Alan is between jobs and has the month off, so this is a good time for me to visit his family in Tokyo again and meet almost 5-month-old Seraphina! He upgraded the international leg of my flight to Business Class, so I could be more comfortable. I still had a lot of anxiety since there were bad storms predicted all over the eastern US, and I only had slightly over one hour for my layover in JFK airport. Alan had scheduled me for a wheelchair when we booked my ticket, which was a little embarrassing, but he said that way they would guarantee that I would make my connection! It was nice since they let me pre-board, plus it was a long way between the gates at the NY airport. I would have had time to walk there, but my backpack is heavy. We had to make two passes to land at JFK, because of the turbulence, and that was a little scary.
The 14.5 hour flight was pretty uneventful. I had a seat that flattened into a nice bed, but still only slept for a few brief snatches. The buttons on all the seat and lighting controls were hard to figure out, and I had to ask an attendant how to flush the toilet. (The button is way over in the corner!) The food was pretty good, but I could not finish the main meal. Alan had set up an eSIM on my phone which I switched to when we landed, so I could tell him where I was in the airport.
One really cool thing was the forward and rear-view live cameras mounted on the aircraft!
We could not get money added to my watch for entry to the train, and there were long lines to buy a paper ticket, so we finally took a taxi to their apartment. The boys seemed excited to see Grandma!
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