That’s a Long Time to Just Sit There

I have taken a lot of lengthy plane rides in my time, and I have it down to an art. I know myself well enough to know that I won’t sleep, even if I have an eye mask and a neck pillow and noise-canceling headphones, so instead, I plan to keep myself awake and entertained the entire time.

I’m talking headphones, music and a book downloaded to my phone, a physical book as a backup, lots of snacks, and if I can manage it, a laptop because I tell myself that I’m going to work on writing whatever my latest idea is for a novel and then I never actually get around to it. The thought of just sitting there for 10 hours all willy-nilly is astonishing and miserable.