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flight home

7:48am Sunday 13 August 2000

Just now, on the last day, after 24 previous mini entries, I have recognized that I can just set the time on this to reflect my current time zone. That means now when I hit the [insert time stamp] keys, the time will be Virginia time instead of Houston time. My intention is to change all of the previous timestamps from Houston time to Virginia time.

Interesting how I'm comparing Houston to Virginia instead of Texas to Virginia, or Houston to Emory.

This morning I got up for breakfast, walked to plenary hall to grab my sandals, but it was locked. The above mentioned walk takes like 5 minutes each direction. It seemed like a bigger pain at the time that it happened.

7:51 am

Breakfast soon.

10:51 am

Wow! It's been three whole hours since my last entry! Okay, breakfast was fine and then walked back to clean up all our junk and clean the dorm. The bus is supposed to be here at 11am.

We filled out evaluations for the anti-racism workshop and for the week in general. I didn't really follow the format of the questions, but just rambled on the back of the page.

10:54 am

People are carrying their goodies to the parking lot.

Nathan is not sure when the busses will get here; he's been calling them all morning but no answer. They're supposed to get here at 11am. did I already say that?

Wow- it's been one crazy, busy week. Getting to see everyone was amazing and I think we got tons of stuff done. I'm such a business geek! I am so ready to get home though. Busy, busy summer coming to an end. Steering Committee should be fantastic and I think the new Committee is awesome and we'll do tons of cool stuff. I miss everyone from Youth Council already and I hope everyone is doing wonderfully. Rob Nugen- I love you so much and I am so glad we got to hang out. You'll be hearing from me soon!
Lots of love always,
Micaela

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Wow- Micaela has to write a full novel. :) Anway, YC was great. We passed all kinds of neat proposals and resolustions. Hopefully they will make YRUU ten times better. I am looking forward to the next YC and con con. Yc was so cool for many reasons. I really enjoyed the buissiness aspect. I also like having such a small community. It makes life so much easier. I better shut up so I keep my essay smaller than Micaela's novel.
Kayle

8/13/00 11:50 am

Bus is here and we are pretty late, still loading it. I hope everyone makes their intended flight.

My flight is at 3:02pm. No sweat. So far, I know that Steve, Micaela, Kayle, Kate, and I think others are on the same flight as me.

Elizabeth L has missed her flight.

Pam left her stuff on the parking lot, but we saw it in time. Stopped the bus and grabbed it. Jen H ran up with a pile of lost and found clothing and tossed it onto the passengers like onto a mosh pit.

12:00 pm

Leaving Emory Henry College. "On the road again..."

12:12 pm

Butt to the butt butt butt butt butt butt butt butt butt

1:32 pm

In the airport in the restaurant. Elizabeth made her flight!!

Hugs and hugs and hugs as people leave for their flights.

1:57 pm

Lunch is finished

2:44 pm

Fun fun game with big blob of putty (hey, where is it?? (I think Micaela has it)) molding it into a not round shape that would bounce in random directions. Matt, Steve, and I about 15 feet apart.. nice toss of putty into the air and try to catch it after first bounce, which often bounced in a wacky random direction. Very cool. :-)

Now about to board the plane.

2:57 pm

I just wrote a letter on an air sickness bag and put it in the seat pocket in front of me. I put the date and my domain on it.

The engines are winding up, but people are still trying to be seated with families together.

For Kayle to get in the security he had to remove his belt.. walked through while holding his pants up with one hand

3:27 pm

10,000 feet on our way to a cruising altitude of 16,000 feet. I'm sitting with Melanie, who fell asleep holding a nice hardback version of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in her lap; Julie is behind us totally sleeping; Maia is up front somewhere; Micaela and Steve are playing backgammon on his Palm Pilot.

I've got the big blob of putty after Micaela made me promise I would not try again to throw it into her bag.

The features below us are identifiable and really small wen i can see them through the big fluff layer of clouds strewn 5000 feet below us.

There's a high school aged girl across from Melanie and I, who was just at a camp, and starting school tomorrow in Beaumont (90 minutes east of Houston)

4:20 pm

Just arrived in Atlanta. Still on tarmac, still with engines on fast.

oh and Jacob was on this flight

5:00 pm

Rode the train after dropping off Steve at a gate, 2 gates (and 30 seconds) away from our arrival gate. Waved to Maia in the smoking area and then rode the train from concourse C to councourse A. Droped off Jacob at his gate..

We didn't want to say bye..

He gave hugs all around. and more dawdling, then high fives all around..

then for good measure, "zero, one, [clap] booyah!" We're so funny.

I kept singing the ditty "in-appropriate, in-appropriate, in-appropriate, inappropriate!" song.

