Ottawa The Story!  On the wings of a storm
		On the way to Karen's House.....On the Way to Karen's House........ On the Way to Karen's House..... The plane eventually began to descend and finally we saw land.. we were so excited we smiled! ( well we are British ). The buildings had so much space around them! Then we saw the airport.. though at that point someone remarked " THAT'S not an airport that's a GOLFCOURSE! Look at all the green around it!! "   Black clouds had gathered all around us and with a sudden flash of lightning we flew in to land on the wings of a storm. It was raining very heavily so they wouldn't unload the aircraft   We waited.. and we smiled.. we smiled.. and we waited we smiled : ))))))...................and smiled : )))))..............and smiled : )))).........and smiled : )))...........and smiled : ))...............and smiled : )................ The smiles slipped.. we waited.. and we grimaced.. we grimaced and we waited.. the grimaces became gritted teeth we smiled less.................. and gritted our teeth...............  we smiled less................... and gritted our teeth...............we smiled less................... and gritted our teeth...............we smiled less................... and gritted our teeth...............we smiled less................... and gritted our teeth............... Gnashing and trying to remain pleasant we waited some more Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.....................Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.....................Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.....................   The airport staff gestured to each other.. we gestured amongst ourselves   The airport staff smiled warily at us.. we smiled at them with gritted teeth, bared and gnashing   They gestured to each other again.. we gestured amongst ourselves and AT them.. a low rumbling of discontent began to surface   Then , suddenly, an announcement In a cheery voice we were told we could begin to pick up our baggage in 15 minutes time.   A faint cheer was heard.. well..  if you can call " Hoobluddyray" a cheer.. and we began to smile slightly once again.. the storm was over   Leaping swiftly through customs I emerged, blinking, into a brightly lit hall. There were Karen and Nadine waiting for me - there was no way I could miss them - though I tried ever so hard!.   My case was taken from me and a Timmie's was thrust into my hand with the instruction to " ENJOY"..I wondered what would happen if I didn't enjoy it - but thought I wouldn't ask! We took the coffee to the car.. and THAT was when I had my first experience of Karen's driving   You know, flying 6000 miles isn't THAT big a deal after all.. compared with SOME things ; )