June 12 Thursday.
We left home in SF and took the flight to Japan.
Maya picking nationality.
After we said bye to Papa.
Maya 18 months.
This will be the last free flight to Japan.
It's great that it's free.
It's terrible that my lap is not enough space for her anymore.
Lucky me, our neighbor was a very nice man, father of 5 yo boy.
Unlucky him, he didn't get to sleep at all after his busy 4 days business trip.
This 1.5 yo baby decided not to sleep while she was on the plane.
Even the flight goes on for 11 hours.
I think she accidentally fell asleep for about 15 minutes but that was it.
She was awake and happy the whole time.
She stood on my lap and screamed "Hi!" "Hi!" "Hi!" to everyone behind us.
She walked along the aisle, bowing and saying "Sorry-♪" "Sorry-♪" "Sorry-♪" to every row.
She gets tired of me and jumps onto our neighbor's belly while he was finally falling asleep.
She called a flight attendant she liked "Mama------!" when she was serving drinks on the other side of the plane while most of the people were asleep.
She refused a whole bag full of variety food I packed from home and ate all my flight food.
She jumped in and out from the bassinet I requested though she was already over weight for it.
Anyways......
Now you know I needed the whole week to recover so I can write about this trip.
She fell asleep as soon as I put her in the stroller in Narita Airport.
Getting the warm fresh air in Tokyo before the next flight.
Ok. It's time to wake her up for the next flight....
She had 2 hours of power nap in Tokyo.
Before this nap, she slept only 15 minutes out of 16.5 hours since we woke up at home in SF.
But the scary thing is....
She did not sleep in the next flight either.
It was 1.5 hour night flight.
She slept in her grandpa's car on the way home and woke up when we got there.
Then she ate noodle, took bath and still refused to sleep.
At this point, she was just heavily confused, overly tired and did not know what to do.
We slept in a same futon at 0:40am on 14th Saturday.
I was glad it was over.
And 5.4 hours later....
Onigiri!
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マヤが１１時間のフライトで１５分しか寝なかった件。
１週間経ってやっと今そのことを考えられるまでリカバリーしました。
朝７時にサンフランシスコの家で目覚めてから実に１６．５時間中１５分しか寝ないという脅威の根性。その後も成田で乗り継ぎ便にチェックインするまでの２時間、ストローラーで寝た後、元気に自分の足で歩いて札幌便に搭乗。１．５時間の夜便にも関わらずそこでも寝ず、千歳空港に迎えに来てくれていたおじいちゃんにガラス越しで超笑顔の挨拶。車でコトッと寝て４０分程で実家に着いた後、そーぅっと着替えさせて寝かそうと思いきや起きてそうめんを食べ、一緒にお風呂にまで入り、それでも寝る事を拒否。かれこれSFの朝より２５．５時間、計３時間弱の睡眠。
根性ありすぎ。
SF−東京便ではお隣に座ったアンラッキーな４０半ばのおじさんになつきまくり、
スチュワーデスさん達も困惑「。。。？」「お連れ様でした、、、か？」と。
マヤの一睡もしないぞ計画にお付き合い頂くべく、おじさんがちょーっとうとうとして来たらドゥーンっ！っとお腹へ飛び込むか、もしくはそろーっと肩に寄りかかる攻撃。
目の前の足下はマヤのおもちゃランドなんで、おじさんも足の踏み場が無く常に通路に寄り〜の斜め座り。席の前に付いているオーディオのリモコンで遊ぶのが楽しいんだけど、その時のマヤの手の位置、デフォルトがおじさんの左膝の上。
あんなにいっぱい詰めて来た保冷袋いっぱいの食糧と機内のベビーミールを一切拒否して私の機内食を食べる。
今は寝る時間なんだということを見せようと思い、通路を機体後ろまで歩かせると一列一列、左右に軽く会釈をしながら"ソ〜リ〜♪" "ソ〜リ〜♪" とご機嫌に謝って歩く。
最終的には良くしてくれた中国人のスチュワーデスさんを「ママー！」と呼び、隣のおじさんを「パパ♡」と呼ぶ。
出張帰りだったおじさん、同便の別席からこの光景を見ていた同僚の方々に「お疲れさまでした。。。」と労われる。
本当にアンラッキーな方。
たぶんフットスペースが広いからと（結果的には）そそのかされてここの席になった上司かもしれない。
「これもご縁ですから」と早々に諦めた様子で本当によくして下さって、助かった。。。
でも正直、いっそ無視してムスッとしてたらマヤも寝てくれたかも。。。
なんてね。
帰りの便も良い方に恵まれます様に。
