I took a photo of the cabin just now. I was thinking about posting it to Instagram: “I am interrupting my #bristol programming to announce that I am on my way to Canada to ring in the New Year in a country that is not my own. Given the year that I have had, I deserve to be in a place that makes me feel good and gives me hope for the future.”

I am flying Air Canada and I love it. I love the expansive cabin that doesn’t make me feel claustrophobic. It may be the fact that this plane is a 787 instead of a 737. I cannot understand why, when I fly to the East Coast (New Jersey), I am forced to spend more time in a smaller space. Air Canada just gets it right. We even were delayed for takeoff by an hour for an A/C mechanical issue, but I was so nonplussed, I fell asleep in the half-empty plane and only briefly awoke when the remaining masses boarded prior to departure. The whole time I dreamt that half full was the final head count and I would be able to move to an empty row and fall asleep in a horizontal position. Alas, that is not the case, but even though I am awake in a vertical seated position at 3 am, I am not unhappy.

I love the fact that when the person seated in front of me extends their seat, it doesn’t hit me in the head like on airlines based in the US. (I will not say American airlines or US airlines, lest you get confused and actually think I am talking about a corporate company rather than a location. But I digress…) I actually dumped the contents of my ditty bag on the floor and had enough room to bend myself in half and go spelunking for the wayward AirPods that slipped out of reach. The last time I flew Air Canada, I was impressed by the way they lit the cabin. Tonight, the cabin is gently lit with a blue light that is a lot more subtle than this photo would indicate. I couldn’t help but think that the light should be red because it’s *not* blue (activating) and red would be a better #branding color for them.