Fear not, I am safely back in the States. And from the moment we set foot on American soil, it's been nothing but trying situation after irritating situation. The whole ten days abroad went smoothly and wonderfully, but getting back in to our dear country provided me and my traveling companions with the following treasures:
-a frozen luggage hatch and a three hour wait at the baggage claim
-ten degrees below zero, and dropping
-a missed connecting flight to Kansas City
-an insufferably long line to claim accomidation vouchers and new flight reservations
-no pizza places willing to deliver to the O'Hare area hotel
-a worker at the "free" breakfast counter requiring a persuasive speech to prove that we were, in fact, guests at the hotel and we were, in fact, entitled to the "free" breakfast. The convincing of said worker took so long that in order to make the shuttle to the airport (at 5:45 am, mind you) there was no longer time for breakfast.
-the world's slowest line at the ticket counter, almost making us miss our flight
All in all, it's not been too bad. Could have been much worse. Now I'm in Oklahoma, winning the battles against jet lag (which also isn't too bad) and making preparations for Costa Rica. I'll be heading there in about four weeks. Until then, I have to keep up with a whole two and a half classes (Origins and Cadaver Dissection Lab, and Lifetime Wellness, which only qualifies as 0.5 class, to me).
I'll be posting Middle East trip summaries and photographs soon. I have to wade through my hundreds of pictures first.
Until next time--
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