Here we go

The alarm went off at what was previously 4:45am. UGH! Since a kid, waking up at 5am to travel has always been a thing. I was always up by 5am and I never feel good at 5am. Looking forward to 11am when I feel better and more like an adult.

I take Dramamine pretty early on because it helps. It helps with everything, I tend to get anxious. The combo or Dramamine and Benadryl really helps. Anything else would cause me fall into a deep sleep and I'd have to be carried. I don't mind being up in the air or anything it's something else. It's like our cat Monty, he loathes being put in a car to visit the vet. He squirms and cries then stops and gets curious and you can tell a sense of adventure is there but then he returns to crying and squirming. He likes his head hidden but then he wants to know what's up to. I can relate to that feeling while traveling.

I just want to get there and try to shut everything around me out but then I don't want to miss the moments of travel either so I perk up a bit but only to return to my focused state of getting there. I suffer from random claustrophobia and those seats on the plane are probably what trigger it. I have to concentrate on feeling as if I am in some place open and that I can control and that takes a lot of will power and imagination and tricks you play on yourself. Trains and ships and car travel don't do this me. Busses and planes-blehk!

Once Monty gets to the vet he's more less fine and the trip back is always easier. Same for me. I love Monty , he's my lil trip mascot.