Faith Healing

So, just arrived in Korea after my LONGEST flight ever (11.5 hours, bleh!), and am sick with some sort of nasty cold (dodged three quarintine thingys after getting off the plane, just kept on walking in spite of the signs that say "If you feel like Dana does, go to quarintine").

So, most of the flight was spent snorting and sneezing, and generally grossing everyone else out. 8 hours into the flight (and after I had flushed the last of my cold pills in the toilet lest I forget, and end up taking a banned substance apparently on the same level as crank into Japan) the woman next to me got sick of all the sickness I guess, and asked me if she could pray for me. I was a little startled, and, polite person that I am, said, erm...OK?

So, in my little head I pictured her privately making mention of me in her evening prayers or something---like: "Dear God, please save the red head on the plane from drowning in her own mucus". You know, in her jammies, on bended knee before bed.

Well, the nice lady took my hand (brave soul) and started--her words not mine--channelling the Holy Spirit to help me get well.

I didn't really know what to do (what IS the standard etiquite in such a situation?) so I just sat there with a somewhat bewildered look on my face and let her go to it. I did manage to get it together long enough to at least bow my head (Ok, more like tilting it quizically to one side, but it looked ok).

Apparently the healing flowed through me "like water". Personally, I just think that was my sinuses clogging. We'll see how I feel in the morning.