Just over a week away from my first transcon trip. We're going to Paris, a trip I've dreamt about for pretty much my whole life. It's the first of many overseas trips we have planned and I'm very excited about it. That said, I haven't been that worried because I've done my homework and I've asked most of the questions about customs and getting around and read a buncha threads, etc. I'm prepared.
But last night I had a heck of a nightmare. In my bad dream, not only did we get on a weird plane that reminded me a little bit of
the house on the rock (hello, that's bad enough right there), but we were in Business class and had to pay 25 cents for a cookie, which we had to share. Then there was something wrong with the plane so they told us to go to Disney World while they sorted it out (WHY Disney was right next to the hangar in Indianapolis, I don't know, but that's dreams for ya), and then I got lost in a Disney backlot maze and couldn't find my way out.
I've experimented a bit with lucid dreaming, so usually I can fix my nightmares and turn them into something pleasant. This time, though, no matter how many times I went back into the dream consciously, I couldn't find my way to the plane. I finally gave up and decided to get up and start my day. And now I'm kind of out of sorts and unsettled.
I feel fine about this trip. I mean, I have a couple of questions about exchange rates and traveler's checks (what's the scoop on the Euro and do I really need the travelers checks, because they always seem like such a PITA to me), but they're not panic-inducing questions. And other than that, I'm okay about it. So what the heck? Maybe it was the fried rice I ate for dinner, maybe it's some subconscious fear of finally realizing a dream so integral to who I am, maybe it's just brain garbage. I don't know.
So of course, I had to come and share my feelings immediately with my FT friends, because I knew that:
a) you guys could tell me I have nothing to worry about,
b) you could maybe explain the Euro,
and
c) maybe tell me about your first transcon trip and how it went and if you were at all nervous beforehand, whether consciously or subconsciously?
TIA,
GG