I'm sure I wrote earlier this year about my Phobias, and of course Flying was one of them.   I recently took a trip to visit my sister up north; and yes, I had to 'fly'.

   Now, yes...I did get a script for Xanax--and took one before each flight.  But...I don't think I'd need that, if I were to fly again.  This flight was just over an hour; I kept 'busy', reading.  And, yes, I did say it was ' a bit bumpy'; however, after thinking about it, I realized that the 'bumps' were much less than I feel when we are driving over some side streets here in town!  So I honestly can't say it was 'bumpy' at all.  

On the first flight, I didn't even think about chewing gum; and my ears popped several times. So I made sure to have gum with me on the flight home--and I guess it helped, because I didn't have any 'popping''!  

Another thing I was a bit worried about was 'seatmates'. There were 3 seats on each side of the aisle; and those seats are small! However, I had nice seatmates both times.  

On the way to Minneapolis, the lady in the window seat was a frequent  flyer who said I should look out the window; well, no thank you! At least not at that point. She chatted with me, which I'm sure helped to keep me calm at take-off. Then, we both started reading. And actually, the flight was almost over before I knew it.

On the way home, I also had nice seatmates; this time, I took the window seat--and yes, I did look out a few times! None of us felt 'chatty', so we all did a lot of reading. I had taken a few cookies along, per my sister's suggestion; and also at her suggestion, I had purchased a bottle of water each time.  I did sip the water a few times, but I really wasn't hungry--so those cookies made it home with me without having been touched.

I think what had worried me most about flying is the 'turning' and take-off. Before this, my only experience with planes was when I flew with my dad as a child--in a Piper Cub; and I've also flown in my brother's single engine plane as well as that of a friend of the family.  In small private planes, you really 'feel' the turning; I always felt like I was going to 'slide out' the door! And take-off and landing was very pronounced.  However, you don't have that in commercial aircraft.  

So, if another opportunity should come my way, I don't think I'd be a bit worried about flying again.