. Busy calendar at school at the beginning of school year.

I packed a night before and slept for about 7 hours in two days. I made something for the kids to give them before I leave. I painted it in a color they like (orange for Brandon and yellow for Kyra) and wrote YOU and MINE. It meant that they rock and that they are my rocks. I asked them to keep them safe for me while I am gone.

Next - to talk about paying it forward. I helped this older gentelman on the way to the train and get him situated in the train with his luggage. When I left him, he said he hoped I would meet nice people if I needed on my trip. I kind of laughed it off, saing I would be fine. Little did I know.

When I got to Penn Station, I saw that they changed things around from last time and I could not figure out which train to take to Jamaica station. There was a woman who talked to me and said I could sit next to her on the train and she would help me out. We ended up talking about life in a city and stuff. She did helped me instead of me trying to figure out on my own. I would eventually, but it was nice just being helped.

I loved NYC part. I decided not to go out to the actual city. It will be different time. I just sat ng my sandwich and eating my eclair and watched people. I love doing it. You will see all kinds of people going about their lives.

I saw funny names like Little Neck and Great Neck as train station names. Seriously? It made me laugh!

When I got to JFK, they had to get me through their special detector because I beeped the first time. not sure what I had with me that beeped but I had to stand with my legs spread and arms behind my back. That was WEIRD.

I realized I had the lightest suitcase ever - it was 40 lbs total. What the heck? I did not have to work hard for my luggage

I was so happy that I got there in plenty of times and I just wanted to browse in all the shops. So, JFK has, I think 8 terminals? And the one I was in, Terminal 4 had 55 gates, holy cow, it was big big terminal! Very impressive!

So I stood at one of the stores looking at stuff and felt so weak all of a sudden. I sat down trying to fight it but after half hour I felt I was going numb. I got so scared. I came up to a lady and asked to call for help because I was ready to faint. They had Delta medical personal came and check me out. I thought I might just needed sugar kick in. They brought me a bottle of orange juice and this lady I asked helped and two medical ladies stayed with me and one rubbed my back and said I needed to breath. They said it must have been a combination of stress, non sleep, and excitement. All together. It went away fast after the juice but boy, was I scared to miss my flight.

I was worried it would take forever (10 hours) but it went very fast. They had sooooooo many movies for us to watch and I had so many I wanted to watch! Do you remember you mentioned Breakfast Club recently? They had it but I watched 3 other movies. I watched Rush, Bridesmaids and The Other Woman. Exactly what I needed.

Numbers were mind blowing to understand - 35.000 ft high, (10.600 km) was -71F (-52C) with speed 527 mph (848k/h). How crazy is that? Total time distance - 4679 miles from JFK to Moscow.

After 7 hours it was HARD to sit, I had to laugh because my butt hurt regardless on how I sat :)))))

It finally hit me when I realized I had only 12 minutes till landing. Wow, it was finally happening!