Yesterday, we woke up early, had breakfast, then headed to
UNCSA for the interview. At first it was
a lot of waiting while they checked everyone in, then we watched two
student-made movies before the welcome.
They had just shown the movies at the Sundance film festival in
California. The first movie was very
well done and quite frightening at the end, the other was animated and very
quirky. Then, after a tour of the film
school, the dean spoke and the head of
the theater department spoke, then a Q & A with some current students. Then
the parents were taken to another room to have refreshments while the students
did a writing sample and waited for their interviews. For the writing sample, they were given 5
prompts and had to choose one to write a story in 15 minutes. Then at their interview, they and the panel
discussed their story as well as having the typical interview questions. Then we were free to go. The schedule had listed 8 am to 5 pm, but
Anneliese was done around 2:00. So
Anneliese wanted to go back to the pub we went to yesterday for lunch. Then back to the hotel for naps and homework
before facetiming the family. Then we
picked up Jimmy Johns to eat in the room while we watched a movie.
I am reading the Outlander series and the current book I’m
reading is about the Scottish settlement
in North Carolina in the 1770s. It is
interesting to see the hills that they talk about. The story mentions more of the mountains
which we saw on our flight to Atlanta this morning.
To drive to the airport, return the car, check-in, etc., we
had to wake up at 5:15. I didn’t sleep
well the night before, so 5:15 was very early indeed. The hotel breakfast doesn’t start until 7:00
on Sundays, but we had luckily each taken with us a bicuits we didn’t eat at
breakfast yesterday, so we heated those up in the microwave in our room to eat
before we left. We listented to music
most of the way (the rental car had a jack to hook up our ipods to the stereo
system). Anneliese slept for at least
half of the trip, barely waking for a second when we stopped to fill up the
tank in the rental car before returning it.
We returned the car, took the shuttle to the terminal , checked-in and
went to our gate.. I had a Starbucks
gift card we used at the Starbucks near our gate for a hot chocolate and muffin for each of
us. Our flight was delayed by 30
minutes, so we had a lot of extra time for our little breakfast as well as a
little cat nap. Then in Atlanta, we had
a longer layover, so we found a place for a burger and then went to the gate
for my second cat nap of the day. Flying
over the land was interesting to see the hills and mountains. Anneliese is napping as I write this on the
flight to Minneapolis.
We are waiting to see if school will be cancelled again
tomorrow due to cold; the school district said that they would decide Sunday
afternoon or evening and the Atlanta airport doesn’t have open wi-fi. Their wi-fi is only available for checking
flights and accomodations in the area.
We will have to wait until we get home to check. I have heard it’s very cold at home, so Randy
will meet us at the train station near our house for a ride home instead of
walking it. From the unseasonably cool
weather of North Carolina to the icebox of Minnesota. Now we wait until June to fly again (unless
Anneliese is called for an interview at Florida State). In June we fly to Ireland and Scotland—again
to feel that thrill of excitement as the airplane speeds down the runway and
flight is achieved once again to take us to new adventures.
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