Red Eye Flight

February 6th

I flew to Tampa for a friend's wedding. (I am sure this earns me brownie points at the new job. Nothing like taking 2 days off during your first week.) I thought it would be an AWESOME idea to take a red eye flight from LA to Tampa. I didn't want to waste a day traveling (not only is it about a five hour flight there is a 3 hour time change). I left LA Wednesday night at 11pm, flew to Atlanta and then to Tampa. Before embarking on the trip I was actually excited about my overnight flight. I thought I would be able to sleep on the plane and be good to go...HAHA!!! A few lessons I learned...never board an overnight flight without sleeping pills (I opted for a McFlurry before my flight instead of finding some Tylenol PM, delicious yet not the right choice), buy one of the dorky neck pillows (I brought a pillow from home and even though it is delightfully squishy it did not have the proper form for upright snoozing) and get a cute satin eye cover stat (people actually stay awake and read on those flights). I finally got some sleep on the quick flight from Atlanta to Tampa when my body couldn't take being awake any longer. Instead of spending yesterday enjoying Tampa (the whole reason for the crazy flight) I slept. Red eye = red eyes!