I was a nervous wreck all day. In my past travels, I had had flight cancellations at the last minute, near missed flight connections and the ever feared possiblility of not being in the system.
I had to work that morning for a few short hours trying to stay focused and not be distracted of what all needed to be done that afternoon before I would leave that evening.
I cashed in three years worth of loose change adding up to
$344 from the coinstar machine at my local grocery store. The machine backed up a few times and I had to find an attendant to help me. I would have forgone the commision I had to pay for the use of the machine and cashed it all in at the bank for free. I tried this initially before going to the grocery store but I was informed by the banker that the coins had to be rolled. I'll have to make a note of that for the future.
Once everything was crossed off the check list, my husband texted me saying he would be able to get off work early that day to get us to the airport sooner. It was 4:30 and though I dreaded it and GPS had proven the inevitabity, there would most certainly be traffic.
Never was there a jam so long and so slow and I sweated bullets through the whole thing eventhough I still had three hours. Then three hours became two hours and fifty five minutes and I fought to not panic. All I needed was to make it through that initial first step of arriving on time and checking in with time left over and I would be fine. I checked my bag 3 times during that ride to be sure the passports were still there.
Traffic left us with two hours and 35 minutes to spare before take off. The most painful step in the process was over. Me and my sweet Emma were checked in and laughing while on our way to our gate.
Air France flight number 689 was on schedule and waiting for us on the tarmac. The sun was setting
as we made our way to the entrance. The flight attendants greeted us.
Bon Soir!
~Lets do this!~
.....and I had wine with dinner on the plane.
Jessie J-Domino
( The song that happened to be on my mind at the time...)
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