The USO is one of our greatest privileges

by: untiltheyallcomehome

Thu Jul 02, 2009 at 12:26:01 PM EDT

My "Space A" adventure turned into buying commercial plane tickets home when I failed to make a few flights back to Europe because there were too many people and not enough seats. So here I am, in the Charlotte airport, upstairs in the terminal at their USO.
It's very nice here. I'm relaxing in a rocking chair while my kids play with left-behind toys and watch a movie. I checked in for my flight 3 hours before it was scheduled to leave because I had to have my rental car back by 10 AM, so as I was standing in line at Pizza Hut, getting ready to drop about $30 on a meal, when this older gentlemen standing next to me noticed the ID card in my hand and said "We have food upstairs, as well as Internet, TV and COFFEE!" All I heard was coffee, really. Everything else was mumbo-jumbo. I have been up since 5 AM and it took us about 3 hours to drive from my dad's house to the airport.
Everyone in this USO is friendly. Every worker has stopped by to say that if there is a book or stuffed animal that my girls like, they are welcome to take them home with them. Now, the last thing they need is another animal (I actually had to argue my way out of 5 different stuffed animals before they settled on the smallest one they had acquired while in the states.) But still- I have to say, I've been in a few different USO's around the United States and they have all been just wonderful. THey seem to love their jobs and all they want to do is make sure you're comfortable while in their place.

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