Well I must say I had an absolutely lovely flight to Australia!  It definitely helped that I wasn’t sick anymore too.  My Dad says that I have good travel karma because I usually get pretty lucky when traveling…and he’s right because I was on an almost full flight but I was able to get an aisle seat with two empty seats next to me.  About 20 minutes into the flight, the guy on the other side of the two empty seats leaned over and asked me if I would make a deal with him.  He wanted to lay down across the 3 seats and sleep for awhile and then switch off again with me later.  It sounded like a good plan to me so I agreed.  He took the first shift, which was perfect  because I happily ate the delicious dinner I picked up at the airport and watched 2 movies.  Then when it was my turn I took my Ambien, put my earplugs in, got out my neck pillow and silky down pillow, put my cover over my eyes and then sprawled out over the 3 seats and slept peacefully for the following 8 hours!  I woke up feeling totally rested and revived with only two more hours of the flight to go!  It couldn’t have worked out any better! 

A few flying tips: It’s very important to drink a lot of water so you don’t get dehydrated.  I got up a few times and walked up to the flight attendant station and helped myself to a couple of glasses of water.  Also, its important to stretch and move your fee so you don’t get a blood clot.  And it never hurts to bring the following: ear plugs, neck pillow, eye cover and of course, for the red eye flights…a good sleeping pill!