Safe Arrival

It is Tuesday morning and we're safe in Guate!

We arrived around 8pm (CAT) with all our bags. In all the trip was rather uneventful. We left our family and went through security. After clearing security we proceeded to McD's to get lunch (to go) and then right onto our plane. We found out that the car seat we brought was not permitted on the plane b/c it was not FAA approved -- which was fine, but the ticketing agent told us it was fine. The gate agent was rather obnoxious to Joy about the whole matter.

We were blessed to arrive in gate D45 and leave out of Gate D43 in Miami. At one point it looked like they were going to change our gate but they decided to bump the other flight to after ours.

We want to extend a very sincere thank you to everyone who helped us during our furlough. It was really awesome to see those we were able to and sad to miss connecting with others. We learned a lot about this furlough so we'll hopefully be more prepared for next year.

From Guate,

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