Learning to fly...

it's another cold January day...it is raining...no, it is snowing...not quite...it is snaining...and I am in the JetBlue terminal at JFK bound for the second Holy Land...Florida...despite the weather, it would seem we are leaving on time....but as I look around the gate I see many children...more children than I have ever seen on one flight...this is after flying south so many Christmas breaks...February nightmares...Passover kill-me's...I can't figure it out...but I am realizing that these are Orthodox families...it must be a break week for their religious schools...oh...I try to be nice...these are my people, I think...until the level of "geschreing" reaches levels that are making dogs howl in Cleveland...and I start to panic...how long is this flight?...how many minutes?...but I think...well, I'll put on the headset and watch a stupid movie and poof...we'll be landing...I look at my watch...we will be boarding soon...that should take about 5 hours with the strollers, and car seats...and, then I see the weather looks worse...and a man is davening at the window...it is morning prayers or does he think we are going to crash or is he praying his kids pass out after take-off?...oy, can it be tomorrow, I think...we finally board...our plane needs deicing...half the plane needs Children's Tylenol...the other half straight up martinis...we finally take off...the volume is not working on my tv...neither is Mike's...the poor woman to my right has a message for three hours that her screen is rebooting...I can't fall asleep...and half-way through, thanks to the delay...I have to crawl over the humanity to the bathroom...over mothers with many screaming kids...and attendants passing out salty snacks that make everyone drink more and have to pee...and omg...this is like my worst nightmare and favorite musical all in one morning...I am flying the friendly skies of Air Anatevka...I thought that was Fruma Sarah with the extra legroom!...and now, enjoying our visit in frigid temps for Florida...I wonder about our flight home...praying for a headset that works...calm  skies...a safe flight...right?...of course right!!!!