THE ARRIVAL!

The day has arrived!

What a day it has been.

For those of you who have had the privilege of being a passenger in a plane, you may understand what I am about to say.

The plane cruises along in the air for a period of time and one tries to fill in time at a leisurely pace and then its upon you. The call to fasten seat belts, the plane descends, the ground comes rushing up to meet you, and then the race to grab your hand luggage and exit the plane all in a split second. I tried to find a scientific theory that backs up my explanation but I can't find it. It goes something like, the nearer you approach an object the quicker time speeds up.........Well today was that sort of a day. No matter how fast I ran to get things done the time was gone.

You plan and wait for months for the time to come to welcome your exchange daughter, and then the little wonder is asleep in her bed in the garage turned grand suite.

I was surprised at how emotional I was.

She is a little thing and so sweet and demure.

The picture above inspires the same response.

J and M were waiting out front at the West End resort with the tour hosts waiting eagerly for my arrival. In fact I received a text from J asking how far away I was. I had to wait to reach a red light to respond. I had my camera ready for the "first sight" photo but they were so anxious to get going that the opportunity was lost. I gave her a gentle hug and a kiss on the cheek and off we went.

We got as far as Vulture street and J says that she needs the bathroom desperately.

I asked her what was wrong with going at the Resort. That was too difficult to answer. She also mentions that M is very thirsty. So heading for the M1 where does on find a public amenity block and somewhere to get a drink. Where else?

KP Chapel of course!

Thankfully it was open. Missionaries eagerly wanted to talk our heads off, but as M was about to faint from exhaustion we made a hasty departure.

Now 4:15pm traffic is atrocious.

M asked me how long it would take to get home and I said 30mins USUALLY.

It think it took an hour.

She nodded on and off all the way home.

After giving her a drink of water and showing her where the bathroom was we left her to organise herself. About 10mins later the light went out in her room and I would hazard a guess she is fast asleep.

I am making Jambalaya for dinner so that when she is hungry in the middle of the night she has something she can heat up in the microwave.

So now its business as usual.