Hmm.... ativan and prayer????

sorry, it's all I've got. Love ya, Mary

lmao I was thinking the same thing..I don't have to fly, but it will get me where I want to be sooooo much quicker than a Greyhound will.

Glad you didn't think I was being sarcastic. lol. It really was an honest suggestion. Love ya hon

Nope...I was thinking happy pills too. :)

Fly!!!

Try it, you'll like it!!
Ask questions you have, Any??

lmao Starfish...

Yeah..how do I transfer and not get lost?

:D

some suggestions of what I did and learned --

1. Go to the airport you're leaving from, before you have to leave - find out where your plane company's check-in desk is, (Delta, Alaska, etc.) how you're going to do it (there are kiosks you can use) then you go to the counter to check in your bags - but only the ones that are being taken for storage. Keep your carry on bags with you.

When you do this, bring your bags with you want to carry on to check and see if they are too big - or find out what the acceptable dimensions are, so you can measure them at home.


2.)When you go to the airport to take your trip, get there 1 1/2 hours early, to make sure you get through all your check ins on time. Bring something to read in case your flight is late.

3.)Double check your departure/arrival gates - if the plane is late, you may have a different gate to go to.

4.)Buy film for your camera after you get where you're going - the X rays can mess up the film. Everything has to be Xrayed.

5.) Use zip-ties to secure your luggage instead of locks. That way, if they decide to search your luggage, it won't break a lock.

Your tickets will have your gate # printed on them where you are supposed to get on your transfer flight. The first thing you should do when you get to your first stopover is check a monitor of your flight and be sure it has not been delayed, and go to the departure gate. It should show a list of flights, and which ones are going to arrive there. If there have been no changes, your flight will be listed there.

I love flying. Even jumped out of a perfectly good plane once.

starfish, I had a panic attack just reading that list. I won't be flying any time soon that is for sure. LOL

Awww... It's like learning anything new - seems so complicated at first, but then once you get how it all works, makes sense. Just like this site.

starfish -- you're so right -- I depend so much on my husband but one time it was just me and my oldest and she was only like maybe 12 at the time. I did fine, and when I wasn't sure, there were plenty of airline people to ask who were very helpful, even had to switch planes and terminals and managed just fine. Actually, surprised myself. lol

I am just gonna do it. There is no other way to get over that fear. I don't feel like riding a stupid bus for 29 hours there and doing it all over again a week later. I want to be there, I am beginning to need to be there and that is enough. There is happiness waiting at the end of that flight for me and I am hoping that will be enough to give me strength.

Beleive me, I was so terrified before I went to see Jon graduate in Georgia - I sat next to some very easy to get along with peple on the way there, met a couple of interesting other peple, and on the way back, I got to sit next to my daughter, Sarah. I had a great time!!

I always think about airplanes crashing when I had to take one yrs ago, so i got drunk.