Some things that helped were to have a blanket that covered any spots in her carrier that she could see through bc she was scared by people and it also kinda blocked out sound
if you have a t shirt or a blanket that your cat is familiar with you can put it in their crate for comfort
in terms of security control i asked for a private room when they wanted to check my cat and her carrier
in my case that part went really quickly but that was at dulles in dc so i can't speak for other airports
best of luck!
Dec 15, 2024
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I’m flying abroad for the first time next month and wanna know - what’s your most needed item or strategy for a flight? Its been a minute since I was on one longer than two hours! 😅
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I arrived at MSP yesterday, March 9th at noon, right on schedule. I have been planning and daydreaming about this two week adventure for almost three months (and also dreading the decision I made to take four flights in 24 hours with a minimum of 3 hour layovers between). It’s been pretty fucked up to be completely honest, but I’ve gotten to see some stuff and talk to some people I never would have, shared language or otherwise. In Philly I watched a guy sitting next to me at the bar put away three margaritas in an hour without looking up from his phone, and watched the slushy machine fall of the stand and shatter, splattering “frozé” behind the bar and all over the poor barbacks. That was the perfect segue for the bartender to tell me all of her mysterious ghostly encounters working at the airport which was just the right amount of drama to distract me from the fact that I didn’t do my homework right and was unable to fix the format on my phone. That was Philly (5 hours of airport Philly). The flight to Madrid was thankfully uneventful. I took a 3 mg melatonin which it probably equivalent to a Xanax for anyone else, and woke up every hour for 6 hours. Reflecting now I do feel like the melatonin was probably enhanced by the heavy ass pour of free white wine I was given upon departure. I felt strange and scared when I woke up but well rested enough to navigate the Madrid airport for the first time alone. I got off and did not stop walking for literally the whole hour and a half I was there!!! What a fucking clusterfuck maze!!! Nice though I guess and everyone was so helpful. Thankful for 2 hours of Madrid, I’ll be back for you in 6 days maybe we can get to know each other better. The flight from Madrid to Lisbon was honestly exactly what I needed: empty row in the back, sprawled out across three seats and passed out for an hour. Unfortunately I woke up to life threatening turbulence, which actually has turned out to be the theme of the day. The layover in Lisbon was fine, delayed as all hell though (weather, hole in the tarmac (????)). At this point not even “shake it” by Frost children looped as loud as possible can keep me awake and alert. They made me check my bag because they hate me but that is also a pretty good external sign that I’m holding it together well (they wouldn’t ask me to do that if I looked like how I feel on the inside, I presume) and now on the last leg, Lisbon to Porto, and I’m up ONE MILLION. Even though I did just cry watching the sweetest interaction between a dad and his daughter, and also because the woman across the isle from me had the cutest black cat with her. This is European equivalent to Minneapolis to Chicago, sort of an up and down and *no* around vibe. I keep getting missed connection texts from my friend who is three hours ahead of me in this journey too which is an interesting and helpful development, something to look forward to at every turn. Hopefully my bag is with me on this plane and I can have a cappuccino or vino verde or both in an hour when I get picked up from the airport princess style by my family who are impatiently awaiting my arrival :) hopefully I never do this again!
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1. Wait until the night before you leave, meander until 8 or 9
2. Select background entertainment—a comfort watch? A new playlist? The right background entertainment is crucial, best not to rush this process (30min)
3. clean up the room a bit so you have places to spread out what you’re going to pack (20-40min)
4. Fashion show! Try on and consider different outfit combos, set them out where everything can be visible at once (1.5-2.5 hours)
5. You’ve made your selections! Start organizing into packing cubes to fit nicely in your bag (30min)
6. You’ve run out of space! Time to reevaluate your outfits and try again (30min)
7. toiletries! you never cleaned out your travel containers from last trip, so you have to do it now. You make a mess in the sink pouring your potions into TSA-approved bottles (they might still take them away) (20min)
8. Dont forget to take out the garbage and water the plants! (5-10min)
9. Time for bed! Your Uber is picking you up in three hours 💋
Aug 23, 2024
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kind of cheesy but it reminds me of who im being mean to
Nov 24, 2024
I made this card for my best friend’s birthday and I’m very proud of it - I drew things that remind me of her like her cats and her fav movie as well as photos of some of my fav memories together - it took so long because there were so many tiny pieces of paper to cut out but I just put on a movie and in the background and had fun crafting which was actually very relaxing
Jan 12, 2025
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i am a stickler for being on time and by being on time i mean being 10 minutes early - i find it so disrespectful when people are consistently late because it just shows that they don’t respect my time and i don’t get the excuse that it’s just part of their personality bc if they really cared they would make an effort to change
anyway this was brought on by the fact that i missed my very expensive train bc my friends were late
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