I’m titling this welcome even though I’m leaving because that’s what security told me as I went through.  I just went through the most thorough screening ever.  I decided to arrive at the airport 4 hours early and it was a good thing I did because I was in security for an hour and fifteen minutes.

When I say in security I don’t mean waiting I mean in process with security.  I have had my passport checked by 6 different people.  My luggage was completely unpacked, each item scan and swabbed…individually.  The x-rayed my laptop 4 times before asking me to “take it apart.”  Yeak!  They took me into “the room” where I passed the test without having to disrobe entirely.  I had a team of 5 working just on me for at least 45 minutes of that time.  I feel special.

Goat Cheese! Toda!

The upside is that I now have level four top secret clearance with the government.  Ok, the real up side is that I got my VERY OWN security guard who walked me to the terminal.  I will say that everyone was polite and respectful and I’m glad to have had the experience.  I would have taken pictures but I don’t think it would have helped.

I got to the terminal where I wanted to order a sandwich, so I did.  A short girl with black framed glasses named Maya was standing next to me in line.  She told me my sandwich was boring and proceeded to tell the server that I couldn’t have it that way.  She demanded that I add goat cheese and pesto to make it more exciting.  It’s definitely exciting.