The last two days has been absolutely crazy. On Monday, I worked almost 12 hours before continuing on Tuesday with a little over 4 hours to complete my 16 hours of the 40-hour work week.
For the first time in a long while, I felt hectic, trying to get every customer billed and all the payments reconciled. I am a billing and accounting specialist, in case you haven’t figure that out. I send bills to customers and reconcile payment for a living.
I am writing this post prior to getting on my first flight from Salt Lake to Las Vegas. From Vegas, I’ll have a 4.5 hours layover before boarding another flight to Buffalo, New York. Of the airports I have been to so far, the Salt Lake airport has the best Wi-fi. So I’m taking the opportunity to type this on my laptop with a physical keyboard.
Anxiety-wise, I think now that I’m sitting in the airport, sipping on an iced chai latte, I am feeling a better, not near-hyperventilation like a few hours before. In fact, I had been near-hyperventilation for the last few days.
I was getting cold feet about trip. There’s so many worries. As much as I tried to relax and look forward to my long-awaiting trip, my anxiety, as always, was holding me back. Darn you, anxiety! Always causing misery. Why can’t you leave me alone?
So many things to do, my brain kept telling me. You can’t go. I barely slept the night before my flight. My brain kept me all night with about a million thoughts. Why didn’t you purchase carry-on luggage for the flight? There’s no way you will bill all these people before your flight. You can’t place your trust in those people to take care of your garden.
All night long. Just thought after thought. Ugh!
I spent Tuesday night on the flight to Buffalo, New York and will be there at 5 AM. Hopefully I will get a few hours of shut-eye during the flight.
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I definitely felt the same during my first international trip.
And now, I want to feel it again 🙂
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I feel like I don’t travel enough and it’s why I feel the way I felt.
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What if I tell you that I’ve experienced airplane travel only once in my 40+ years of life, which happened more than 5 years ago?
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Uh, a 4-1/2 hour trip. That wouldn’t give me anxiety as much as it would aggravate me.
And why before you take a trip? That’s enough to give anyone anxiety AND aggravation!
Bon voyage!
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Fortunately, the layover wasn’t as long as I thought because they changed the gate 2 times which made me and my mom run around like Las Vegas airport like crazy. Really, the layover ended up to be about 2.5 hours. The worst part came when the flight to Buffalo was delayed by 1.5 hours. I kept wanting to sleep but wanted to wait until it took off.
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Yes and I would get nervous that I might miss my flight if I overslept.
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Well, I wouldn’t be worried about that since the flight attendants were very eager to get us off the plane when it landed.
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Actually, I meant falling asleep while waiting in the terminal before you got back on the plane.
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Ah, that’s not going to happen to me as I’ve always been good at keeping myself occupied.
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I meant to write, ugh, a 4-1/2 hour layover. I detest layovers!
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I hope you have a wonderful vacation. 💖👍🏼🤗
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Thank you. Despite next to zero sleep, I’m enjoying myself so far. Niagara falls is truly a breathtaking place.
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Yes, I’ve heard. 😎
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