12:30 AM Paris (6:30 PM Newport) hang up from talking to Mom, change clothes, go to bed
2:00 AM (8:00 PM Newport) C wakes me up to tell me that she thinks her reaction to something at lunch is getting worse, try to calm her down, text her Mom, decide I need to be completely packed in case she decides she needs to go the hospital
3:30 AM (9:30 PM) decide to try to sleep again
5:00 AM (11:00 PM) alarm goes off, hit snooze for thirty minutes, shower and get ready for breakfast
6:00 AM (12:00 AM) go wake up C, eat breakfast
7:00 AM (1:00 AM) go wake up C again, finish packing
8:00 AM (2:00 AM) depart for the airport, snooze a little on the bus
10:30 AM (4:30 AM) arrive at airport, stand in line to check in, stand in line for passport control, stand in line for security, find gate, try to spend the last of my Euros on chocolates and a soda
12:00 PM (6:00 AM) plane takes off in time, attempt to watch movies and sleep, eat airplane food, had this pretzel bread with turkey and Gouda that was really good, watched The Book Thief, had a middle seat
9:30 PM (3:30 PM) land, go through passport control, realize our luggage went to a different building than we did (our fault), our group in the other building collects our bags and sends them over, check-in for Knoxville flight, go through customs, go through security
11:15 PM (5:15 PM) through security, C is on the phone with her Dad, I'm on the phone with her Mom, there are flight delays everywhere because of thunderstorms but ours is currently on schedule, C slept through one meal and skipped the second on the plane, go to our terminal, eat a Fuddruckers burger with another team that has a late flight, eat too much, brush my teeth
1:00 AM (7:00 PM) arrive at our gate, everything still in schedule, work on blog
2:00 AM (8:00 PM) flight delayed from 9:55 PM till 11:04 PM
3:00 AM (9:00 PM) flight delayed till 12:04 AM, begin investigating other options to get home because of limited flights on July 4
4:00 AM (10:00 PM) flight delayed till 1:00 AM, C napping, finish blog, go buy water just in case we are stuck overnight, go to charge phone
4:44 AM (10:44 PM) receive word the inbound flight was canceled, brace for worse, new departure time 11:00 PM
5:00 AM (11:00 PM) flight delayed to 11:45 PM and gate changed across the corridor, have a nice conversation with a girl who took the train from NYC to DC, took her six hours instead of three, and a man who lives in Churchill
5:39 AM (11:39 PM) board plane
7:30 AM (1:30 AM) plane lands in Knoxville, along with our luggage, find out there is a picture of me at Point du Hoc taken by a friend in NJ's daughter, the daughter doesn't know me
9:00 AM (3:00 AM) arrive in Newport, love on Neyland the cat
9:30 AM (3:30 AM) fall asleep in my own bed, in clean night clothes, with the cat snuggled up close
3:00 PM (9:00 AM) wake up
Today's steps 7126
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