I am not a good flyer. I really despise it. I don’t have anything specific I do like you, but I cry a little on the inside. 🙂 Oh, and your lunch looks sooooo yummy!

I am terrified of flying too 🙁
Glad to hear you made it home!

Glad your Care Bear mobile landed safely and you’re back home with your loved ones!! 🙂

Jenn

mmmmm egg on toooooast 😉

Glad you made it home safe! What a trip.

I vote for both options! I hate the window seat – well, I like it if it’s only 2 seats…but if there’s 3 seats and it’s crowded – I sooo want the aisle…mainly because I have to pee so much and I just get claustophobic or something!

Whenever there’s turbulence during my flights, I have this terrible habit of making “deals” with God. For example, there’s the: “Hey God, I’ll go to church next Sunday if you’ll let me live and keep the plane aloft in the air like it’s supposed to!” deal.

Lol…no. I don’t really do that, but it’s tempting sometimes. I tend to pray a lot though…argh. I hate flying. Something about it just gets me queasy.

Glad you had a safe flight! I love how the Husband brings the dogs with him. 😀

I’m not really scared of flying, at all. I just highly dislike airplane smells… that scarily sterile, smell that makes me nauseous. Ugh.

Wei-Wei

i like the pictures of your chinese food! lol 😀 ugh, i am pretty similar w/ flying too. if i start thinking about the situation [being up 30,000 feet] i can really start to panic! i remember reading somewhere though that statistically you are more likely to be in a car crash than a plane crash, and that’s comforting to me, i’m comforted by numbers.

yay for being back with your dear husband and pups 🙂 have a lovely evening!

♥

I rarely laugh out loud at the computer screen, but I love how you said, “I drink way too much water to be happy trapped in between two strangers.” I definitely empathize!

I HATE airplanes. I avoid them at all costs. Way too many control issues!

Welcome home and best wishes to your husband!!

I’ve been flying so long I forget some people have fears.

Glad you made it back safe. I never worried about flying as there’s not much you can do. It will either get you there or won’t and there’s not much point in worrying about it. IMHO though as I fully understand it’s not so easy for others.

Caitlin, I never would have guessed you were afraid of flying! You seem to travel so much and be fine with it. I developed a fear of flying sometime in the past few years when I hadn’t flown anywhere in awhile. I flew to Europe yesterday and feel like it was such an accomplishment! I know you usually go au natural in the medicine dept., but I used some Klonopin (an anti-anxiety med.) to help my nerves and I definitely recommend it. I only used it because I thought I might have a full-on anxiety attack.

I have to sit in the aisle seat too! I just get claustrophobic sitting in the middle seat. Thank goodness my husband can sleep anywhere and is perfectly happy taking the middle seat for me! I’m glad you are back home! I’ll be sending good vibes your way for your hubby’s board exam!!!

Oh I would never think of having to have the aisle seat for easy bathroom breaks. I do always sit on the end of booths or the aisle at church for that very reason.

Glad you made it home safe. I’m the total opposite. I love flying and always want the window seat so I can look out the window during takeoff and landing.

To eat his own. I’ll go skydiving but I’m petrified of bugs to the point of hysteria.

I, too, am a TERRIBLE flyer. Every time I have a plane trip, I have anxiety about it for days and then terrible panic attacks in the air. My doctor even used to give me a prescription for a couple Ativan pills to take while flying. I don’t know if I have any “rituals,” per se, but I do always wear a hooded sweatshirt when I fly (so I can put the hood up and try to relax) and listen to my iPod really loudly. Also…I HAVE to have the window seat. Something about being able to see land (and make sure we are right side up?!) makes me feel more comfortable.

I’m with ya on the flying. I absolutely hate it. Before I fly, I usually like to take something to ‘calm’ my nerves, I like to have a sprite or water to sip on while waiting to take off and must have the center aisle seat if at all possible. Once we are up in the air and flying smoothly I tend to relax a little, or maybe that’s the nerve pill kicking in. Here’s to flying in the future!!!

I used to always worry about what I was going to eat when I would be traveling. I definitely agree that the key is just planning and being mindful. I make sure I eat a balanced meal before I go, bring along healthy snacks to eat every few hours and stay hydrated. Navigating healthy food at the airport is difficult so I typically go to a sandwich shop where I see them make it in front of me and I know exactly what is going into my food.

haha, I read all the in-flight magazines as well. even when I have layovers and they have the same exact magazine in the seats, I will re-read them.