1 day to go.....

[aurora30]

hello everyone...

well it is here... time to go to Switzerland tomorrow. Strangely enough the last couple of nights I have been able to sleep like a rock!
It was about 1 1/2 week ago I was freaking out! what is happening? I like this "not worrying thing" I hope it lasts. I'm all packed and my bag of tricks is ready (comfy socks, books, music, etc)
I can't wait to see how is goes. I have decided to break the flight in 2-hour increments. we'll see if that helps, it is about 11 hours....:shocked
The only bummer is that we are leaving our cat, she will be all taken care of by our friend, I have no concerns there.... just some separation anxiety, 2 weeks is a long time to be away!
Any one of you had a hard time being away from a beloved pet?

:hail can't wait to get there.....

[beaugest]

Aurora, you are going to have a great trip and be my role model. I'll also be flying for that long. I had the same exact plan to break the trip up into segments. I find it really helps. Last year,when I went to London I realized after a certain point that I realized I was forgetting to check.
We travel frequently and end up leaving our cat,dog,and fish behind. They make us pay upon our return. We have to grovel for a week upon our return.

[aurora30]

thanks for the advice....
you are right about our pets they sure know how to "make us pay" but we still love them and miss them...

I will try to post from Switzerland and let everyone know how it went.

:airplane

[Chelle]

Good luck aurora! I too found I had more anticipatory anxiety in the couple weeks prior to my last flight, but when it got down to the last couple days, it was just a calm feeling of acceptance (there's no backing out, I'm going to do this, I will deal with whatever anxiety I have along the way, etc).

Have a great trip, I look forward to reading your trip report :)

:sunshine

[aurora30]

thanks Chelle!:sunshine

[Passenger Mark]

You are counting them down just like me. Part excitement, and little part dread... but mostly excitement.

Have a great trip!

Mark