Mom got me back to the airport around 10:30am, two hours before my flight. This is a good thing, since I knew that with the rebooking of my flight there would be a little commotion with finding the record and getting me on board. I was right. After a 15-minute search they were able to pull up my reservation and issue me a boarding pass. A sign that things were starting to get better was that the only aisle seat that was available was the bulkhead seat right behind Business Class. I smiled at the "upgrade", as the seat assignment on my original flight was a window seat on the 747. That means that any stretch breaks would have to be accommodated by two other passengers. With the aisle seat I was free to roam about the cabin without bothering my rowmates.
I cleared security and went up to the lounge until boarding time. Once on the plane, I stowed my gear and waited for the plane to fill up. A little old Korean lady was to be my neighbor for the next 13 hours. I smiled as we shuffled ourselves into our seats. The flight itself was uneventful, unless you count the Bibimbab that was served for lunch. The flight attendant did offer me a choice, but I couldn't resist trying the "traditional" meal. (Why else fly Korean Air?) What amused me most was that after placing my meal tray the flight attendant handed me a card that explained how to "assemble" my Bibimbab. While the Bibimbab was decent, the Seaweed Soup was a bit strong for me. I felt a little tap on my arm as the lady next to me offered me her dinner roll. This was too cute for me - here's a grandma still trying to feed a hungry young man. I suppose that was her way of thanking me for helping her with the headphones. Later, she gave me a piece of gum as an after-dinner cleanser.
I watched several movies on this trip, or started to anyways. The three that I can still remember are Invictus (a moving tribute to the power of forgiveness), Up In The Air (hit a little close to home; speaks to the emptiness of a self-centered life), and It's Complicated (why divorce is such a difficult thing; Meryl Streep was great, Alec Baldwin was a little one-dimensional).
One neat thing about this flight is that we "chased the sun" - 13 hours and we were always in the sun. It was never dark outside, but they did pull the shades so nodding off wouldn't be too hard.
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