The day started early. Woke up because my 2 year old sprayed the whole bed with the contents of his bladder. It was 5 o’clock, so I thought may as well get up seeing as how I needed to repack to travel anyway. So cleaned the bed, cleaned the boy (not necessarily in that order) and started to fold my meager possessions in to neat little bundles again.
I chose to take an earlier flight, as my booked flight would have gotten me into KL at a bit of an awkward time, not leaving much to to get to places before it got dark, etc. etc. My bro-in-law took me to the airport and there was a bit of an episode with my ex… but we’ve sorted it and now that distance separates us again, it all some how, surrealistically, seems normal.
Anyway, I said goodbye to my mom-in-law who cried and cried and cried. Made my heart all soft. Then as I said goodbye to my little boy, I knew he didn’t realise the impact, but as I left he sat there, desolate, depressed, almost looking sad – that just broke my heart and sobbed quietly in the car for a while.
On the flight I engaged in a serious session of lucid dreaming. Not really sleeping, not really being awake. Elements of all my emotions surfacing, fighting for brain time. Made for some interesting viewing actually. The flight, thankfully was short. The flight attendants were entertaining; by accident, not on purpose. I think I sat next to a lady-boy too. I thought the woman looked funny, big feet in sandals, big rough hands. I didn’t look. We were separated by an empty seat. On the decent she tried to have a conversation, but was talking so softly, on purpose, that it didn’t last long. I saw her… him… it, in the airport terminal again, with it’s buddies. I walked away quickly.
I met up with my sister-in-law. Such kind people. She works at the Mandarin Oriental and quickly organised me a tall cold orange juice plus one glass of water. It went down well. She then took me back to her apartment (not in that way), sat me down in front of the TV and plied me with more water, snacks, chocks, etc.
Anyway, snuck downstairs for a quick email and here I am. Tomorrow morning the adventure begins. I embark to China where god knows what awaits me. It will be…. interesting to say the least. I will keep this blog updated.