March 05, 2006
Leavin' on a jet plane
Actually, more like one of those turbo prop puddle jumper things.
Anyway, I'm planning a trip! Without the younglings! Husband has a conference in Reno, NV in May and I'm going to fly out for the last part of the week and have a bit of a vacation.
The real fun is trying to find a flight. We decided that since the kids are going to stay with my folks in Erie, it would be easier to fly from there. Oh, sure, some of the flights I've found would have me going to Chicago, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Seattle, Los Angeles...incredible. Sure, I want to spend an entire day on a plane...not. I found a flight with only one stop, Detroit, and I've dealt with that airport before.
What fun. What terror! I don't like to fly! I never have. But I know what to expect...and there are bars in these airports. As long as I don't go all Courtney Love on the plane, what's to stop me from easing my nerves with a drink or two?? Or three...or four....
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Just don't drink so much that you are too inebriated to get on your connecting flight! ;)
Posted by: Anna at March 5, 2006 09:31 PMBecause of my phobia, I am more terrified of the gap between the gate and the plane than I am of the flight itself. Weird, huh?
Posted by: Brian B at March 6, 2006 10:09 AMThe flying experience is always enhanced by the consumption of alcoholic beverages (by the passengers, that is). Actually, I wait and get a mixed drink on the plane because it's like 5 bucks and you really get enough to make 2 drinks if you ask for the whole can of mixer and an extra cup of ice. That's way cheaper than any bar (any bar I'd patronize, anyway).
Posted by: junebee at March 6, 2006 02:30 PMMy wife and I go to the liquor store and buy a couple of those little sampler bottles each, it's the same thing as what the airlines give you, but cheaper. Then just ask for a pop, and don't let them see you add the booze.
Posted by: Brian B at March 6, 2006 04:00 PMIt's not the plane that bothers me so much as the crowds...not claustrophobic, people-phobic.
Posted by: Anna at March 6, 2006 10:26 PM