~The Music of My Life~

Monday, December 29, 2003

Crying as They Board

So today was the day Sarah and Ben left for England. I woke up at 11 to help out and there wasn't a whole lot to do and we ended up leaving around 1 for the airport. So we sat around at the airport joking around and being happy and it was really nice. At one point everyone choose a part of the strong bad techno and Ben started it out and then we all came in with our parts and it was really good and other people there were listening and watching us.

At another point Kate and I were sitting in waiting chairs and Ben got restless and decided to pretend to be a little boy and first he sat on Kate's lap, talked in a high voice and asked her for a girlfriend for Christmas. So Kate played along and tried to talk in a deep voice but you could tell she couldn't and she said Ben already had one and he's like but... uhh... and it was the funniest thing in his voice and doing the gestures and everything and then after he was too confuddled he got up and smacked Kate's legs and pretended to throw a hissy fit and he said 'I hate you Santa, you Suck! I hate you, I hate you!'

Then I was like 'Try me!' and Ben was like 'Oh, goody' so he came over and sat on my lap and I was like 'Omg, heavy' and so he shifted and it was better but the funny thing was that he's only like 140 lbs. So then I asked him what he wanted and he thought for a second and then he's like 'A puppy!' and I was like hmmm and his face lit up like it was the best idea and he said 'and I want some food with it so I don't have to take care of it and oh oh, it doesn't poop so I won't have to clean up after it' and I was thinking and Kate was like 'Oh and animatronic puppy!' and Ben flared his nostrils, jutted out his jaw, widened his eyes like he was mad, smacked his knees and said 'No Santa, don't listen to him, he's a fake, I want a real puppy! One that doesn't poop and I won't have to take care of him' and then he did his closed eyed, huge smile thing and I was like 'Awww, but I don't think I can do that' and he threw another tissy and smacked my legs and said 'I hate you too, Santa!' and then he mad this face like he was going to start crying and his lip quivered. It was one of the funniest things I'd ever seen.

So then after that we waited a while longer and it turned out the plane was late because they were deicing it and so the plane finally came at 5:30 and it was an hour late. Then Sarah and Ben got into line when their flight was called and I hugged them both. After that they got checked and then went through the metal detector and went into another room with a glass wall inbetween and Kate and I went to the end where'd they'd sit down and I started crying. So Sarah was first and Kate and me put one hand up and Sarah matching them with hers and I was just bawling and she was mouthing the words 'It's ok, don't cry hunny' and then Ben came through and we put our hands back up and he did the same and proceeded to do funny things to make me stop crying and start laughing and it worked somewhat. After they boarded we waited a while, probably about another 20 minutes to watch the plane take off and then we went to Culvers and got chicken and whatnot and came home and by that time it was 10 after 6.

So now here I sit extremely alone, Kate's upstairs talking to most likely her bf, Mike and Mom's watching tv. So now I'll go to talk to Andy Taylor because he's the only person talking to me on my msn and he's keeping me from being entirely lonely.

Mandy ~ 7:44 PM