Day NinetyFour

Team Finland

are arriving today!

Super excited and feeling much better.

I have a shower,

wash off the illness 

and head to the airport.

I'm excited!

And nervous.

Hanna and I had been having these dreams in Beirut

where we felt out of place in our hometowns.

I was dreading the reality of this.

I arrive on Cypriot time;

similar to Lebanese time;

i. e. ten minutes late

and stand with a colourful

'Team Finland'

sign

at arrivals.

I can't see the girls

so I wonder if I was THAT late

that they headed outside.

Or if they missed the flight,

I don't think we ever confirmed they caught

that plane.

I sit at a distance

and observe the faces of the people who arrive.

I notice some cool pants

and an overall cool travelling style.

I make positive judgments in my head 

and then look up to the face.

It's Alex!!

Oh and there's Hanna!

Team Finland has arrived-

I slide off my seat and rush

to greet them.

We hug strongly

and 

reunite.

It's nice to see them again

and rock the girl gang attitude again.

We head to the car.

A children's birthday party is eating for us

in a forest house.

They compliment my pants

and I say I've dressed up

as a godmother

seeing that it's my godson's

birthday!

Girl gang on godmother vibes

lego.