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\u201cGear up, three greens\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cGear up, three greens\u201d<\/p>\n
I know that really it\u2019s \u201cgear down\u201d but the misphrase has stuck in my head for so long it just stays there, unwilling to change. I still hate flying, but I still love take-offs, perhaps because they remind me that I\u2019m actually going<\/em> somewhere\u2026airports and long haul flights have lost that luster over the years, but take-offs still have a bit of a glimmer.<\/p>\n Debark day was, is, and always will be, a blur. One moment you\u2019re half asleep at 5:30 in the morning waiting to be herded through immigration, and what seems like the next you\u2019re hauling yourself through airport security, and then poof, you\u2019re on a plane.<\/p>\n I never sleep the night before debark. Not on purpose, there\u2019s just always something I think I\u2019ve forgotten or that I need to redo. Last night checking in took an hour and a half thanks to our slow shipboard internet connection, but the upside of that is that for what worked out to be a very small amount extra I was able to upgrade to first class\u2026<\/p>\n So. Totally. Worth it.<\/p>\n Enough space to work in, enough leg room that my flight claustrophobia\u00a0 doesn\u2019t kick in, and free snacks! And free drinks! And a flight attendant who actually knows how to make tea right! And a seat allllll to myself. Plus Strange is safely stowed up in an overhead bin, which takes a huge amount of weight off my mind. Also, I somehow managed to not have to pay for my overweight bag, I do not know how this happened but I am refusing to look a gift horse in the mouth.<\/p>\n Going home still feels strange\u2026and flying is still\u2026not exactly my favourite thing, but the flight is short and I\u2019ve most definitely had worse\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cGear up, three greens\u201d I know that really it\u2019s \u201cgear down\u201d but the misphrase has stuck in my head for so long it just stays there, unwilling to change. I still hate flying, but I still love take-offs, perhaps because … Continue reading