Well. On the flight to Guangzhou I had the window seat. Awesome for views. But jeeeeez. Truly underestimated the difficulty in getting out to go to the toilet during the flight.
Way harder when BOTH my neighbours were sleeping throughout the majority of the flight. The girl closest to me was leaning on her tray table to sleep and the other was spread out with her knees right up to the other seat.
My only strategy was to wake up the table girl and literally jump over the other girl. Which I did twice.
I should also mention the rogue cup of water that the tray table girl had and didn't even drink. Every time she went to sleep on the tray table I wondered when she'd accidentally tip it. And.... It wasn't until the last half hour of the flight that she pushed it with her hand and it went all over my leg. Lol. And then again. Lucky it didn't drench anything else but I literally kept looking at the cup of water everytime she went to sleep.
On this flight, I got smarter. Still at the window seat. Still incredible views. I'm sitting next to an elderly Chinese couple. They're gorgeous. I've started calling the woman aunty, mostly in my head and recently in person on accident haha
On this flight, I now just wait for aunty to get up to go to the toilet. Her husband steps up and out of his seat to let her and me pass too. Best idea ever.
The first time I did it, I literally thought I was a genius. No more leaping over sleeping people. My only thought was - be quick before aunty gets back.
But now - we've got 3 hours to go. I've drunk more water because I was trying to manage my need to go to the bathroom and my headache from getting dehydrated. I said no to the first lot of orange juice before dinner and had one after instead. But now - I need to go toilet. Aunty is asleep. Her husband is watching a film.
The waiting game begins. She's drunk way more fluid than I have. An old woman's bladder vs a young teacher's bladder. Here's hoping she gets up soon!!!
And just like that - she wakes up. Has another drink of water... Gah. And gets back under her comfy blanket. Come on aunty!!! 😍😍😍
PS. Love this couple. They are so beautiful together. He helps her, she smiles at him and he is patient, sharing stories and cool pictures of artifacts he had on his phone. ❤️
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PSS. YUSSSSSSSS and just like that... 5 mins after finishing typing this - her husband got up to move his legs and she followed suit and I went to the toilet and walked around the plane tooooo YUSSS. Thanks Aunty!
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