First Class

True confession time.

After a week of pretty relentless work and emotional unpleasantness, on a whim and in a moment of weakness I took the airline up on its $50 upgrade offer. I flew home in luxury.

I wish I could do it every time. Amazing what a comfortable seat and plenty of elbow room will do for a person's frame of mind.

Irony alert: this was the first shuttle flight from Boston to DC I've ever been on that arrived fifteen minutes EARLY. So I got to enjoy my expensive seat for a significantly shorter than typical time.