Flight (The blog I ment to post a couple months ago)

In all my almost 30 years of life I’ve never flown before, but as of this April that will change when my significant other & myself embark on a trip to Tampa., Florida. Why Tampa? Do you ask? Well, my significant other has an ex who lives in Tampa who’ll allow us to stay @ his place free of charge & I was told there are some cool things to see or do. I’m not sure what just yet, but I’ll take my boyfriends word for it, but mainly I’m just going for the sake of going on my first airplane ride. My boyfriend says that a flight to Florida would be a good way to get my fear of flying out of my system & to get me ready for any future trips we might go on.

I might be exaggerating by saying I have a “fear” of flying, but with it being something I’ve never done before & I will admit I am a little nervous. I’ve seen too many airplane disaster movies, such as “Alive” & “Final Destination” where characters have met an untimely demise while traveling by airplane. In real life airplane disasters always seem to make the headlines with very few survivors. Also, the September 11th tragedies are in the back of my mind & I guess there’s a fear that the airplane I’ll travel on will be hijacked by terrorists.

Maybe I am being a little bit silly & I’m sure the chances of my plane getting hijacked or going down in flames are highly unlikely, but I can’t help but not have those thoughts in the back of my mind. I definitely do want to go down to Florida & experience the scenery & I would like to further my travels & maybe eventually go overseas. I just need to get over my first flight & then I’m sure I’ll have no problems in the future.