"Well, you can use the Port-a-Potties!"

Trained at a military base this past week. Quite an interesting experience! Some members of the military live on the base, and the base had everything--restaurants, a bowling alley, recreation center, a tire place, a gas station, etc.

The training itself took place in a building that looks like it could've been converted from a barracks. The room itself was pretty bad--you couldn't see the projector screen unless ALL lights were off, the heat wasn't great, and there were no drinks or bathrooms. When I asked where the bathrooms were, the quote in the title is what they told me. No joke! Luckily, there were also some bathrooms in a nearby building, though I had to be escorted there.

The class itself, though, was great! Most people were around the same age as me & my TA, and we had a lot of fun together. There were a couple of Steelers & NY Giants fans, so I got to rib on them about their lack of success this past year, though they got me back by reminding me how many Super Bowls the Eagles have won (which is exactly 0.) For the most part, dinner wasn't very exciting, though one night, we went into Bel Air, MD, and there was a magician entertaining at the restaurant we went to. Very cool.

Flights back:

US 3676 BWI-PHL:
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AWI3676/history/20070309/0210Z/KBWI/KPHL

US 854 PHL-BOS:
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/USA854/history/20070309/0444Z/KPHL/KBOS

BWI-PHL, all of 90 miles and 20 minutes in air, was uneventful, except that they couldn't find a jetbridge operator once we got into Philly.

PHL-BOS was another story. Got upgraded (this makes 25 upgrades in a row, not counting flights booked within one hour of flight time), but that was about the only good thing. Rule #1 about PHL-BOS or BOS-PHL flights is that after about 2 PM, they WILL be late. This was no exception. After switching gates, we start boarding around 11 PM (for a 10:45 flight), and then everything SLOOOOOOWWWWWWSSSSSSS down. Overhead space started running out, and people from the really late 8:30 flight were trying to get on ours. Then there was the first class passenger who, uh, had a bit too much to drink before stepping on the plane. But the FA's did a good job handling her, and we got in the air, only to hear this:

"Current temperature in Boston: 10 degrees."

?!?!?!

We landed around 12:30 AM (only 30 minutes late, after all that). The drunk passenger was completely conked out, totally oblivious to the fact that we had pulled up to the gate. At least the bags came out pretty quickly for such a full flight.

Got home around 1:15 AM, fell asleep around 2, and didn't wake up today until 12. It felt good :-).

Later!