My gate was a couple steps down from his, so they group walked me to my gate. Hugs all around, and then high fives, and our "zero, one" [clap] "Booyah!" My last zero one booyah of the trip.

Now Micaela, Kate, Kayle, Julie are off in search of food.

I'm sitting on the floor looking around at peoples as I type. I love this little keybard thing.

There's some high schoolers beside me talking about movies... maybe they're in early college.

I'm so excited to see Wende in about 1.5 hours!!!

5:20 pm

On the plane now, pretty much packed. They asked for 6 people to give up their seats in exchange for $550 and a flight voucher. Nice deal. I'd rather see Wende.

5:22 pm

Cute sewardess.

Oh, an interesting thing: they had food in little sacks sitting in a refridgerated cart at the boarding gate. We had the option of grabbing food on our way onto the plane. Will they feed us otherwise? A drink at least? Very interesting. I wonder how this makes money for them.

Maybe the flight therefore takes a more precise amount of food and less food is wasted, and they don't have to spend fuel on carrying it around.. makes sense.

5:25 pm

They just pressurized the cabin. Ow, my ears!

5:26 pm

Wow! they just asked for five more volunteers and offered $800 each. Sweet.

If it goes up again, I'll do it.

5:28 pm

They have found all their volunteers. I'm glad I get to see Wende soon! The next confirmed flight was for 11:45pm

Hey, where is the putty? I've lost it again. Oh, wait-.. I gave it to Steve when we were descending on the previous flight. I tossed it to him and he barely caught it as the plane was all bumpin (not musically, but nauseously) on the way down.

5:32 pm

We're still parked, and they are saying we're departing soon.

Engines seem very quiet if they are on at all. As we taxied in, I saw no fewer than 9 (count-em, nine) 727s lined up for take-off. I guess the airport is pretty busy and we'll be backed up.

5:35 pm

All electronics must be turned off.

6:13 pm

We are in the air - just took off a few minutes ago. I dozed as we waited on the tarmac. No altitude has been announced, but we are allowed to use electronic devices again.
We're definitely higher than 16, 000 feet.

6:28 pm

Interesting how the entire plane is almost silent, and how the entire plane seemed to get out dinner as soon as the fasten seatbelt sign was turned off.

Woman beside me is reading a color coded bible, and has a cheat sheet written on a page as she reads. It says:

Purple god - (Father, son & Holy Spirit)
Red Dicipleship (obedience & praise)
Green Love (Joy; kindness)
Orange Fatith (prayer; miracles)
Black Sin (evil; judgement)

She just tucked the page into the book; I can't read the rest.

I can't read the text of the bible, but the top heading is Joshua 7, and a lot of the text is in ALL CAPS

AND TEH WALLS OF THE CITY WILL FALL DOWN;
THEN MOVE IN upon THE CITY FROM EVERY DIRECTION"

That was in a green section.

GET UP! TELL THE PEOPLE,
'EACH OF YOU MUST UNDERGO PURIFICATION
RITES IN PREPARATION FOR TOMORROW.
FOR THE LORD YOUR GOD OF ISRAEL SAYS
THAT SOMEONE HAS STOELN FROM HIM AND
YOU CANNOT DEFEAT YOUR ENEMIES.

Doh - she shifted the book so I can't read more. (Molly,) send me email if you know who/what/where about colored-coded bibles.

6:43 pm

Cute stewades served my orange juice and I chugged it before they even moved the cart. She asked if I needed more. "No thanks. I'm fine."

Captain just announced that we are flying 60,000 feet (I think). I confirmed it with cute stewardess, she said she thought it was in the 30's. She called him and said it was 35,000 feet.

That's 6.6 miles!

That's twice as far as I live away from work.

8/13/00 7:04 pm

My neighbor just closed her book to sleep. It's The Rainbow Study Bible: Living Bible Edition

(It's now 7:06pm Sunday 13 August 2000, and I have fixed all the previous timestamps)

7:15 pm

Dozingishly, I felt the plane shift into slow gear; we are beginning our descent. I'm switching back to Central Standard Time.

6:18 pm

Time change complete. Magic.

6:22 pm

70 miles out - expecting a 6:45pm arrival time. 1 minute past what was published.

6:28 pm

turn off electronics

6:44 pm

Arrival. On time according to my clock. I'm in seat 27, plenty of people to wait behind before I can get off. They haven't opened the doors yet, but the engines are coasting to a stop.

The landing was bumpy, and quick decelleration. Fun to watch the houston skyline and higways below us as we descended. I cold see where UH was, but I looked out the wrong side of the plane at first. I'm in the middle seat, so I could see out both sides equally well.

6:48 pm

Still have not opened the door yet.

6:49 pm

Now it's open. Whee!! I get to see Wende!!!!!!

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