I feel old

Given the fact that I will be 50 in a few days, I think I'm getting too old to work all day before we travel then have only 4 hours sleep.

The taxi was booked for 04.20 which means I was up at 3 am although Jane had already got up to do the last minute checks beforehand, there's very little chance of getting any sleep now until about 11 pm tonight, but with the 5 hour time difference that's going to be 4am on Tuesday when we get to bed again.

This is the first time that we have gone on vacation on a weekday so left a bit earlier than normal just in case there it was a problem with the traffic because I hate having to rush. Our flight doesn't leave until 10.15 so that means with the 3 hours you need to be there to check-in, we had plenty of time, it's always best to get the bag checked in and past through security then there is time to do other things like eating.

The flight number is AA729 but there's no point in posting a link here to it, but a quick Google search will show what's happening.

Heathrow

The traffic was ok all the way and we arrived at 5:50. We only have one bag to check-in this time as we are travelling lighter every time we go so dumped that at the special assistance which always seems to be occupied by somebody who doesn't need it. It turns out that the travel agent told us lies and we ended having to pay £45 to check the bag because of the tickets we had, even though we asked them more than once, all airlines now charge for bags unless you buy a more expensive seat which would have cost us more in the end, I think, the only other option is to take 2 carry-on bags and 2 small rucksacks but this then makes it difficult to walk the 2 miles to the departure gate with the wheelchair. 

Anyhow, at least getting through security went smoothly and quickly so after having a sandwich, it's time for the pub, but at the price, I won't be having many. 

One thing Jane did notice is that my countdown clock had broke on the blog so as we have plenty of time to kill I have fixed it or should I say I built another one on the website because I couldn't figure out what had broken.

So now it's time for breakfast beer in the pub whilst we wait, the plane is apparently 25 minutes delayed now and as of 08:30 there is no gate displayed yet which should happen around 9 am. We haven't got seats together, but that's not a problem for us plus, Jane has an aisle seat by the bulkhead and I have a window by the emergency exit, you would pay good money for these, normally people pay extra for these seats as they easy to get in and out of plus you get a ton of leg room.
So now it's time to load up and wait to go, still 20 minutes late or so.