8A
… or 12F, to be more exact. I am sitting in my leather seat aboard an Airbus A320 heading to
The flight was an hour delayed because of a passenger whose luggage was deemed dangerous to the plane’s safety. Paranoia is all over the place. At least now we’re airborne, at 4:30 Bulgarian time, 2:30
I
AM
BORED
ABOARD
THIS AIRCRAFT.
Oh look, it’s like a wannabe Haiku.
Today is a bittersweet day. It is the end of Fall Break. Hence the bitterness of the day. Why is it also sweet… weeeell, I suppose it’s because of the sugar in the apple juice I’m sipping. Or perhaps because of the awesome array of memories and pictures I can now scroll through, commemorating the amazingnessnessness of last week. Let me tell you how it all went down.
Oct. 19
Left London really early in the morning… at 5:30a.m. I was out of my cozy apartment and into the dark, wild streets of Kensington. My goal was to get to the N9 night bus which goes directly to Heathrow terminal 5.
**Turbulence is shaking up my juice!**
Well, after about 30 mins of wandering around and taking random buses, I finally got to an N9 stop. The trusty sign said the bus would be there at 6:06 a.m. Great, that would get me to the airport at around 7:06 and my flight was at 8:30 – perfection. Only problem was, the bus didn’t come at the assigned time. So I panicked slightly. The next bus was supposed to come 40 minutes later which would ultimately make me miss my flight. Thankfully, 10 minutes later the N9 came after all. I got on, got to the airport on time, had a super quick breakfast thingy, and flew off to the magical
Mom and Dad greeted me at the airport, bringing the two elders with them: Grandpa and Rex J
**Oh hot damn, this is my jam, keep me partying to the a.m. … in the a-yer**
We all went home where we had the traditional welcome-home lunch. Mmmmm, roast lamb and all that jazz. What followed was sleep. Sleep that I had needed for oh so long! Beauty sleep :P And chillaxin’. I was happy to be home in my room where I can dance around all night without much concern for any neighbors! :D Yep, I started dancing in the a.m. feeling happy as ever. I was full of energy after my afternoon nap and was already thinking about the following day when the excitement would be at its best.
Oct. 20
I’d been waiting for that day for so long! You know how I’m very keen on surprising people and being utterly random? Hehe, I got the perfect chance to do all of these. That was the day when Kety, one of my friends from my internship, had a birthday! Actually, that was the main reason why I decided to go back home for Fall Break instead of hitting the slopes and roads of a different country.
**We are now flying above the awe-inspiring
I had tried really hard to keep my arrival a secret from everyone but my parents because I wanted to surprise Kety for her special day. I went to the LB office in the afternoon, my heart pounding with joy and excitement. The door opened and I entered the office where all my dear friends were working hard (or finishing up the work day). And hooray, I was so psyched to see them all again!! And indeed my secret arrival was surprising J It was so much fun seeing everyone’s expressions of astonishment. I was experiencing full-on bliss. And then I saw Kety and wished her a happy birthday – the moment was priceless :D Of course I had technically extended a cordial invitation to myself for her party, so as soon as work was over, Kety, Nina, Geri, Iliyan and I drove down to Olive’s bar in downtown
All in all, October 20 was a day to remember! It totally made my break!!
The rest of the break was dedicated to spending time with my parents and only 1-2 people other than my internship pals… Laziness was upon me with full force. All my plans to be somewhat productive fell apart the moment that plane landed in
Now, I didn’t even get to feel the days as they went by so fast! Before I knew it, it was Friday! But guess what, that’s when the other super fun part of break began!
Oct. 24
For a few days I’d been trying to get some people together for a BBQ party at our mountain house. It wasn’t until late Thursday evening when the plan was finalized and we had 100% certainty that we’d all spend part of the weekend away from
We arrived in Rayovo around 10:30 p.m., everyone starving and ready to get to the grubbin’.
**Ew, two kids are running around the aisle in the plane. My maternal instinct tells me to trip them! Too bad I’m not in an aisle seat… **
Iliyan and Petya were the firestarters (and BBQ-ers), Jass and Ket were responsible for the salad and other gourmet plateaus, Kossio was a boy for all purposes lol, and I was roaming around and seasoning steaks at the same time ;) Perfect organization, flawless execution. Radio 1 in the background…
As the grilled meats sizzled outside, everyone’s patience started slipping away and before we knew it, the table was all set and we all sat down and began a glorious hogging fest :) We ate and ate and ate and ate… we laughed, we sang, we snoozed, we ate. And ate some more. Did I mention we had tons of food?? It was gewd. We played some games whose goal I shall not reveal cause one of those days you’d be surprised… but I guess it would be loosely translated into English as “ML(hs)N” (oh looks like a scientific formula or something)
It was all quite entertaining :D And then at one point we all felt like sleeping. Good night…
Oct. 25
**We’re above northern
We started the day off with Team Pancakes. Slurp. We ate as if we hadn’t stuffed ourselves to oblivion the night before! It was still delicious :) And then we thought we’d had way too much to eat and simply HAD to go for a little walk by the river, with the main goal of giving Rex a bath (which failed miserably). Our walk was the Walk of Awesomeness. It was good that we didn’t run into many villagers, for they would have thought that we’re a bunch of lyo-lyo’s (ie crazy people).
Iliyan tried to communicate with cows (or bulls, as it turned out). Jassena almost fell into a well (a shallow one with no water but still), Rex carried a huge rock in his mouth, and the rest of just were being plain weird, as we always are :) We re-enacted TV commercials and band shots, we danced Bulgarian national dances (for about 3 secs), and did a whole bunch of other funny things. The walk was cut short because the puppy got tired. Oh, and we saw the craziest little tractor driver ever! He zoomed past us at 60km/h at least, smoking up the road, and sounding as if it was going to fall apart any moment now. Extreme!
Back at the house, we played a thrilling game of Monopoly where everyone owned quarters and houses, bargained around with properties, and was in particularly good relationships with the bank. Before we played, we had food. While we were battling for gameboard supremacy, we had more food. And, imagine that, we stopped playing at around 5pm to eat dinner! :D Our stomachs stretched out to the max. But it was all heavenly.
It was time for us to leave. Sadly. We had to be in
Loop-ing :)
Iliyan wooing *or mooing* the cow
Oct. 26
Family lunch! And then this flight.
I loved Fall Break! I would have loved it even more if it had lasted longer! But for what it was, it was absolutely amazing! I couldn’t have asked for more.
THANKS TO EVERYONE! LOVE YOU ALL! <3>
**and now my battery has 7% life left, so I have to go back to being bored on board of the plane for one more hour…**
