Air travel survival kit

• iPod - music + audio books
• QuietComfort headphones
• Knitting
• Special homemade carry-on lunch
• Aisle seat

Off I go tomorrow morning at the near-peak of the holiday travel rush. I'm ready to go, though, I've got a straight-forward flight (non-stop, Seattle to Chicago), and I'm equipped with my "air travel survival kit." It will be so great to visit again with family--the weekend of my Dad's memorial was such a busy (an emotional) blur. Wonderful to see everyone of course, but I am still looking forward visiting under less hectic, and honestly, less stressful, circumstances. We will of course, feel my Dad's absence all the more. Holidays are tough like that.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday...