Okay, this is the one. I love to travel solo and reflect on situations, but I also love travelling with other people. Voicing out my boundaries and having the difficult conversations when needed is super important and something I learned along the way. Trail and error.. Hope the lemonade will taste sweet because there were lots of lemons. It was also the first time I took Mochi with me on a plane. I felt confident enough that my friend knew me well enough to go through difficult situations with me.
And it would be nice to have somebody with, me while I took my first flight with Mochi. Somebody that could help with handling everything that comes with it. My friend is a bit calmer and slower, in a good way. It was a nice balance with my stressful face. Mochi comes to work with me every day. Her bench is the travel crate, so to her it feels familiar and she has no problem getting in.
Having a suitcase, a big travel crate, a dog on a leash and figuring out where to check in, where to bring her, and keeping track of the time was pretty stressful. It was also my friends first time flying in a very long time.
So while she was super excited, I was super stressing. This helped me a lot to not stay in the feeling. Once Mochi was taken away in her crate it was out of my hands and I went along into my friends happy mood. So in this situation I was asking my friend for her patience, without using my words.
During our stay we went to a very fun but crowded Ibiza hippy market. One stroll was enough for me and I got super overwhelmed. She wanted to do another round and pick out gifts for her daughters. In this situation, I tried to give her my patience, so she could stay at the market. I was sat at a long table, shared with other people, shoulder to shoulder and with a dog between my legs.
