You would think because I fly at least once a week, I would have gotten over my fear of flying. But if I am not in control, I am not trusting whoever's at the controls or wheels. Even when BF is driving me, I am telling him to slow down, speed up, take that turn, can't you see that van, oh my God, you're about to kill me oh! He got so upset one day that he stopped in the middle of the street and refused to drive. I had some serious begging to do.
So once again, here I am waiting to board a plane. The weather has been bad all week and I was hoping it would have cleared up before my flight. Clear up ke, it is raining cats and dogs. Not only that but I could hear thunder and see lighting everywhere. I was seriously hoping and praying the flight be cancelled. The Delta representative says we'll be boarding in 30mins. I'm thinking damn, damn, damn. But I'll be okay, God is in control.
We board the plane and then we can't take off for another 1hr because it gets worse. It's finally time to take off and I start panicking, like seriously. I am thinking, should I just ride it out because the flight is only one hour or save my life and get off. Before I could decide, the plane had pulled out of the gate. Yeepa.
So we take off and I'm telling you this flight was so bumpy, the flight attendants could not even get out of their seats for one minute. I turn my i-pod on and try to calm myself down by listening to some music. Every time the plane shakes, I grab the armrest real tight or close my eyes. This guy beside me keeps smiling at me, I'm like whatever, you yourself you better start saying your last prayers.
About 40 minutes into the flight, I see this bright light and hear a crackling sound. I'm thinking this is it oh. I started asking God for forgiveness and I'm waiting for something to happen. The smiling guy goes "heh, heh, it just looks like lighting struck the plane." He says it so casually. Since I have never experienced that before, I'm thinking to myself so what next? Is that going to affect the engine, the wings, what.
I guess it happens sometimes and there's no cause for alarm. But hey, how was I supposed to know.
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I can relate to your flying jitters. I used to think flying was the coolest thing. I'd brag about how the taking off and landing part was the best feeling for me.
But Omo,.. i think after 911, after all the crashes in naija, flying freaks me out. Especially if I end up on a small plane, phewww. My sisters can attest to my fear(with all the panic messages I send them before I take off). I have decided that in order to quit flying on small planes, I need to pay more attention when buying my tickets and based on the plane type/name, I'll choose another flight (sharply).
For the fear of flying in general, I still have to work on that.
Well,... God is always in control. NO SHAKING!!
I feel your pain..I had to fly last week and I was terrified. My flight was also delayed due to a storm. I thought I was going to pass out. I even turned off my IPOD cause I wanted to concentrate on my prayers...lol. I finally had some white wine (best $5 I ever spent on a plane)..which got my slightly tipsy /sleepy cause I only had 3 measly pretzels...all day.
When we landed, the issue became getting off the plane without letting the other passengers know that I was thisclose to being toasted. Flying is truly the bane of my existence.
Yeah, traveling nowadays in a pain in the behind. Hope it gets better soon.
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