Day 206....surprise visitors

Day 206....surprise visitors

3 Girls and 4 suitcases.

Yesterday saw me going up to see Ross a bit later than previous weeks because the last couple of weeks I have arrived when he's been in the shower and had to wait a few minutes till he was able to open the door.
He was totally ready when I arrived this morning and knew that I was late-interesting.
We had a nice couple of hours together and then I headed out to the airport to meet my two nieces who were flying in from Vancouver. They weren't landing till 3.15 but I love airports so am quite happy wandering around/sitting in them. I don't find the time dragging at all and I did a couple of emails and watched the world go by during my couple of hours wait. Holly and Emilys birthdays are either side of Alisons and the four girls get on great together. Jen and Ali did not know that their cousins were visiting and it was huge surprises all round. I had sent them both a text saying that I was  going to stay up with Ross for the afternoon because he was having a bad day. I laughed at Alisons reply of 'IS DAD HERE AGAIN?' because I knew that she was kidding but also that she'll never ever believe me again, after this latest lie.
Jen was jumped on by both of her cousins at once, when we got back home and Ali got the biggest fright of her life when she opened the coat cupboard, after work, to find Emily in there. She had no idea that Holly was also hiding and went downstairs to show Em her room only to have Holly jump out on her when she was down there.

Andrew didn't get to be surprised but he enjoyed seeing the reaction of his sisters. I had to tell him because he wasn't planning his next visit till Thursday and is working for the next ten days. He just visited yesterday and I had no real bait for him to visit again yesterday.
After dinner Ali and Jen spent the evening trying to edit a video to music. It is of Ali's classmates and is for school and their cousins were very tolerant of the same song being played over and over again. Me? Not so much. Not a song that I even like to begin with so I went down to fold laundry and then did a meditation. I wasn't away long enough though and had to sit with it playing over and over and over.....you get the message. I almost headed to bed at 9.10 because of it but then decided that would be rude. It would be less of an issue if the lighting in here was better. Reading a book is a bit of a chore because of the dimness despite my eyes being much improved. If our next home has similar lighting, I shall be buying me a lamp.
The girls all bunked in the same room. They took the Mattress off my bed and put it on Jens floor and I went down to the basement to sleep. Jen slept least well with the others seeming to do okay.
It's lovely to have my nieces here to spend some time with us-they're great kids.
Lxx.