There WAS Enough Air on That Airplane!

I lived through the airplane ride.   YYYyyyyyaaaayyyyyy!

     

It may seem odd that I am not the least bit concerned about crashing while flying.  It's BREATHING I am worried about.  So that not-enough-air-in-the-airplane phenomenon just erodes all rational thought in my tired, little mind.

Consequently... I had forgotten about the little silver cart.  I should have reviewed the Sally Takes A Ride In An Airplane picture book before I left...

Frequent flyers (who, apparently, have lost their zeal for oxygen) know about this important fact:
A (usually) nice man or woman pushes a silver cart down the middle aisle of the airplane.  First, they give you a snack....

I REALLY like snacks, but I have never seen this iteration before... it was like miniaturized pretzels and the smallest little bread-like shapes and something-else-I-forgot-and-you'll-know-why-in-a-second and it was ALL covered with cinnamon sugar which was soon everywhere!  And, I AM NOT KIDDING, when the people in my row saw that I had eaten the snack, they all gave me their little packets, which seems weird now, but seemed very generous at the time!  This also meant my purse was bulging with bags of miniature sugar-covered snacks when I got off the plane and I was really glad I didn't have to explain that collection to the security folks!

Oh, yeah, the cart... You know how they have soda on that cart?  And coffee?  And juice?  And OTHER beverages?  The man sitting next to me on the plane (NOT the one from the airPORT) looked a little alarmed when I was digging my fingernails into the armrests (before we took off).  And I could tell he was thinking:  I hope this woman does not dig her fingernails into my ARMS...  And by the time I was starting to cry, he gently, kindly, and oddly proactively, suggested I might like a beverage.  And I had already had regular coffee AND Starbucks, and I didn't think I needed any more coffee, so I said, "Thanks, I've already had coffee."  And he said, I wasn't thinking coffee..."

And I KNOW it was morning, but there WAS orange juice in it, and I've always been one to cover all of my food groups {says with smirk}, I agreed he was right....

And then I was in Washington.  Uhhhhmmmmmm.  Skip a few steps, Kim?  Yep, a sleepless night before the trip, mixed with pure panic, and a little morning pick-me-up put-me-out... and, well, it is now all a distant memory.

 I know I will have to fly BACK to California in a few days (and, yes, I have considered buses, trains, and walking).  Barbara from the Corner on Character explained (via her aeronautically-inclined husband) the physics of where airplanes get their air, so there SHOULD be enough for everyone.  Irrational thought doesn't always yield to the laws of physics, but I will do my best.

And speaking of LAWS, I will have to break one tomorrow.  I'm not sure if there is a BlogJail, but I may have two posts in a day.

NO!  Technically not!  I have to proof-read quickly and then amend all of the mistakes. (Remember... I am the one who types, inaccurately, with four fingers and a thumb!) (Wait... let me clarify:  I HAVE all of my fingers and thumbs, I just can't type with that many digits.)

So... I can have this post stamped on December 27th, and then I can post again on December 28th... No rules (completely) broken.  Ahhhh.  My conscience is at ease.

But not really, because I am sooooo behind on BlogFun! 

I have to catch up on three Linkys (See: 1) Kristin/Hadar's 11 in 2011... which is also at linked at Hadar's/Kristin's 11 in 2011  2) Fern's Top Three Most Viewed Blog Posts... and Mor's/Teacher's Treasure's Resolutions) and I MUST find out about Hadar and Kristin's IRL link-up (and what DID Kristin wear?), and I HAVE to get those freebie math posters at Ladybug's because I am teaching geometry on Wednesday (and have you seen those tags from her [famous] colored MATH BINS (Matchy Matchy Heaven!) at her TN store?!) and then there are new organizational details coming at CFC, and there's a Giveaway at The Crafty Community (Hobby Lobby GIFT CARD, anyone?) and there are 472 blogs I need to peek in on, and 148 comments to be left, and there are naps and movies and reality TV, and MMmmmm snacks, and listening to the Washington rain and special time with my sweet NIECES...  Goodness, I have to sleep fast!

Wishing YOU wonderful times too!

WooHoo.  It's 11:46 (despite the time posted below)... 14 minutes to spare!