Chicago to Las Vegas, for work. Or, more accurately, a return flight home from Las Vegas to Chicago. I've always been fascinated with flight, as my grandfather has been a pilot for the majority of his ninety years. He still flies. In World War II, he was an engineer for a squadron of planes in the South Pacific, the Bat Eyes, and he purchased a plane of his own in the 1950's. He has many stories, and I was fortunate to be able to go up in the air with him several times as a kid.

That said, commercial flight terrifies me and for the first time in my life I wished I'd done what most people do and secure pharmaceuticals for both legs of the trip. I hadn't been up in a commercial jet since my first flight, in July of 2001. Ever since my last flight - the Las Vegas trip - I've been reading up on commercial flight and subscribed to both r/flying and r/aviation in order to get better accustomed to it all. I hope to secure my own pilot's license eventually, much the same way people who are violently opposed to guns will get a license and visit a firing range. I developed a fear out of thin air and need to get over it.