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... :)
