and then i saw him

A 3 and a half hour wait. . .
I bet you're wondering what a person can do for 3 and a half hours in the airport waiting for someone's flight, which was an hour delayed by the way, to arrive.
I began with standing in line to get a delicious cup of hot liquid, Tim Hortons. Mmm I sat for a moment enjoying this wonderful bevie, then continued on to pull out my book I brought as well as my sketch book to become artistic. Ha-ha me? Artistic.. nope, but I like to pretend. I began reading but found myself distracted by the people around me. So I pulled out my sketch book and began filling in the lines, pretending to know what I am doing and again.. distractions.
This city is such an interesting place. So big and so diverse. To my right I heard what sounded like a Russian family and to my left what sounded like some sort of Asian language. I then had young little 4 year old boys playing with helium balloons in front of me. Swaying the balloons back and forth back and forth.
I watched as planes would arrive and families would reunite after what must have been a long time. Tears flowed, laughter shared, hugs, kisses, little kids been lifted from the ground into their daddy's arms. I love watching the different ways people unite with one another and the diversity of each moment. I imagined what Nick's reaction would be as he walked through the doors from the customs and saw me standing there.
Excitement settled in!
The moment finally came after hours have ticked by, my phone buzzed as Nick's message came through that he had landed. Completely oblivious to the fact that I was sitting inside the building waiting for him, he shared stories of his flight and the enjoyable flight attendants that made him laugh thoroughly. I told a tale or two of shopping and looking for shoes and clothing etc, only to lead him astray from the curious question of "Where are you?" or "What are you up to?'
Moments ticked by like hours again, and we continued to text as if we were in two completely different places at two completely different moments in time. Finally. . . in the surveillance cameras that monitor the arrivals of the passengers through customs, I saw him. As I saw him walking towards the entrance to where all the excited families awaited all the passengers, I slunk back into the crowd behind many excited people. I saw him walk down the long stretch of carpet leading to the open area, where many families were already embracing their loved ones. When he reached the opening I stepped forward from the crowd, then he saw me. He smiled his big wonderful smile and all he could say as I walked up to him with arms stretched wide for a hug was, "Are you being serious right now?" I laughed and said, "Yes most definitely. What would you say if I said I live here now?" And to which he responded by burying his head into my shoulder laughing saying "I feel so silly right now, I had no idea!" He hugged me a big tight hug and let my feet touch back down to the ground. The response finally came, "I am so unbelievably happy right now." Ahhh.. such good words to hear, much better than, "Ew sick what are you doing here?" or "Where's my sister in law, she was supposed to be picking me up not you?" Ha-ha of course Nick would never had said that, but if that were the case, well, then the next blog wouldn't be too friendly now would it!
Anyways.. I saw him, he saw me, happiness has blossomed after waiting 4 weeks to unveil this crazy surprise!
Yay..
more blogs to come:)