Making the Best.

Well.. I take back my thanks to Air Canada. Worst. Ever.

My flight from Toronto to LA was delayed for about 3 hours... the first hour was due to snow, the other hours was due to their mistakes- mixing up bags, computers breaking, bad customer service, etc. If it was just the weather delay I would have made my Sydney connection but instead I arrived in LA last night at midnight. I got off the plane hoping they'd put me on a red eye the next morning or something but turns out there is one flight to Sydney a day, at 1015pm. They booked me at the Holiday Inn and gave me 3 vouchers for breakfast, lunch and dinner. As if that makes up for the day I missed in Sydney.

Also, Sharpie flew from Ayers Rock to Sydney to surprise me and she had the whole weekend planned out. She didn't get my message in time and waited at the airport for three hours and then realized that I had missed my flight. She'll still be there for me tomorrow though which is awesome.

The flight I was supposed to have last night to Sydney I had an emergency exit row... I asked again when I got here and the lady said it was $120 upgrade. United Airlines... also now on the black list. I'm going to ask at the gate to see if they can do anything for me. I didn't really sleep last night so hopefully I'll be able to sleep for the whole thing.

I made 2 friends last night on the shuttle to the holiday inn; one from Oakville and one from Brisbane. We hung out today, went to Venice Beach and Beverley Hills. It was a gorgeous day and we had a lot of fun. I'm glad the layover day turned out well, it could have been way worse- could have been stuck in Chicago in the snow.

So now I board at 930pm LA time and my flight is at 1015pm... I get into Sydney at 650am Saturday. Today felt really weird, kind of like a dream and now I feel like my trip is over and I'm going home... but I'm definitely not. I can't wait to get to Australia!!

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