It was so exciting last week when I went to Birmingham airport arrivals. I was meeting my Aunt who had flown from abroad and I had not seen her for years. She had my cousins with her as well, who I have never met before so it was fantastic. The flight was delayed and so I ended up hanging around for ages which was really annoying. I was excited enough when I got there but two hours later I was still there waiting and my stomach was in knots. I just could not wait to give them all big hugs and to say hello in person to my young cousins for the first time ever.

I didn’t dare leave the arrivals area because I would have been very upset had I missed them because I was wandering off somewhere or got lost or something and so it was pretty boring. I ended up talking to a few people who were also waiting around because their hire car was not ready. They were a nice family and chatting to them did pass the time but it still felt like I was waiting for days rather than hours for them to arrive. I wished that I had taken a book or magazine, but when I checked the arrival times on leaving the house there was not a significant delay, I think there was a problem when they got to Birmingham and they were forced to circle for a while to wait for a runway.