smokycmt
04-21-2005, 03:37 PM
My flight to FLL was scheduled for 10:20 am on 4/12. Just a few days prior I found out I am pregnant and quit smoking immediately so, needless to say, I was a bitch on wheels between not smoking and my preflight anxiety! HA. God love my husband.
I posted on here a few times before my flight...the anticipatory anxiety was just hell this time around...what else is new though. I woke up the morning of the flight feeling pretty good. I left enough time to have a bite to eat and get to the airport. Philly traffic is such a pain in the patoot and I ended up circling the airport 3 times for parking :fuming: All I really wanted was a cigarette, but alas, a piece of gum had to satisfy me. As I walked through the terminal it was eerily quiet and there was no line for security. I thought maybe the airport had closed and no one told me. I met up with my boss and we went to the gate...sat for a few minutes when all of a sudden the stupid fire alarm goes off and everyone jumps out of their seat to the nearest exit. I almost peed myself b/c it startled me. We ended up not having to go anywhere and boarded the plane within minutes after that happened. I was on a 757-200, big bird, old and rickity but okay. I had a window seat and no one was beside me which was great. I was completely relaxed the entire time with the help of deep breathing and my music. We landed pretty much on time and the flight was rather smooth, only a few annoying bumps here and there.
The flight home was a different story. I was really nervous for some reason that I cannot pinpoint. FLL airport was a zoo and all of the animals were waiting to board our flight to PHL...I swear. They packed us in like sardines. I had a window seat again, the middle was empty and some nice guy was on the aisle. I thought i had escaped a seat mate when low and behold this guy comes bounding down the aisle into the seat beside me. My pregnancy hormones must have kicked into high gear b/c I was mad at him the entire time. I got even more irritated after i snoped at his boarding pass and saw he was supposed to be seated in seat 26E, not 26B. He must have seen the 2 big guys across the way and decided to plop down next to me. He shoke his legs the entire time and I was staring at him while he slept hoping he would wake up and see how annoyed I was....:eek:
The entire flight I was in and out of panic mode but muddled my way through. I just wanted to get home. We landed late, of course that is how Philly works and then I proceeded to sit in Friday rush hour traffic...the horror. All in all, I think I did pretty well.
I figure if I could fly in a plane with minimal people, in first class or a private jet I would be all set....I guess I'll keep dreaming.
I posted on here a few times before my flight...the anticipatory anxiety was just hell this time around...what else is new though. I woke up the morning of the flight feeling pretty good. I left enough time to have a bite to eat and get to the airport. Philly traffic is such a pain in the patoot and I ended up circling the airport 3 times for parking :fuming: All I really wanted was a cigarette, but alas, a piece of gum had to satisfy me. As I walked through the terminal it was eerily quiet and there was no line for security. I thought maybe the airport had closed and no one told me. I met up with my boss and we went to the gate...sat for a few minutes when all of a sudden the stupid fire alarm goes off and everyone jumps out of their seat to the nearest exit. I almost peed myself b/c it startled me. We ended up not having to go anywhere and boarded the plane within minutes after that happened. I was on a 757-200, big bird, old and rickity but okay. I had a window seat and no one was beside me which was great. I was completely relaxed the entire time with the help of deep breathing and my music. We landed pretty much on time and the flight was rather smooth, only a few annoying bumps here and there.
The flight home was a different story. I was really nervous for some reason that I cannot pinpoint. FLL airport was a zoo and all of the animals were waiting to board our flight to PHL...I swear. They packed us in like sardines. I had a window seat again, the middle was empty and some nice guy was on the aisle. I thought i had escaped a seat mate when low and behold this guy comes bounding down the aisle into the seat beside me. My pregnancy hormones must have kicked into high gear b/c I was mad at him the entire time. I got even more irritated after i snoped at his boarding pass and saw he was supposed to be seated in seat 26E, not 26B. He must have seen the 2 big guys across the way and decided to plop down next to me. He shoke his legs the entire time and I was staring at him while he slept hoping he would wake up and see how annoyed I was....:eek:
The entire flight I was in and out of panic mode but muddled my way through. I just wanted to get home. We landed late, of course that is how Philly works and then I proceeded to sit in Friday rush hour traffic...the horror. All in all, I think I did pretty well.
I figure if I could fly in a plane with minimal people, in first class or a private jet I would be all set....I guess I'll keep dreaming.