The story of how a mint plant survived a plane journey

Hey everyone, I hope you are doing well! :)

This post is a bit different to my usual ones. It was written a few weeks ago at about 2am in the morning (so clearly I was feeling creative haha) and I only just found it again. I hope you enjoy, and as always feel free to leave a comment below :)

the mint plant at the airport waiting for boarding - as you
can probably tell, it was going through a hard time 

Once upon a time, a girl (for no apparent reason, may I add) was given a mint plant two days before she was meant to catch a plane to Germany. Since there would have been no one to water it, she decided to take it with her. 

First hurdle: the London tube. Not that easy with a heavy suitcase and hand luggage as it is, but even more difficult during rush hour, at a station with no lifts and a mint plant to carry. In a moment of error, the decision was made to squeeze the plant inside the handbag which, unfortunately, resulted in squished mint plant leaves and thus a cloud of mint surrounding the girl for the rest of the tube journey. 

Next up: airport security. First security person was unsure whether the plant would be allowed onto the plane. All good in the end though - second security person even told his colleague to be careful when pushing the trays through the scanner. 
One might have to add here, for the sake of the complete picture, that the mint plant did not look its best at this point. The entrapment in the girl's handbag hadn't been very pleasant, nor did it help that the bag's zip had violently removed some of its leaves. 
Nevertheless, an end was in sight as boarding was complete, the girl was seated with the dreaded handbag stored away under the seat in front and the mint plant rested firmly on her lap. 

Whilst the tube passengers had seemed irritated by the plant's presence so far removed from a windowsill or garden, the plane crew was amused. Numerous comments were made such as whether there was a shortage of mint plants in Germany or whether the girl had brought her own mojito ingredients with her. (The latter comment probably resulted from the fact that the girl had started watering the plant to better its chances of survival)

Eventually, the plane landed and was, in retrospect, probably a much mint plant friendlier place than the handbag. 

And this is the story of how a mint plant survived a plane journey. It would even feature on the girl's blog one day, so I am told. 

Thank you for reading, and have a lovely day/evening/whatever time zone you may be in :) xx

Grass head update: THERE'S HAIR. one of my next blog posts will contain the hairdressing experience ;)