Trip Home

OK, so I got up in plenty of time and gotto the airport early...REALLY EARLY. I didn't double check my ticket. When I origionally bought my ticket (the one that got cancelled by Orbitz) it left at 920 am. When I purchased my ticket atteh counter in Frankfurt on my way to Turkey I said I wanted the ame flight. I didn't double check though.

Turns out that my flight didn't leave until 1515. This means that not only could I have slept in, it also meant thatI would be lifting off about the time my flight was suposed to leave from Frankfurt. I was able to call Army travel and get my ticket changed (which is why the army always buys the exorbitant refundable tickets) with no problem though. SO I hung in the airport and gotto Frankfurt at about 6pm local and left at 10pm local. There is a great bookshop in the airport though, so I hung there and bought a couple books.

I arrived in Dubai at abou 6am and had a layover there until 4pm. First order of bussiness I found a spot and crashed out for about 5 hours, then I did some shopping. The Dubai Airport is like a big shopping mall. Bought a couple more books and some souveniers. I had a blizzard for lunch too. check out the food...DQ, Mc Donalds (standard), Round Table Pizza, Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks, and...Coldstone Creamary. Beat that with a stick! So I got to kuwait and my platoon Sgt came to get me. They got a flat tire on the way. :-)

So I'm on the way back when I hear that the generator wentout on the pad where I live and we are without power and most importantly...A/C. So I spent last night at temporary lodging. I so wanted my own bed!!! Well, they should be done with repairs now so I'm gonna grab my stuff and shlepp it across base. I have to shower and laundry and stuff. I had today off, but tomorrow is back to the grind. I have some cool books though, so I'm excited to get to read them. I'm also in the process of registering for classes for the fall too, so that will provide LOTS of new books. :-)