Solo Trip - 4

The airplane ride was everything I expected. It was frightening! From the moment I boarded until I took my seat by the aisle, I wondered how I'd ever make a 2 hour and 30 minute flight above the clouds. That was only the beginning. As the airplane taxied down the run way I contemplated yelling, "Let me off this thing", but I turned up the music on Pandora, shut my eyes, and waited until I felt the wheels leave the ground. WORST. FEELING. EVER. Or so I thought...

The worst feeling ever is the settling feeling as the plane gains altitude and ascends toward the sky. I thought for sure we were all going to plummet back to the ground in a fiery blaze. Didn’t happen, luckily. It just kept going higher and higher. I found the strength to open my eyes to grab this picture…

After about 20 or 30 minutes, which was way too long, the airplane finally leveled and the seatbelt sign dinged off. Side note, any time something would ding my heartrate increased. Oh, for crying out loud, keep it together. Only 2 more hours to go. Ugh, I wasn’t going to make it. :/

After about an hour, I was able to relax a bit. It was smooth sailing. There were few bumps and turns at that point. So I grabbed these pictures while I was brave...

               

Then it was time to potty. The bathroom was big enough for about half of me, so there’s that. Upon returning to my seat, I put my earbuds back in and waited for my peanuts. Turns out, there were no peanuts. Very disappointing. Although, they handed out cheese crackers and pretzels. I ordered a coke and a coffee to go with that morsel of a meal. I’m actually surprised I was hungry, but then again, I like to eat even under stress.

The young gal that sat next to me (she had the window seat) decided that she needed her seat and the seat next to me to store all of her items. Snacks, purse, and she even used the food tray in the middle seat to station her drink, which she didn’t drink. The girl thought she owned the place. I’m surprised she didn’t ask me to move over so she could use half my seat. At the end of the trip, the flight attendant took the girls unopened drink and put it in a trash bag. The girl gave her a look of frustration to which I snickered…LOL. The girl had warning though. The pilot had just announced that the attendants would be coming around and nothing should be left out. It was entertaining.

As we got closer to Denver, the attendant announced, with comedic style, that we should expect dramatic but normal turbulence upon descending. WHAT??? Ugh. I turned Pandora up as loud as it would go as a distraction. Yeah, the bumps were not pretty. Yet, I remained as calm (on the outside) as possible. Meanwhile, my ankles, knees, hips, back, neck, wrists, elbows, and my skull were tensed up. I somehow found the courage to look out of the window a couple times.

          

The girl was hogging the view. I did the best I could....I know, I know, if I wanted to look out the window, I should have sat by the window. But courtesy, eh, whatever...

And then finally...TOUCH DOWN! (No, I'm not talking about the Broncos, who play the Colts this weekend BTW). LAND!!!

Then there's my pale face...

Thank God I made it. I know so many of you were with me in thought and you've said lots of prayers on my behalf. There's no way to say what that means to me! Loves and Hugs until next time... :)