Australia Day Two 3/4/19 “What Happened to March 3rd?”

We were scheduled to leave LA on March 2nd at 10:55 pm but didn’t take off until 11:41 pm. I was looking forward to our flight because I heard Qantas has an all Australian crew and the ladies from down under are beautiful. As many of you know, my brother married an Aussie (Fayla) and she is beautiful. I have to admit our flight attendants were not my type but Patrice thought they were very attractive.

The flight and the flight crew were fantastic. We were welcomed aboard and given a gift of pajamas to wear.

This was a long flight, 15 hours from takeoff to touchdown. It gave us plenty of time to have two meals (pretty good food), plenty of snacks (I love dark chocolate), watch 3 movies (“A Star is Born” – overrated; “If Beale Street Could Talk” – too depressing; “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” – funny but dark) but more importantly we had wonderfully long naps.

Arrival went smoothly. We passed through customs without incident, picked up our luggage, and were met by our OAT tour guide, Darrin. While waiting for the rest of our group to assemble I wandered over to a newsstand to start to assimilate some of the local culture. I noted the local paper and it was dated March 4th. Now, wait for one second! We left LA on March 2nd at about 11:40 pm and took a 15-hour flight but we arrived 2 days later? How can that be? I know I slept a long time but not two days worth. I asked Darrin about it and he said something about an international date line. I said, no thank you, I’m happily married. He then explained that during the flight it was actually March 3rd for a very brief time then somewhere over the Pacific we crossed into tomorrow and it became the 4th. So the 3rd came and went without me even noticing it. I checked my Fitbit and it said, zero steps for March 3rd. As far as I am concerned if my Fitbit says zero steps on March 3rd, the day did not exist. I looked up famous events that occurred on March 3rd and found essentially nothing. The first Senate override of a President (John Tyler) occurred on March 3, 1845 but other than that, not much. So I am okay with March 3, 2019 not being part of my life and will move on to March 4th without any complaints.

After checking into our hotel we went on a brief walk of the downtown area. Now we are at the hotel and

will soon meet up with our tour companions for dinner. I am quickly running out of gas. after all, we went from March 2nd to the 4th in 15 hours. I deserve a little rest.