From Germany

hey. so far so good. we finally got to the fort hood airfield around 9 and there was a nice little old lady waiting there to hug every soldier entering the building. we received our breifings, got some food, and the settled in for hurry up and wait. finally, around 11 we got the word to head out to the airplane. it's not a commerical airfield where they bring the plane up to the gate and you walk thru a tunnel. we had to walk across the tarmac to the stairs brought up to the aircraft. but for some reason the powers that be decided to park the plane on the other side of the airfield. long walk in the freezing cold. literaly freezing cold.

but we walked to the bottom of the steps where a band was playing, color guards dressed in old calvary style uniforms, and a couple majors and even a general were there to shake our hands and send us off. it was alright, until we got to the door of the plane and it was locked. yeah, it was locked. so we stood outside waiting for about 10 mins before we were told to go back inside. about an hour later we were ready for attempt number 2. they brought out the band, color guard and officers again, and this time we even boarded the plane.

it was a bigger plane then had origionally been planned, so we were able to make the leap straight to germany without stopping over in maine. now i'm just waiting in the terminal waiting while the jet refuels. being in germanz kinda makes me want to invade poland. or at least take over a polish sausage stand. whatever. anyway, i'll pick this up when i get somewhere new with a comp.