Holy Amenities, Batman!

Keeping in mind the longest flight that I have ever had before today was less than 5 hours. So sticking me on the 10 hour marathon flight was going to be a trying experience no matter what bells and whistles Delta decided to throw in, but the bells and whistles helped a whole lot. So, I listen, I pay attention to safety regulations and no matter how bogus the sound system may be I will ALWAYS make an attempt to hear what the flight attendants were saying which meant that I anticipated all of the meals and they were far more numerous than the internet let me to believe. I had my book and my laptop and I was fully prepared to be solely responsible for my entertainment for 10 hours, low and behold, MORE BELLS AND WHISTLES in the form of free movies and TV. Now isn't that exciting. Now I am going to do a play by play (not really that detailed) of my plane flight to the best of my memory. Got on the plane all set to read my book. Then the screen came on and I saw how the guy in front of me popped out his remote and I was curious. I went through several stages of 'how committed will I be to this little screen and its' fancy options?' First stage: Denial - I don't need the screen for movies, especially if I have to pay for them. I bet the musics free, I will listen to music and read my book and life will be peachy. Second stage: Questioning - Well how but I just inquire about the cost of the movies or see what is available, maybe I'll hate it. Third stage: Amazement - The Hunger Games for FREE? I guess I could watch that and then go back to my book later. Fourth stage: Addiction - I can plan out all of the movies that I want to watch during this ridiculously long period of time. So I start out watching the Hunger Games which I was really excited about because the last time I saw it I hadn't read the books and this time I have read all of them. During the Hunger Games we get the first drink service with pretzels and peanuts which is when I realized exactly how hungry I was because slap my knee if those weren't the darn best pretzels that I have ever tasted. Then a while later (still hunger games, but after a good number of tributes die) they started delivering the specialty meals, the women who wanted kosher in front of me and the couple who had lactose free and gluten free behind me and some other people around and hoo boy if I thought I was hungry before than smelling that food made my mouth water. Finally after what felt like eons and seeing the women serve the row in front of us and then stop and go do something else for like 10 minutes I got my food. I choose the noodle dish over the chicken and it was really good. Plus they had Tillamook cheddar cheese in the little individual packet which probably made my day. Plus a roll which was nice and a blonde brownie with chocolate chips for dessert. So I finished the Hunger Games and decided to check out what other movies they had available and I found plenty of possibilities for what to watch but I settled on The Help because I have never seen it but I had been meaning to and although it was a beautiful movie, selecting a movie that is well known for making people cry was a terrible idea. After that was an episode of the big bang theory. Its a really good episode from the 5th season where Sheldon screws up and gives Amy the tiara to make up for it. Next up was Morning Glory, a really good movie that I had seen once before and knew I liked but thought I wouldn't feel guilty falling asleep during, oh well, didn't sleep but I still like the movie. So during that movie we got more food, a small sandwich and Milano cookies in a nice little bag and I went to the bathroom to take out my contacts and put on my yoga pants which I packed in preparation for that moment which was when my jeans started to imprint on my skin. The yoga pants were a fantastic decision that I probably should have made from the beginning. Finally I started watching The Five Year Engagement. It seemed pretty funny although I didn't actually get to finish it. During that time, they turned the lights on in the cabin and tried to trick everyone's bodies into believing it was morning (for the record mine isn't buying it) and they even served us breakfast to go along with the ruse. It was a banana, orange juice and a pizza pocket only instead of pizza we had grits and egg and stuff in a sesame seed pocket. Weird. All for now as I try and waste time in the Amsterdam airport....maybe I'll go shopping.