Today is January 8th. We arrived in Saudi on December 28th after spending a week in Dubai at the Atlantis resort.I got a terrible cold just before we left on the 22nd. I was filled with excitement to leave and terrible thunderstorms came. Matt drove me to the Pensacola airport with AJ following behind and after a tearful goodbye and checking 8 bags lol we were going through security. Well, our flight was delayed 4 hours and I missed my connection in Atlanta, so we had to spend the night in Atlanta. There was only one flight per day out of Atlanta to Dubai and it wasn't until 9 pm the next night. So I had to get 8 big suitcases from baggage claim in Atlanta at midnight and realize one is missing so that takes another hour to find out where the missing bag is. Then I have no idea where I am going to spend the night and with two kids and eight bags I wander out to the sign that says "hotel shuttle" and get on the Marriott bus in hopes that they have a room (and they did). It was after 1:00 am when we got there and they kids and I were starving because we hadn't eaten since we ate Mcdonalds drive through on the way to Pensacola. Marriott had a turkey sandwich in the cooler, so we shared it and the kids were asleep in 10 minutes.
With beautiful skys the next day, I didn't have to worry about weather delaying our flight, so we were sitting at the gait patiently waiting to board. I had never flown overseas, so I had no idea what to expect when I boarded business class. Well to say the least Delta flight 8 business class was AWESOME. We had huge recliners that layed completely flat for sleeping, non stop movies, food and drink. We were very comfortable for our 15 hour flight. I didn't have close access to the kids because the seats had a half wall around them for privacy. All I could see when we were taking off was Gus over there pushing every single button on the recliner. up down up down up down lol. The only excitment was the pilot coming over the intercom and saying " we have a medical emergency is there a doctor on board". I panicked thinking of Lord, are we going to have to make an emergency landing. I saw the doctor and the flight attendants going up and down the isle, but I guess everything turned out alright and we landed on time. Bill was there to greet us after we came out of baggage claim. The children started sobbing with happiness when they saw him. (I shed a tear myself). He presented me and Anne Marie with flowers. He is the best husband in the world.
With beautiful skys the next day, I didn't have to worry about weather delaying our flight, so we were sitting at the gait patiently waiting to board. I had never flown overseas, so I had no idea what to expect when I boarded business class. Well to say the least Delta flight 8 business class was AWESOME. We had huge recliners that layed completely flat for sleeping, non stop movies, food and drink. We were very comfortable for our 15 hour flight. I didn't have close access to the kids because the seats had a half wall around them for privacy. All I could see when we were taking off was Gus over there pushing every single button on the recliner. up down up down up down lol. The only excitment was the pilot coming over the intercom and saying " we have a medical emergency is there a doctor on board". I panicked thinking of Lord, are we going to have to make an emergency landing. I saw the doctor and the flight attendants going up and down the isle, but I guess everything turned out alright and we landed on time. Bill was there to greet us after we came out of baggage claim. The children started sobbing with happiness when they saw him. (I shed a tear myself). He presented me and Anne Marie with flowers. He is the best husband in the world.
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