Day 2- Mary Makes a Promise

So, I thought that leaving for the airport three hours before departure time was reasonable. I dislike spending hours in airports.  However, I did not anticipate getting stuck in stand-still traffic in Elgin.  As our delay increased, I became anxiety-ridden.  Did I create positive visualizations of making the flight?  No.  Did I provide myself with positive self-talk, calm myself with affirmations, or attempt to focus on the moment?  Hell no.  I freaked as I envisioned missing our trip due to my insistence that we not get to the airport so early.  In the mist of my panic, I promised Ron that he could always decide what time we leave for the airport.  We honed our bear-escaping techniques as we fast-stepped (I actually ran at one point) through the airport.  Apparently they had paged us.  We arrived at our flight 5 minutes before take off.......Ron did not find my comment, "at least we didn't have to wait for the flight" very amusing.  And, he is so excited about getting me to agree to departure times that I may have to change the duration of the commitment from forever to, maybe, 10 years.

I did hear, upon arrival, that moose are more dangerous than bears so I may have to readjust my focus.

We are sitting in the Anchorage airport looking at the spectacular mountains as we await our propeller plane.  As a note to my daughter and single nieces, I have to say, THERE ARE A MILLION MEN here.  I couldn't get to my camera in time to take a picture of plane loads of men here....just in case you were looking.

I may not be able to post for a few days as we are flying to Fairbanks tonight but will update the blog at our next opportunity.

PS Ron read this and the disappointment on his face when he realized he only gets a 10 year window to call departure date was a sad thing to see.