El principio

Well I am currently sitting in the Chicago O'Hare airport and waiting for my flight at 8:35pm to Dublin. It was pushed back an hour and a half because there is snow in Ireland and they aren't as tough as the midwest. I arrive in Dublin in the morning and meet my friend Hannah Crippen and I am hoping that this delay doesn't complicate things too terribly.

I got on as a stand by on a flight from MSP to Chicago and have been here since 1:00 pm. I am getting a little bit anxious to get on the flight and I hope that I will be able to sleep well. I exchanged dollars for euros and pounds and it was incredibly painful to see how little I got back.

I haven't planned a whole lot for what to do tomorrow, but I have a guidebook that should serve as a good start. I am grateful that so far things have gone fairly smoothly. The plane ride from Minneapolis was pretty decent and I got in plenty of Sky Mall scanning. I was really tempted to get the $400 Lord of the Rings chess set or the $100 telepathy obstacle course (Maybe for Christmas). The best part of the international terminal is that I am surrounded by people from all over the world, speaking a ton of different languages. As a language nerd, I really enjoy it (Especially Spanish speakers).

Thoughts by Sean.

• They keep announcing peoples names and nearly all of them are O'something or something-igan. 
• My right foot is asleep and doing that uncomfortable tingly waking process.
• It is incredibly bizarre to know that I will be moving at 500mph above the Atlantic whilst I sleep tonight.
•  I just imagined myself doing that without the plane, just sleep-flying. Like sky-luging. Neat.
•  I am really excited to do a jig. In Ireland. I know you all will be there dancing in spirit.
•   I wish that the repetitive public service announcements in the airport would have excited voices or be sung in a little ditty. 
• Have you gathered how bored I am yet? 
• I would take a picture of the terminal to show you how thrilling it is, but I think people would be weirded out.
• If there was no one here to yell at me, I would sprint on the moving walkways so that I could achieve maximum speed. However, reality would strike pretty quickly when I hit the end of it. 
• Money belts are convenient. It makes me think there should be a new design and subsequent renaissance of the fanny pack.
•  I think some of the TSA security workers just need a hug.
• Almonds are dangerously delicious.
•  In Minneapolis, this little boy was super excited every time a plane took off. I wish life was still that simple.
• I think I saw a family that was moving to Ireland while I was checking in today. Either that or they just wear way too many clothes.
•  It would be nice if streamers and confetti shot out of the plane when you landed safely. To celebrate science. 
• I would like it if the stewards/stewardesses would stand in the tunnel to the plane while you ran through it and received dual high-fives like a sports team. (Pilot chest bump at the end)
• Abu Dhabi. Say it. Real places shouldn't have such hilarious names. (Looked it up: It means father of gazelle. Fitting)

I apologize for the length and lack of focus in this post. It was my maiden voyage of blogging and I have yet learned to steer or have a destination in mind. Well I am going to go walk around a bit. I will blog again when I can (rhyme).

Paz,

    Sean

P.S. This may or may not be the dawning of the age of Aquarius.