flying, fears, and miracles...

drew and i just got back from new york city.  we had an amazing time!  i honestly could not believe how much i enjoyed this trip.  i was a little {okay, a lot} anxious about the trip's details {the flight - i am TERRIFIED to fly!, the subway system, the huge amount of people, etc.}, but it just turned out to be such an amazing trip, and one that was over way too soon.  in fact, i told drew that we REALLY need to go back again since we didn't get to do everything that we wanted to do.

i definitely am going to have to blog about this trip in more than just one post, because there are way too many details to tell about in just this one post, so i'll just start out at the beginning...

this trip started off with a bang!!!!  our flight out of memphis was at 6:10 am on monday morning, and so i had my alarm set for 4:15 so that we could leave by 5:00...well, my alarm did NOT go off, and i woke up at 4:52...i had exactly eight minutes to get ready to leave.  WOWZA.  if you know me, you know that this is next to impossible.  but, with God all things are possible, and i got ready and was out the door by 5:00 am.  this truly was a miracle.

then we got lost on the way to the airport and had to turn back around and try to find which exit we had missed and where we needed to go...at this point, let me just say a hallelujah for cell phones.  we completely relied on our gps the whole trip, from this very first moment where we were lost in memphis, all the way up to the last night in brooklyn when we were walking for an hour trying to find the brooklyn tabernacle!

so all this to say, we had a crazy morning, but we eventually made it onto the plane...

{when did i get a double chin?!oh.my.}

jenn did not get to sit with us on the first flight, and i just have to say i was a little envious of the fact that this chick had NO anxiety about flying!

after i cried through the take-off {no lie, there were actual tears}, and then nearly clawed half the flesh off of drew's leg after we hit a couple of air bubbles as we kept getting higher, i looked back and jenn was sleeping!  sleeping!!!  i looked at drew and said, "how can she do that?!"  he just looked at me and said, "because there's peace, baby."  thank you for making me feel so non-spiritual.

so there we were, on our way to new york...i had no idea what a great trip this was gonna be...