IanGood evening all! So as I left it yesterday, I had done most of the packing, I still had a few things to do, and I had family coming around.
So this morning, I got up and finished off. Firstly I took a trip to Sainsbury’s to get some essentials. Then, I got myself some pyjamas for the trip. It was quite a stressful morning as the stress was piling up.
Basically, I bought a lot of toiletries that I thought I could take, but upon reading official sites and the TSA website, I discovered I couldn’t take some of the stuff I bought, not even in the hold luggage. So I got stressed and had a bit of a moment. After speaking to my folks, however, it eased my mind a bit! So this is what I bought:
What I found out during my research is that in America, the TSA (which is like our border force) will only allow you to take a cumulative amount of liquids in your hold luggage; that limit was 1 litre, so of course, combined with my mouth wash, shampoo and shower gel (not pictured) I hit that limit, and of course, this stressed me out as I really don’t want something a simple as that causing me trouble at the airport! I also found you can’t have any deodorant, which makes sense as it is flammable. So when I get to America, I will have to make a quick trip to Walmart for these essentials! Who’d of thought it’d be so stressful to pack? I even found out you can’t even put an electric toothbrush in your hold luggage due to the battery, so it’ll have to go into my hand luggage to be scanned, which will be ok! Correct me if I am wrong, though; it’s all new to me!!
Alongside the day mum bought me lunch to celebrate my holiday, we got a Five Guys delivered, which was quite a nice treat after getting so stressed out! After that, I relaxed a bit and focused on my packing. First, I added my pyjamas and some of the stuff I bought. I placed them in a bag and put them in my suitcase. I also grabbed charger cables for my iPhone and iPad alongside my razer blades and electric toothbrush head and placed them in the zipped pocket.
After the stressful morning, I have finally completed my packing. I think I got everything; I literally went through this about three times to ensure I have everything I need!! If I miss anything, I’ll have to grab it in America or the airport’s departure lounge.
With the stress of the day, I did have good news: my bid was successful, and I have been upgraded to economy delight, which gives me more legroom and priority check-in. I picked my new seat with this upgrade; I was torn on which one to have. I had the option of a window seat or even more legroom at the front of the bay. In the end, I chose to sit in the window seat so I could get some awesome pictures of take-off and landing for my memory and this blog too! If you were wondering, I bid £70 for the upgrade, which seemed reasonable! I am really getting excited now!! So here is my case, all zipped up and ready to go for Tuesday!!
Finally, to top off the day, my brother and sister-in-law Facetimed me to wish me well for my journey; we had an excellent 30-minute chat about my trip and how they were getting on. They reassured me a lot, so now I can start to get excited. Of course, there are a few things I am worried about, but I am sure as I go through the process, I’ll understand it a bit more!!
Tomorrow I will be blogging about my Pre-Travel day here. As I said, tomorrow’s plan would be for me to go to the Premier Inn on Bath Road, which is outside Heathrow Terminal 3, which will make the travel day more manageable as I can grab an Uber from the hotel to Heathrow. Shout out to my Dad, who is driving me there tomorrow!
See you tomorrow! Time to get excited!!!
