Back from Misawa
Got back from Misawa yesterday. I think I'm over my jetlag, but I doubt it. It was snowy as all get out in Misawa. On Wed & Thurs, Misawa officially received 11.5" of snow; I think that they picked up a total of 2 ft while I was there.
The yakiniku dinner in Hachinohe was very cool. We wound up sitting with the Executive Officer (XO) of the Navy "side" of the base. So, I was my charming, witty self and Noreen and I had a great convo with the XO about everything.
I also taught Noreen to do some swimming. On Tuesday, our first day at the pool, I got Noreen started on the elementary backstroke and had her get into the deep end (8ft) of the pool; she was totally freaked out by being in the deep-end. Wed, I worked more with her and she actually swam the length of the pool and on Thurs she was jumping off the end of the pool into the deep end. I also had her swimming under water for a weight that I tossed into the pool (I kept that work in the shallower end of the pool). Not bad progress for roughly 5-6 hrs in the pool, eh?
The connection at LAX to my commuter flight to San Diego was easy (sailed through immigration and customs), but I had to clear security at the commuter terminal at LAX , and if I made it with 15 min to spare before my flight boarded. If anything had taken more time, I'm sure I would have missed my San Diego flight. But, one of my suitcases DID miss the flight to San Diego. One made it, but the second was held up at LAX for "security/customs" according to the guy in San Diego. Well, my suitcase came on the next flight from LAX, about an hour later, and TSA hadn't even opened it up, so I don't know what the deal was.
The yakiniku dinner in Hachinohe was very cool. We wound up sitting with the Executive Officer (XO) of the Navy "side" of the base. So, I was my charming, witty self and Noreen and I had a great convo with the XO about everything.
I also taught Noreen to do some swimming. On Tuesday, our first day at the pool, I got Noreen started on the elementary backstroke and had her get into the deep end (8ft) of the pool; she was totally freaked out by being in the deep-end. Wed, I worked more with her and she actually swam the length of the pool and on Thurs she was jumping off the end of the pool into the deep end. I also had her swimming under water for a weight that I tossed into the pool (I kept that work in the shallower end of the pool). Not bad progress for roughly 5-6 hrs in the pool, eh?
The connection at LAX to my commuter flight to San Diego was easy (sailed through immigration and customs), but I had to clear security at the commuter terminal at LAX , and if I made it with 15 min to spare before my flight boarded. If anything had taken more time, I'm sure I would have missed my San Diego flight. But, one of my suitcases DID miss the flight to San Diego. One made it, but the second was held up at LAX for "security/customs" according to the guy in San Diego. Well, my suitcase came on the next flight from LAX, about an hour later, and TSA hadn't even opened it up, so I don't know what the deal was.
posted by Andy in San Diego and Elsewhere at 2/19/2005 11:30:00 AM
1 Comments:
Glad you had such a great time in Misawa. Your dinner sounds great. We're looking forward to hearing all about it.
We didn't realize Noreen didn't/couldn't swim. How come she decided to learn?
Isn't snow one reason why you DON'T live in Michigan (or similar places)? That's a lot of snow. We sympathize.
Glad you're home safe and sound and with all baggage.
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