When I got up this morning, there was snow on the ground, ice on the roads and ice on the palm trees.\u00a0 The newscast reported that 200 accidents had happened in just 20 minutes at the start of the commute so they closed all the highways in San Antonio and asked people not to drive anywhere.\u00a0 Wow, I sure am glad that the military postponed Jeffrey\u2019s graduation until 1PM!\u00a0 I wasn’t able to get into my car because it was enveloped in ice.\u00a0 I first had to chip away the handle, and then the door to get in.<\/p>\n
By 1PM, it was still below freezing (19 degrees).\u00a0 We got bussed over to Jeffrey\u2019s training facility and were put into one of the classrooms.\u00a0 This is where the impromptu graduation ceremony would take place.\u00a0 All of us were sort of bummed because this ceremony was happening five hours later than originally planned, which meant five hours that we weren\u2019t out in the city having fun.\u00a0 Fortunately, the ceremony was much abbreviated.\u00a0 With that complete, we were shown the dorm rooms.\u00a0 The place was spotless and everything was perfect\u2026 due to frequent inspections.\u00a0 Jeffrey kept a drawer full of perfectly folded clothes just for inspections.\u00a0 He wore the clothes that he kept hidden in a different drawer.\u00a0 His bed had perfect hospital corners.\u00a0 Jeffrey needed to get his new orders, so the barracks tour was also abbreviated.\u00a0 On the way to get his new orders, we saw ice dropping from trees, power lines, buildings and lamp posts.\u00a0 It was sort of dangerous to walk around!<\/p>\n
Jeffrey got his new orders for tech school (also finally, officially getting his job title: F15 Test Equipment Technician).\u00a0 This took about an hour.\u00a0 Courtney and I shook trees to watch the ice fall down.\u00a0 Thanks to the shortened ceremony, we were still able to get off base by 3:30.\u00a0 Jeffrey wanted to get to Steak N Shake sometime during this trip (since these don\u2019t exist on the West Coast), so that\u2019s where we headed first.\u00a0 It was less spectacular than the one in Florida that we had been to, but it was still good.\u00a0 The next stop was the San Antonio Art Museum, one of the highest rated sites on TripAdvisor.\u00a0 The museum was fairly large and had an impressive collection of Non-Western Art.\u00a0 The American art collection was pretty good and was exceptionally Mexican-heavy.\u00a0 They had a whole room dedicated to Diego Rivera and his followers.\u00a0 The European collection was practically nonexistent, offering only one major piece, a Bouguereau (I love Bouguereau!). All through the museum, we took \u201cbench tour\u201d photos, something my family does.\u00a0 In the old days, I had started taking pictures of my tired and bored kids on benches so I could show them later on in life how much we had tormented them by taking them to museums and historical sites.\u00a0 These days, they practically run to the benches for the photo ops., since it\u2019s now tradition, but they actually like looking at the art and visiting the historical sites.\u00a0 Jeffrey really liked this museum, though he did spend a lot of time looking for the \u201creal\u201d art\u2026 the European Art.\u00a0 I guess I had that influence on him, since I\u2019m a European specialist when it comes to art.<\/p>\n
Our last stop was another non-West Coast eatery, Dunkin’ Doughnuts.\u00a0 We love the coffee (it\u2019s the only thing we brew at home), and hate the service, but this is another tradition we have started \u2013 stopping at every Dunkin’ Doughnuts place we find, getting coffee, then complaining about the bad service.\u00a0 It made for a perfect end to our day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When I got up this morning, there was snow on the ground, ice on the roads and ice on the palm trees.\u00a0 The newscast reported that 200 accidents had happened in just 20 minutes at the start of the commute … Continue reading