In flight thoughts

I discovered a fun way to confuse "Tom", my gps. Turn him on at 34000 feet going 577 mph. Oh yeah. The starboard engine looks loose. Feeling a bit like shatner in that tz episode. I actually had to deal with a little bout of anxiety. My mind suddenly decided that I has been in this can long enough. Now the current order of songs on the iPod: amazing grace followed by Jesus don't want me for a sunbeam… and we are hitting turbulence. We are over Ohio and should be starting our descent as it is 5:55 local and we are scheduled to land at 6:15 or so.

Travel

First off… never take an ambien before an early flight, not even Half of one. I had planned to get up at 2:30 am. My flight was at 7:00 so I figured that would give me lots of time. You know the saying about the best laid plans… I overslept … by two hours. I managed to get out of the house in an amazing 15 minutes. Yes... Dressed and pilled but no coffee or food.
As I said, my flight was at 7:00 with boarding at 6:40. I got on to the courtesy shuttle from parking at 5:54. Smartly I had taken advantage of United's advanced check-in and baggage check, so I dropped my bags with the skycaps and headed for the cattle chute called "security". Made it through with no issues (phew) and to my gate at get this … 6:34! Alas, no time for the restroom or coffee.