May 17 -- Today was our first attempt at getting on a Space A to Germany out of Andrews after spending a very hot, sweaty morning at Arlington Cemetary. We didn't make it, despite the man at the check in desk assuring us we would. We now know not to get any hopes up until we are on the plane even with reassurances from someone in a uniform. We did get on the flight to McGuire though, and we were able to get a hotel reservation on base. It was a fun experience to fly on a C-17 for the first time. When we got to New Jersey, we learned that the flight out of New Jersey for Thursday was cancelled, and the next flight would be on Friday, giving us a free day at McGuire.
May 18 -- We spent the morning walking to the commissary, dodging the 93 degrees in the sun and trying to make our way across base (2.5 miles) in the shade as much a possible. We bought some lunch which we ate in the shade of a tree. Then, we spent a majority of the afternoon menu planning easy, portable meals, purchasing a few things at the PX and grocery shopping again. We were able to get a ride back to the hotel and were thankful we didn't have to lug our groceries back across base.
May 19 -- Laundry in the morning before we had to check out was nice though the slow dryer made the 11 AM checkout from the hotel a hectic process. I'm sure that will be the story of our lives for the next several weeks. We are currently traveling with 5 backpacks, 5 carry-on size suitcases, 5 extra bags of food and camping mats, and a 2 gallon jug of water (which will not be going on the flight with us). We arrived to an empty terminal, which gives us hopefully not unfounded hope that we will be successful today in getting on. We will sit here at the terminal until roll call and glare at anyone coming in to scare them into thinking it's not worth checking in. I'll keep you posted.
No comments:
Post a Comment