Heading to RI
My goodness, what a long day! Up at 5am to get ready & go to work, which was normal but I was counting down the hours until I got on the plane to America. I practically ran out of ASDA, drove home to clean out the rabbits, leave a note for my neighbor, shower, & grab together a few last minute things as well as emptying my phone of pictures before my Mum turned up at 11:30 to drive me to the airport. At the airport, I had lots of time before boarding so bought a pen, notebook, crisscross puzzle book, & lunch from Nando's. We all had to wait about 45 minutes to board the plane after we were called to the gate due to 'technical difficulties' & once we were on the plane, we had to wait a while before take-off because there was a lot of traffic. The flight was fine - I had a good seat with lots of leg room & next to a window, but still found it very hard to sleep. I read a bit of my book, watched 'Arrival', had lunch/dinner, & really tried to sleep. Had to wait a while to get off the plane, & even longer to go through customs. I spent over an hour waiting, & when I finally got seen, I was quizzed & questioned. Finally through, it only took five minutes to grab my suitcase & head out to meet Adam. I was drained but so happy to finally see Adam again - five years is too long to go without seeing your best friend!
He picked me up in his truck & we headed to Olive Garden to get some dinner. I wanted to go to Olive Garden as it was something on 'my list'; we don't have them in the UK & I hear about them all the time in films. I had a salad to start & shared some bread sticks with Adam - the famous bread sticks are literally just sticks of bread, with a garlic butter glaze. I had 'eggplant parmigiana' with spaghetti & realised that I have a real issue with the word 'eggplant' - it's aubergine! Olive Garden is alright; wouldn't say it's amazing but it's an Italian chain & it's usually the staff that make that sort of place good. Adam paid, which was very sweet of him, then we headed out for the rest of the journey.
