My glass is ready to go

Sitting at DIA with my first glass of wine of the trip! Not a fan of airplane food as a rule, so my plan is to eat a nice dinner here, have a glass of wine or two, and sleep on the plane.  I land in Frankfurt tomorrow morning, then connect to Milan.

I’ll admit I’ve been nervous this week.  What was I thinking, booking a three week trip??  Three weeks is a long time.  I’ve traveled a lot, and traveled a lot alone, but never for this long.  So you, dear readers, are my company.  Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

A precious friend of mine shared some wisdom with me this week – she said it’s possible to be scared and brave at the same time.  You don’t have to pick.  You can both.  Or many things.  And so I am.  Brave and excited.  And a little bit scared.

Most of my nervousness slowly morphed into excitement today, and I know myself well enough to know I’ll be fine once I’m on the plane.  Then I’ll stop thinking stupid thoughts like what if my house burns down while I’m gone or what if this president gets us into a war and I get stuck and can’t get home….you know, that sort of super rational sounding stuff.

So that got me thinking about antidotes to fear.  I’ve narrowed it down to three big ones:

1.  Community – the people we love and the people that love us make us brave.  We feel stronger together.  I just talked to three of my best friends (thanks for calling, ladies!) sitting here with my burger and my glass of rosé, and I felt braver and stronger and cooler immediately.

2.  Gratitude – you know how I feel about gratitude.  It really was tied for #1.  I get to go on this trip.  How amazing is that?  

3.  Wine.  Duh.

Signing off from DIA –  

Mostly brave.

Cheers!

Traveling Girl