Last Day Before the Leave

I got up at 0530. It was easy, because after 2 and a half months in Afghanistan, I was finally looking ahead at some leave time. We left for Camp Marmal at 0630, because we have to start the check-in procedures at 1000. There is no time to have lunch, so I had a pizza for brunch at one of the camp's restaurants. It was sunny but pleasantly cool. After check-in, we went into the departures waiting hall and expected to board at any minute, as the luggage was already being loaded into the plane. But the refueling didn't start on schedule. Someone said that it was because some VIP's plane had to be refuelled first. We took of about one and a half hour behind schedule. The stopover in Trabzon was unusually quick, only about 45 minutes and we had good flying weather. As the stopover in Copenhagen was also done a little quicker than usual, we arrived in Pirkkala about 10 minutes ahead of time. A and the dogs were there to pick me up. We dropped of the commander of MOT C in Säkylä on the way and arrived at home just before 0200 on Friday, local time.