So, a member of our Krispy Klan of Kuwait finally made it into New York today..... Prepare yourself for the adventures of Krispy and FB....

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11:40 am: I wake up in a somewhat lazy fashion (no doubt due to the 2:30 am bed time...) to the sounds of FB pattering around the apartment. I get up 3ala raa7ty and make my way into the living room where FB is sitting at the lap-top. We start chatting about our friend who's meant to be coming into New York today so I tell FB to double-check her arrival time since FB had told me the night before that our friend wouldn't be coming in until 12:30 that night i.e. midnight.

12:00 pm: So, I'm sitting there happy as a clam munching on my Corn Pops when FB informs me that, exactly as she had checked the night before, our friends flight was due to arrive at 12:30 pm.... This information completely sails over my head and FB gets up to go pray... Suddenly (Lightbulb) , I realize that 12:30 pm is in half an hour!!! We had just woken up so I think our slowness can be forgiven!

12:20 pm: FB and I fly out the door and run up Madison Avenue trying to hail a cab. We quickly get one ( a really sweet Greek guy who spends the whole ride telling us how great the Middle East is! and nooooo, he did not give us his number nor did he ask us if we wanted to party!). So, he gets us to JFK in record time (12:45 pm) and we race through the American Airlines terminal in search of the arrival hall.

1:00 pm: We position ourselves at the arrival gate and wait for our friend.....

2:00 pm: FB and I start to get stir-crazy.....

3:00 pm: I begin to wonder what's taking her so long. So, FB and I start harassing customs and baggage personnel trying to figure out where she could be. I run all over the terminal trying to find someone who can tell me where she might be. So, a couple of the customs agents tell us that since our friend is not a US citizen and it's her first trip to New York, she might get held up at immigration.... ok... fair enough.....

3:30 pm: FB and I start harassing incoming passengers and inquiring about their city of origin and what flight they were on and whether they had seen anyone with our friends description on the plane with them.....

4:00 pm: I start braiding FB's hair into tiny little braids all over her head.

4:30 pm: FB and I start applying make-up.

6:00 pm: FB and I realize that something is seriously wrong.... So, I start running around the terminal again trying to get people to help me figure this out. Finally, I start talking to the American Airlines manager and she finds out that apparently there's a Kuwait Airways flight coming out of London Heathrow with the same flight number. And that flight arrived at 5:30 pm!!!

6:15 pm: FB and I get our sh*t and literally fly out of the terminal to the airtram which will take us to the international terminal where the flight came in.

6:30 pm: We arrive at the international terminal to find out that the flight is late and will be arriving in fifteen minutes. FB grabs a tuna sandwich and we plop ourselves down in front of the arrival gate.

7:15 pm: Our friend finally makes it out the door! much screaming and hugging ensues.....

End of Krispy and FB day of fun at the airport....

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Don't worry peeps. The bedroom tag is on the way!

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Now Playing: The 40 Year Old Virgin DVD

-Layla

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