First Day

The first day started with waking up and finishing some last minute packing and then going to breakfast with Garrett at McDonalds. Then I met up at the Reynolds and started packing the vans to go to the airport. The trip to the airport was nice. I went with the Pharm. Students and got to know them a little better. We arrived at the airport around lunch time. I didn’t have anything to eat but a bag full of delicious bread provided by Mrs. Lowery. It was really good and served as a good lunch as I slowly finished off what bread was left in the bag. Thank you Mrs. Lowery!  We met a couple there who was waiting with us to get their luggage checked. It was fun interacting with them and sharing information about our upcoming trips. As we boarded the flight to Chicago there were some problems. They accidently checked Dr. Weaver off the plane and gave her spot someone else. This had to be corrected before we could leave, and resulted in a twenty minute delay. The trip to Chicago was fun. I sat with Ian, and Tessa, behind me sat Anna, and Kari. We had fun as we looked through the Air Magazine and made fun of all the strange products that were for sale and also found a questionable brochure that will not be discussed. After landing in Chicago we had thirty minutes to grab something to eat and then board the next plane. Since we were in Chicago we had to get the deep dish pizza served at the airport. I completely realize that it was not the real Chicago deep dish pizza, but it still felt good. After eating we boarded the plane, and then we sat, and sat. There was a sensory weather piece on the plane that was not operating correctly and had to be removed and replaced. This resulted in an hour delay on our flight to Washington. Luckily I was sitting next to Ian and on the other side of me sat Jill, and Dr. Weaver.  On this flight they had tv, and music play lists to listen to and watch. I ended up watching The big band Theory, and The Defenders. After landing in Washington we went and got our bags and then received directions from a man that had to teeth and a very large tongue to the bus loading area where we waited forever, played eye spy, name that song, and uno. We finally arrived at the Shearton, which is a very nice hotel. I am rooming with Ian. Here at the Sheraton you have to pay for internet, so I am not surfing the web. I hope to be able to sometime soon. That’s all for now, ready for Zambia!