Pre-Departure
Ladies and gentlemen, I am NERVOUS. Excited too, of course, but I don't think I'll be able to fully relax until I park myself in my seat on my silly little flight. I leave on Tuesday. TUESDAY . That's so incredibly SOON. I feel at once over and underprepared, as well as over and under packed. I think I have everything I need, but worry that I've overlooked something. My only comfort is that most things I might forget I will be able to buy there. My main concern right now is that I've never flown alone before, and it's been a while since I've been on a plane at all, so...I don't really know how airports work. But, I will simply have to figure it out like everybody else. To be fair, I do appreciate how much help everyone I've asked has given me as I've been preparing. I tend to get so nervous about doing things wrong that I opt instead to not do them at all...which obviously is less than helpful. So I've been very grateful to the people wh