9:30 AM - meet in the hotel lobby for breakfast (finally!!! A day to sleep late!) The extra sleep didn't seem to help Shuppy though. He sat straight up in the middle of the night calling for some girl named Megan over and over. His roommates witnessed it.
We returned to the Fleur De Lis, our favorite breakfast spot. The youth LOVED the pancakes there but this time they learned their lesson. Most of them shared a stack of pancakes. The sweet pancakes were cooked on the grill with butter and sprinkled with powdered sugar. It's no wonder everyone wanted to return!
10:30 - time for souvenir shopping and last minute packing
12:15 PM - board the buses for the Louis Armstrong New Orleans Airport. This time the splits were a little more fair. We split between 3 buses into groups of 15, 5, and 9. The buses were much louder than when we arrived in New Orleans. This time they were filled with singing, stories, and laughter.
We checked our bags without any trouble (but we definitely gained a lot more stuff! Some of our suitcases weighed 44, 47, and 49 pounds!). Security was a breeze and we learned that airport staff is much friendlier in the south than in the northeast as the security staff was joking around and laughing with us.
Despite the fact we had just eaten breakfast about 3 hours ago, everyone was suddenly hungry and grabbed snacks in the airport. Dolores had to use the bathroom and hurried off to find the closest one... boy was she in for a surprise. She went in to a stall, used the bathroom, and came out of the stall to wash her hands. As she stood at the sink with the water running she peered into the mirror and saw a man standing at a urinal on the opposite wall. The closest bathroom for Dolores happened to be the men's room! She ran out.
2:30 PM - board the plane to Atlanta
In spite of having our seats spread out across the aircraft, the youth unanimously and simultaneously raised their arms and erupted into a cheer as if on a roller coaster as we lifted off much to the amusement of others on the plane. It didn't take long before everyone was asleep catching up on some much needed Zzz's. Group spirits were high as we clamored off the plane in a desperate search of a bathroom with everyone... until we learned our next flight was delayed. Here we currently sit in the Atlanta airport waiting for our plane and eating dinner.
Pray for the storm to pass so we can come home!!
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