The journey begins

Our parents dropped us off, took a picture and left.  That was it.  Getting our tickets wasn't too hard, but deciding how to switch around our assigned seats was the real issue.  We immediately compared our seating assignments and began deciding who we would sit next to and how that would happen.  After we quickly got through security, our gate was the next step.  With the several hours that we needed wait for our plane, boredom set in with the 8 of us, we begin watching CNN  on the TV monitors, reading the novels that were brought, or just pacing between gates.  Once the plane arrives, we can't wait for this journey to begin.