Day 7

We met at 5:30 this morning and went through the usually airport mess. It turned out we had a ton of bags to check. I have never in my life seen so much luggage attached to so few people. I am not a fan of these body scan “security measures” . Freedom? I think not. I am really beginning to think about grad school out side the U.S. I was forced to sit by two unruly children whose parents purposefully did not sit by them “to avoid stress”. These children ages 5 and 7 both had IPhones and an IPad and behaved awfully. I must have gotten up to let them “go to the restroom” 8 times in 2 hours. Thankfully my wonderful classmate Courtney traded me seats half way through the flight. It was worth it though we got to Kauai without losing one piece of baggage or equipment in the baggage check! We were the greeted by an amazing feast when we got here! The best food I have had in a week! We got settled in and then..MORE GREAT FOOD! I talked with a lot of new people and had a great time. After dinner we had a brief safety/ schedule meeting. Now I’m going to read some articles and get some sleep…if this house ever gets quiet enough for that