Welcome to P-Town!

I made it to Provincetown (a.k.a. P-town) Tuesday afternoon which was a bit of an adventure in itself. My flight on Northwest from Minneapolis to Boston was pretty uneventful until about 20 minutes prior to landing. That's when we hit the turbulence and started tossing and turning. I thought it was kind of fun, but other passengers seemed to disagree. Several let out involuntary yelps when hit the dips and guy behind me sounded like he was about to toss his cookies. No worries though. We landed safely, but watching other peoples' reactions was pretty funny.

After I landed, I wandered around for awhile until I found the food court. (Imagine me casually strolling along because at this point I think that I have 2 1/2 hrs. to kill). I stopped at the McDonalds to pick up a couple snack wraps, but the cashier said they have nothing fried. The menu was already the reduced menu (no salads, ice cream, etc.) so I'm wondering what's left after you take out the fried food. I almost let out a sarcastic comment like, "Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you were open.", but a managed to bite my tongue. I had to change terminals so the next challenge was figuring out how to get from one to the other. After asking 4 employees, I eventually found my way and went through security again. I wandered around for awhile longer then decided to check in at the gate since I didn't have an assigned seat. That's when I realized that my scheduled departure time was in 15 minutes (not an hour and 15 minutes). I was momentarily panicked but then it became obvious that those tiny 9 passenger planes have their own schedule. We started to board about 20 minutes after I got there, but they had weight balance issues. We ended up going back inside while they switched planes and reorganized. My bag and one of my coworkers didn't make it in until the next day so it's a good thing I carried on a uniform.

The hotel is pretty nice, but the rooms aren't very big. The local staff is great. I haven't had much time to see the sites yet since I've worked every day. I'll write more when I get a chance to look around and take some pictures. Keep in touch! I'll try to update again in a couple weeks.

2008 Quarterly Update

Ooo, first update since March 16th. Even I'll admit that that is bad. I noticed that several of you like to pretend that you didn't know I was back in Minnesota. Come on now. I told you when I'd be home way back on my March 9th post. That's okay though. I know you just want me to stay in better touch. So I got back on April 8th I worked at MSP for a couple weeks.

So what else have I been doing since I've been back? The first order of business was to go over and see my nephew. Then my dad and I took a trip out to my brother Jeff's place in Aberdeen, SD. He was getting ready to move to Kentucky and didn't want to take all his stuff with him. We tried to beat the storm home but decided to stop after nearly sliding into the ditch repeatedly. We made it home safely the next day, but there were definitely some close calls.

My sister Jess invited me to the Guthrie to see A Midsummer Night's Dream. It was absolutely amazing and the best play I have ever seen! So thanks again Jess for taking me and Tom for not wanting to go. I also had the opportunity to go to a Ben Folds concert at my alma mater with Katie and our brothers Adam and Chris. That was also a lot of fun.

A few days later I got orders to Austin, TX for a three day trip to review and edit the NDO Handbook. I wasn't sure what to think about those orders, but it turned out to be a fun trip despite all the work. We even managed to get some free time to make a trip to San Antonio to see the Alamo and go to the River Walk.

Since getting back from Austin, I took time off from work to relax, spend time with friends and family, and be lazy. All things considered, that has been going well; especially the being lazy part.

The final update, my new deployment orders...
I'll be in PROVINCETOWN, MA until October 14th. That's 5 months for you to come out and visit so check those vacation calendars and come out and see me.