Sleeping on plane flights

It’s an acquired skill. (As with any specialized task, certain key tools make all the difference. Here - good headphones, a hooded sweatshirt.)  There are certain destination points that it’s nice to acknowledge, or that you might miss out on, like snacks and “important” safety announcements. On the whole though, most would agree sleep is way more fun.

I was thinking this is kinda a funny metaphor for stuff. Even when I’m traveling with friends, I’d really rather not chitchat on the plane. It’s almost more painful, ya know? Leave me be in my cocoon of semi-sentient misery. Talking makes me aware of the unhappy plight I’m stuck in for the next __ hours.  I forget what I wanted this to be a metaphor for. Alas.

A weird bonus is the fact that it’s easier for me to sleep when I’m sick, so getting sick while traveling sometimes enables me to zonk out before we leave the runway.  Blissful dreamworld until it’s time for peanuts.

Oh yes! A metaphor for unintentionally sleeping to your destination, and missing the travel part of it.  I guess it all depends on your goals.  Want to live life to its dryball scraping static stale fullest?  Don’t sleep on your plane. :P  Want quality ’stead of quantity?  Slip on those noise canceling headphone and let the yakkers yak. (Sidenote: yak = throw up = talk incessantly.  Interesting).