I just printed my boarding passes online, so I guess there’s no turning back!  (Not that I’d want to anyway.)  I’m flying home to Erie, PA tomorrow!  I’m excited.

I’m also nervous — just about the flying part.  Up till yesterday, I was excited — picking out books and knitting projects to take with me to pass the time on the plane and during the layover in Detroit.  But now that I have boarding passes in-hand, the nervousness has hit and my stomach is in knots.  This will only be my second time flying, and though I did just fine the first time, it still freaks me out.  The only reason I’m flying at all is because I felt like I needed to go home for a little while, and Nick wasn’t able to come so I didn’t want to drive the 11+ hours alone.  Anywhere else though?  Forget it.  My need to go home just outweighed my dislike of flying.

I packed most of my things last night.  I’m flying Northwest and they allow for one checked bag for free, plus your carry on.  I’m just taking one suitcase, and even with a good amount of clothing packed, there’s still lots of room in case I do any shopping while I’m home.  Of course, I packed lots of yarn and knitting things in both my carry on and my checked luggage (I might need more knitting to do on the flight home, ya know!).  I think I packed enough yarn and patterns to knit 3 or 4 pairs of socks, which is highly unlikely — if I get through 2 pair, I’ll be surprised — but knitting is the one thing that calms my nerves.  Those security people at the airport better not try and take my knitting needles away or I’ll be a wreck… (I did pack a book in case, though.)

Anyway, tomorrow night I’ll be having dinner at my parents’ house.  My mom is making stuffed shells.  My mother- and father-in-law, and my grandparents will all be there.  It should be nice.  After spending the better part of the day in airports, I’m not entirely sure how coherent I’ll be, but I’m sure they’ll understand.  Oh!  And I’ll get to see my good old Kodi-dogger too.

I’m going to make an effort to take lots of pictures.  I’m just packing my little point-and-shoot camera, not my fancy dSLR.  But I’ll try to take enough pictures with family and friends so that I can post a nice little photo album of the trip in the photo gallery when I get back.

Wish me luck and think good thoughts for my flights tomorrow, please!  (No turbulence! *fingers crossed*)  See ya’ll soon!