There must be some other song besides "Leaving on a Jet Plane," right?

[hermionesviolin]

Last week, I was talking to MaryAlice about my upcoming flight to California and how I was leaving obscenely early on Friday morning.  She said she can't sleep on planes, 'cause she doesn't fly much so she doesn't feel comfortable.  I, of course, can sleep just about anywhere I'm sitting down.

She said the first time she flew commercially she was 30, and she's only flown about 5 times in the ten+ years since.  I said I thought I'd flown more than 5 times already, even not counting the flight to CA when I was 4 which I don't remember.  Amusingly, I kept forgetting trips I'd taken.  Anyway, this is the list:

summer 2003: England
spring break 2005: Virginia
summer 2006: Georgia (WriterCon)
summer 2007: Tennessee (RMN Convo)
summer 2007: UK+ (multi-leg)

and upcoming...
summer 2008: California
summer 2008: Greece+Italy

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I don't anticipate accessing the Internet much at all while I'm in CA, so if you actually need to reach me, best bet is my cell phone.

Flight info just in case you care about tracking whether I crashed and died:

Fri, Jun 20, 2008
Boston Logan International Airport, (BOS) to San Diego International, (SAN)
1 Stop - change planes Philadelphia, PA (PHL)
Total Travel Time: 7 hrs 42 mins

Boston, MA (BOS) to Philadelphia, PA (PHL)
Depart: 05:30 AM
Arrive: 06:52 AM
United Flight 1882 operated by US Airways (on Embraer EMB E90 Jet)
Class of Service: Economy
Requested Seats: 8A

Philadelphia, PA (PHL) to San Diego, CA (SAN)
Depart: 07:30 AM
Arrive: 10:12 AM
United Flight 1740 operated by US Airways (on Airbus A321-100/200)
Class of Service: Economy
Requested Seats: 13F

+

Mon, Jun 23, 2008
Los Angeles International Airport, (LAX) to Boston Logan International Airport, (BOS)
1 Stop - change planes Philadelphia, PA (PHL)
Total Travel Time: 7 hrs 27 mins

Los Angeles, CA (LAX) to Philadelphia, PA (PHL)
Depart: 08:15 AM
Arrive: 04:37 PM
United Flight 2268 operated by US Airways (on Airbus A321-100/200)
    Class of Service: Economy
Requested Seats: 17A

Philadelphia, PA (PHL) to Boston, MA (BOS)
Depart: 05:15 PM
Arrive: 06:42 PM
United Flight 1945 operated by US Airways (on Embraer EMB E90 Jet)
    Class of Service: Economy
Requested Seats: 10F

Comments

[sangerin.livejournal.com]

I think my first commercial flight was at the age of 6 months. If not, it was at 18 months at the latest. I wouldn't dare try to count all the flights I've taken.