Let's play "Hot or Not?" with my trip to Norfolk for Fire Fighting school.
$120 for a rental car? Not Hot
Cheap Chinese food for dinner? Not Hot
Learning my new CHENG might not be okay with me taking househunting leave? Not Hot
The first fire that my hose team fought? Not Hot
The corpsman declaring black flag conditions after we had only fought one fire? Not Hot
The actual temperature at the time that black flag conditions were "met?" Not Hot
Spending ~$500 to fight one fire? Not Hot
Getting to check out the Hampton/Newport News area before moving to it? A little Hot
The Hampton/Newport News area? Not Hot
Catching an earlier flight out? Hot if I can get it
So the tally:
8 Not Hot's
1 A little Hot
1 Conditional Hot
0 Hot's
This is D-port from Norfolk Int'l Airport, out.
UPDATE: So there I was, sitting on the earlier flight as a standby when inclement weather caused them to hold the flight. So while we're sitting there still connected to the gate the flight attendant comes and tells me that I have to grab my bag and get off the plane. Turns out that while the plane was being held the guy who's seat I was in showed up. So I got to sit on the plane long enough for this guy to show up and claim his seat, and then right after I get off the hold is lifted and the plane leaves. Okay, fine, I still have my 7pm flight. Except that the hold on flights affected most of the flights on the east coast and so my 7pm became a 1am flight instead. Completely Not Hot. But I did get to talk to a couple of former naval aviators for several hours and swap sea stories with them, so it at least helped make the wait a little bit bearable.
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