Sunday, February 13, 2022

We returned to a monsoon.  We could see the rain from the cabin but had no idea of how strong the wind was.  We found out the hard way.

Disembarkation was a breeze [no pun intended].  We simply walked off when we were ready and dragged our carry-on baggage [now increased by one tot bag] to the Hall of Luggage to claim our three pieces. [Yes, we travel like the Vanderbilts]  D saw a porter and waved a $10 bill and right away, we had help.  As holders of Global Entry cards, we were able to bypass the much-longer line at Immigration and Passport Control and zipped right through.

This is where the fun began.  As soon as we were clear of official-dom, D called the parking lot so they would send the van.  The only snag came when we discovered that the meeting point was across a very wide [6-8 lane] driveway.  In the rain.  And wind.  And there was not much shelter; the little roof might have kept us in the shade but didn't protect us from the driving, wind-enhanced rain.  To make matters worse, MA started to feel faint and could not find her glucose tablets.  She held on, but barely.

By the time the van showed up, almost a half-hour had passed.  We looked like the proverbial drowned rats and had to cross through more of the storm to actually get to the van.  To top it off, as we shook and shivered on the van, the driver circles the lot looking for our car.  Where was it?  It was in the front row!  The driver placed the bags in the car [thank you, Lord] and we were off.

The library books can wait until tomorrow, but we needed something to eat, so D stopped at our bagel place and got two to go.  Before we even thought about eating them, we had to get out of our wet clothes and into warm, dry ones.  We even turned on the heat in the house, a rarity.  

D still had to go to Publix to pick up our Super Bowl snacks but the rain had stopped by the time we finished eating, so he didn't get soaked a second time.  And once home, we unpacked enough to discover there was no major damage despite the soaked luggage.

It's so nice to be home.