Though I was excited about the gifts I had gotten for the kids this year, I was extremely lacking in the Holiday Spirit. I'd jokingly told someone that my Christmas Elves were too busy getting drunk to visit and share the cheer. I think that managed to anger the Gods and they spent their holidays uproariously guffawing at my Epic Screw-Ups Challenges Comedy of Errors!!!
/facepalm
As the kids wrapped up The King & I at the theater on post, I was already having some anxiety over our plans. I was going to rent a car to drive to Ramstein Air Base. I found out while making my plans that the only place I'd be able to return the rental car was on another base there. As I was somewhat limited on funds, I was trying to figure out how I'd manage to drop the car off and make it back to the passenger terminal with our luggage. That's when I got my first real burst of hope.
I mentioned to a friend that I was concerned about all of the details and she pointed me in the direction of another family that was leaving. I could perhaps get their phone number and have them on standby for a ride from the drop-off point. When I approached her, she said they were leaving that night and as it happened, they were taking two cars and there would be room for the kids and me to ride with them!!! This corrected both financial and logistical concerns.
So, a day early, we set out on our adventure to fly Space A & make it home for the holidays.
On a day that there were very few flights planned for Charleston and what seemed to be most of Germany competing for the flight, we experienced amazing luck as there were two flights added and we ALL made it onto a late afternoon flight direct to Charleston, South Carolina.
That's kind of where the luck ran out and I entered some bizarre and surreal Holiday Season. Before we delve into The Land of The Christmas That Almost Drove Me Totally Insane, I'll leave you with a few nice pictures.
I mentioned to a friend that I was concerned about all of the details and she pointed me in the direction of another family that was leaving. I could perhaps get their phone number and have them on standby for a ride from the drop-off point. When I approached her, she said they were leaving that night and as it happened, they were taking two cars and there would be room for the kids and me to ride with them!!! This corrected both financial and logistical concerns.
So, a day early, we set out on our adventure to fly Space A & make it home for the holidays.
On a day that there were very few flights planned for Charleston and what seemed to be most of Germany competing for the flight, we experienced amazing luck as there were two flights added and we ALL made it onto a late afternoon flight direct to Charleston, South Carolina.
That's kind of where the luck ran out and I entered some bizarre and surreal Holiday Season. Before we delve into The Land of The Christmas That Almost Drove Me Totally Insane, I'll leave you with a few nice pictures.
A Rare, Peaceful, Loving Brotherly Moment
or
The End Of The World As We Know It
Morgan, Madison & Max Ride In Their First C-17!!!
or
The End Of The World As We Know It
Morgan, Madison & Max Ride In Their First C-17!!!Very late on the 14th of December, we arrived in Charleston. It was then that the true decent into madness began...
To Be Continued....
