Countdown to takeoff ...

In case anyone reading this doesn't know me that well, I make no secret of the fact that I have an intense fear of flying. So, while I'm excited about my impending trip to the tropics, I am also slowly getting more and more worked up about the prospect of being on an airplane again.

I'm also starting to freak out about the fact that I only have 45 minutes to catch my connecting flight in Atlanta. I had a bad experience with being stranded all day in an airport in Puerto Rico after missing a connecting flight, and that's an experience I'd prefer never to have to repeat again. But I guess I'm a pessimist because I just have a feeling that it's going to be San Juan Part II on Sunday.

And, to top it all off, my flight to Atlanta leaves at 6 a.m., which means I won't be able to hit the airport bar before boarding. Normally, I handle my fear of flying by going to the airport bar and getting tipsy off rum/coke or screwdrivers (depending on the time of day) before getting on the plane. Hopefully I'll be so tired at that time that I'll feel drunk anyway – it's been known to happen if I'm tired enough.

Wow ... we made it.

It's past 7 p.m. on 6/6/6 and the apocalypse hasn't started yet. Well, I guess there's still some time left, but it's looking like the predictors of armageddon have been foiled again. Man, those people can't ever catch a break.

It's good news for me because I already paid for my plane ticket to the Cayman Islands in less than two weeks. I'd be really pissed if armageddon caused me to miss my vacation.

Apparently, my parents won a trip to the Cayman Islands a while back, so they told me I could go with them if I paid my airfare - but I don't have to pay to stay there because they won a seven-night stay in a three-bedroom condo. So it'll be me, my parents and two of their friends kickin' back in the Cayman Islands for a week.

I don't really know much about the Cayman Islands except that it's not in the Midwest, and technically is not part of the United States, so that's exciting enough for me. I'll be sure to post some pictures when I get back. I'll try to update my blog at least once again before I leave, but that's asking quite a lot.