Monday 23rd December ’24
It was another early day today. This is like the 100th day in a row that I have had to wake up before 6 a.m., and I can’t be asked for more. But the flight from Ahmedabad was at 8 a.m., so we woke up at 3 a.m. to leave for the airport.
We got to the airport about two hours before our flight and just chilled in the lounge. This was the busiest lounge I had ever seen; I had to wait 5 minutes for a free seat before someone stood up. I had some bananas, and we went on the flight. We actually nearly missed it, and they had to announce our names 3 times before we made it to the gate. Our next stop was Bombay.
We got to Bombay, chilled in the lounge, and went around the duty-free there. I got some shampoo and went onto the flight. Now, here is where events take an unexpected turn. I was chilling in my seat when I saw one of my mates I went to Italy with walk past me. I called out to him, and we said that I would come to say hi when the plane took off.
When the plane took off, I went to him, and we couldn’t believe we were on the same flight. We caught up and decided that we needed a celebratory drink. We called the flight attendant and got some whiskey. That started an endless drinking chain. I went up to business class and got some Black Label with Coke. This guy probably poured 2 to 3 shots worth of drink in a single cup. I think I had like 7 glasses and was about to die.
I also tried to get my friend into business class, but someone snitched on us and got him kicked out of there. At least we tried. Now, we were on the seventh hour of the flight, and we had been drinking for the past six hours. I ordered another drink and drank one sip of it; I nearly puked all over the seat in front of me. I think that was the sign that I was done for the flight. I said goodnight to my friend, went up to my seat, and slept for the remaining two hours of the flight.
My initial plan for this flight was to probably watch a movie and go to sleep for at least seven hours, but I think this was the better option. I’ve never had such a fun flight in my life before.
We landed at Heathrow Airport, and my dad had come to pick us up. Today was another one of my mate’s birthdays, so I was meant to go home, get ready and drive straight to his. But I was still too drunk to drive, so my cousin and I decided to go straight to his from the airport. He lived very close, and we were there in 20 minutes.
I thought that it would be a very chill motive, like he said, but this man invited me like every girl in the world, and I was there in my grey trackies, smelling like I had just gotten off a flight. One of my boys gave me a spare top, and I went and showered during the party. We came down and started to party. It was pretty fun and we were drinking and dancing till like 2 in the morning. Bear in mind that I had not had a proper sleep in like over 24 hours as it would have been 7 in the morning in India.
Everyone eventually started to filter out until there were just a few people left. We were meant to smoke up and play some Monopoly, but I don’t think anyone could actually be asked to, so we put on a movie. I fell asleep before we even pressed start for the movie.
Anyways, today was quite an unexpected but great day. I will see you guys tomorrow.