Made it to Orlando with only a few minor adventures along the way. To start, I was stopped by TSA security at LAX when they found the jar of green olives I was carrying in my backpack. I was worried that if I had packed it in my checked suitcase that it would break for sure and all of my clothes would smell like olives, so I brought it in my carry-on instead. Of course, I forgot that you can't bring containers with over 3 1/2 ounces of liquid on the plane. I was ready to drain the liquid from the jar when I mentioned to the TSA officer that the olives were a healthy snack for me because of my diabetes. "You have diabetes?", she asked. "Oh, why didn't you tell me? That changes everything!" A quick visit with her supervisor and my olives and I were passed through security without any further delay.
Unfortunately, I did have futher delay in Las Vegas waiting for my connecting flight. We were delayed 2 1/2 hours while we watched 2 mechanics climb up into the left engine of our plane and bash about for awhile. I finally arrived at my hotel at around 10:30pm, and after a late dinner I worked until about 2:30am.
Today I am setting up the 9 laptops that we will be using for scoring the matches in the game rooms. Still lots of work to do to get everything ready, and as I write this, I'm 24 hours away from conducting my training class for the volunteer scorekeepers. Better get back to work . . . .
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