Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Ina is here
Last Thursday night, our Exchange Student, Ina, arrived from Norway. It was over 24 hours from when she left her home until she arrived in Orange County. The last leg of her flight was from Chicago to Orange County/Santa Ana/John Wayne Airport. She was scheduled to arrive at 8:12pm. We had a meeting beforehand and planned to get to the airport at 8:15pm. When I checked the flight status, it showed an early arrival at 7:56pm. As a result, we decided to arrive at the airport at 8:00pm and meet her at baggage claim.
This was Ina's first flight out of Europe and her first time to travel alone. As a result, we really wanted to be there when she arrived with signs to welcome her to the country.
Sometime between my last check of the flight schedule and when we got to the airport, the pilot floored it. The plane arrived even earlier than expected. By the time that we got to baggage claim, she was already there. I never thought that I would be disappointed by an airline arriving EARLY!
Fortunately, my mom came to the airport to meet Ina too. She got there much earlier than we did and was able to meet her as she came down into the luggage claim area. *phew* That avoided a really bad first impression!
Anyway, things have settled down and she seems to be doing fine. We kept her busy through the weekend and she seems to be doing fine on our timezone.
This was Ina's first flight out of Europe and her first time to travel alone. As a result, we really wanted to be there when she arrived with signs to welcome her to the country.
Sometime between my last check of the flight schedule and when we got to the airport, the pilot floored it. The plane arrived even earlier than expected. By the time that we got to baggage claim, she was already there. I never thought that I would be disappointed by an airline arriving EARLY!
Fortunately, my mom came to the airport to meet Ina too. She got there much earlier than we did and was able to meet her as she came down into the luggage claim area. *phew* That avoided a really bad first impression!
Anyway, things have settled down and she seems to be doing fine. We kept her busy through the weekend and she seems to be doing fine on our timezone.
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A Swede was in a pub in Norway and a regular customer suggested to him:
- "I'll give you $200, if you let me smash ten beer bottles on your head." The Swede thought for a while and finally agreed, partly because of the peer pressure. The Norwegian smashed the first bottle on the Swede's head, then the second and so on, but he stopped after smashing nine bottles.
- "So, when are you going to smash the tenth bottle?," asked the Swede.
- "I am not a total idiot," the Norwegian replied, "then I would have to give you that $200."
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A Swede was in a pub in Norway and a regular customer suggested to him:
- "I'll give you $200, if you let me smash ten beer bottles on your head." The Swede thought for a while and finally agreed, partly because of the peer pressure. The Norwegian smashed the first bottle on the Swede's head, then the second and so on, but he stopped after smashing nine bottles.
- "So, when are you going to smash the tenth bottle?," asked the Swede.
- "I am not a total idiot," the Norwegian replied, "then I would have to give you that $200."
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