Forty hours before my family was due to land in Brussels, I was on my hands and knees shoveling sand and broken shards of stone and brick out of a gully between the wall and the broken floor tiles of our front room. CB was mixing cement and grunting (which was kind of sexy, although the trousers rolled up mid-shin and the green rubber shoes killed the sexy pretty quick) as he carried bucketfuls over to seal up the sandy trenches in the entry way of the house.
Thirty six hourse before my family was due to land in Brussels, CB and I were taking a late night walk to the barber shop to see the hours of operation for the next day. When it gets long enough for me to braid it, it’s time for the boyfriend to get the hair cut.
Twenty four hours before my family was due to land in Brussels, we were cutting and measuring carpet to lay in the living room and running to the kringloopwinkel (Belgian equivalent of Goodwill) to look for last minute furniture.
Seventeen hours before my family was due to land in Brussels, I was sitting on a bus on the way to the city center to buy a new cell phone because I accidentally washed my old one with a load of laundry I was trying to get finished. Yeah, that’s right, I bloody washed my cell phone, that’s how absent minded this past week has made me.
And now, thirteen hours before my family is due to land in Brussels, CB and his dad are still working on the bathroom (no, it won’t be even close to finished, but they tried their best and we will have a working sink, bathtub and heating), the kitchen is clean, the dishes and laundry are done, the living room is as cozy as possible and I’m just about to get my anxious and excited self into bed and the oblivion of sleep so that the next several hours can slide by as quickly as possible.
Goodnight everyone, I can’t wait to tell you all about the time I get to spend with my family!
2:05 am
Oh how exciting! Have a wonderful visit!
2:29 am
Have a great time!
5:00 am
Have a lovely time with your family and I’m sure that they wouldn’t notice if you live in a shoe –they will be so happy to see you!
1:24 pm
Have a great time. Many hugs to all of you!! Take lots of pictures.
3:23 pm
I know the reunion will be wonderful. Enjoy!!!
12:34 am
In 96 hours (LOL) yes, 96, I will be boarding a plane to Portland Oregon to see friends I haven’t seen in four years. I will be without child as she will be with my ex, this is only the second time I have ever travelled alone without my daughter. Weird, excited, happy, upset.
Hope you have a great time with your family and I know you’ll have stories upon stories to tell. That is what families are for.
10:08 am
ooooh have a fantastic time. I hope they brought a scarf, it’s winter outside. Enjoy!!!!
1:44 pm
I’m oddly excited about this!
9:59 pm
Hope you are having a great time with family!
3:32 am
Hurray! Have a SPECTACULAR reunion
6:41 pm
Enjoy their visit! I look forward to reading about it.
~Tui
1:38 am
You are mad woman. Maaaaaad. ;D