PINS & NEEDLES!!!

[TBoneTX 45,381]

The future Mrs. T-B. arrived on a Thursday afternoon. I had made calls to the CBP at the airport POE to confirm that there would be adequate personnel to process her, especially if several international arrivals occurred at about the same time. I kept watching the airport monitor for the status of her plane. She finally came through, rolling a surprisingly small suitcase that must have been loaded with boulders. She seemed dazed upon arrival, and soon developed a very bad upper-respiratory infection. I learned that she was on just about zero sleep because of, uh, hearty partying at despedidas (going-away parties) in THREE different Ecuadorian cities, si man.

Regarding waiting for a loved one's arrival, there will be butterflies in the stomach. The best that we can do is to try to get them to fly in formation, si man.

[Justine+David 218]

I followed David's flight on one of those trackers and posted pictures on facebook and statuses..."He's officially left England!" "He's over Canada!" "Over Boston!"

Got there, dressed to the nines (I'm not much for dressing up a lot, but he likes it ), and waited in the airport for 3 hours, due to his flight being delayed. And then bawled when I saw him

[Nik+Heather 121]

I had made calls to the CBP at the airport POE to confirm that there would be adequate personnel to process her...

Heh, so even the most seasoned VJers let their crazy out when we get close to the moment we've all been waiting for!!!

[Asila 10]

10 days. 10 daaaaaays.

[TBoneTX 45,381]

Heh, so even the most seasoned VJers let their crazy out when we get close to the moment we've all been waiting for!!!

No, man; 'twas for two reasons: (1) Being a cheap gringo, I wanted to time my arrival & waiting-time in order to minimize the outrageous parking-fees at the airport; and (B) I didn't trust the lying, ####### Guayaquil consulate as far as I could kick them -- I suspected that they were going to pull something else. However, I was able to relax when the dazed future Mrs. T-B. POE'd and promptly hawked a lung-loogie that whizzed past my ear like a winged tunaburger on steroids, si man. (That girl knows how to party in the U.S. just as in Ecuador, si man, but she is Heavy with Child and now cannot in either country, no man. She also has at least 8,375.2 friends around her at any given time, si man, whereas I hate People, Animals, & Things, si man.)

Off the topic, we learned today (technically, Thursday) that we won the 2-party bidding for a beautiful new casa (excuse me, si man: "manor," in British, or is it "manour," given quaint national propensities to add a superfluous "U" to everything just as Canadians do, but I'm a mere Colonist, si man, so what do I know, huh man) 3 miles from the current casa. Enough room for T-B., Mrs. T-B., the incipient Junior T-B., and Daffodil the Cat, si man, verily, wot, and an even bigger kitchen for Mrs. T-B. to demolish on a mealtime basis, oof man.

Edited October 8, 2010 by TBoneTX

[marlea 84]

10 days. 10 daaaaaays.

Woohoo! Congrats!