Waiting At LAX

It's 2:02PM and we are sitting near gate 117 at LAX.

I did not crawl into the bed until 6:30AM this morning & the fatigue is starting to creep up on me. Because I have a difficult time sleeping on plane flights I try to stay awake the night before so that I am so tired that I have no choice but to fall asleep; it has never once worked but I am going to try it again anyway...

...you'll never believe it, but my wife was late getting ready to depart but we made it to the Van Nuys Airport just in time to buy our bus tickets. Our good neighbor Jim picked us up and dropped us off at the Van Nuys Airport; it was a big help. We made it to LAX in about 30 minutes and spent just as much time getting out luggage screened and checking in. Not too bad all thigns considered.

Our friend Ross found us waiting in line to get our luggage xrayed. He was smart and bought JAL tickets. Well, he booked his trip far later than we did so he really didn't have a choice. We bought Thai Air tickets. Our flight has been delayed twice by an hour each time.

The plan is that Ross will wait for us then we will take the train into Osaka together. Misato drew him a detailed map and wrote detailed instructions, but I imagine Ross would prefer to wait as long as our delay is not so great. But he may get bored and venture out on his own.