Saturday, February 2, 2008

Back in Canada


Phew am I ever tired!

It was a long trip!

Our flight from Amman to Abu dhabi was great, right on time, the kids were perfect! I did get annoyed with the people at the airport! Why do us women have to leave our luggage all alone to be screened by the machine and then go stand in line to be hand searched! why don't they they just put the search room close to the machine! So annoying!

Abu dhabi airport was so crowded! We did not find any place to sit. We walked and walked! Bilal was very annoying! I kicked myself a million times for not staying at the hotel for those 6 hours! We were so tired, we finally sat on the stairs! Our flight was delayed by 2 hours, then another hour while we sat on the plane waiting for connecting passengers! Then because some idiots were fighting over seats the pilot could not take off while they were standing and arguing! if you boarding pass says seat 38F then sit in 38F, do not go to 34C ...sheesh! Finally the pilot warned them that the airport closes in 10minutes and if they do not take their seats the flight will be cancelled!

The flight was sooo long, almost 15hrs! I watched 2 arabic movies and two american movies, plus some sitcomes. I also slept a bit! I hope I did not snore! I am so tired now!

We have been at my parents house for few hours...

Hubby left Amman on thursday, at 3:30 am, he is still at the airport as I write this! He got to Montreal on Thursday night, and went to the airport to take his flight to Saskatoon on Friday morning! There is a lay over in Toronto. There was a snow storm in Toronto, so his flight was cancelled! He spent an extra night in montreal, and flew to Toronto this morning! Something happened and his flight kept on getting delayed, so he told them to cancel and put him Monday's flight. He is waiting for his friend at the airport to bring him here! Poor hubby, eh?
PS: I am enjoying the warmth here! I am not wearing any socks and only my PJ without any extra shirts....yay!

24 comments:

Qabbani said...

حمد لله على سلامتك :)

bella said...
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bella said...

hamdella 3ala salametkom Sam, yala its over now. hopefully you'll get to relax over the next couple of days. jad ur poor hubby, he must be so exhausted!

n LOOOL @ the ppl arguing over the seats. what grade are they in exactly????!!

Anonymous said...

Hamdillah 3al salameh ... and inshallah your hubby will get there safe and sound

15 hour flights ... I hate those!

Anonymous said...

hamdilla 3al salameh :) I know what you mean by long flights.. it sucks big time!

Unknown said...

WOW! that was a long trip!
hamdillah 3assalameh:) Hope you'll feel better and relaxed soon!

Maioush said...

alf 7amdella 3ala salamtek Sam, we missed your posts the past days. i know how u feel, long flights sucks, bs inshalla u'll feel better in no time, o inshalla ur hubby will get home safe as well!:)

KJ said...

El7amdella 3al salameh!

WOW What an adventure! hahahah.... glad you made it through though!

The best part about a difficult journey is when you finally arrive!

Hamza said...

hamdella ala il salamah. Enjoy the warmth of central heating ;)

Mais said...

el 7amdillah 3al salameh..it feels good to be back home doesn't it? :)

Anonymous said...

Ya Sam, I am so sorry I didn't get to see you before you left, I even forgot to call in the midst of snow -craziness.

I'm glad you hear you all made it home safe, the kids let you sleep in the flight. You will be missed here, it was a very fun thing to cross paths in life as well as blogging. god bless you as you re-enter Canadian life!

salam said...

So sorry Sam we never got together for that last outing, but I am sure you will be coming ober more often..7amdilla 3al salmitkom ..enjoy being home:)

No_Angel said...

7amdillah 3al salameh, now it would be interesting if u'll miss amman and its people ;)
take care

Maher said...

7amdellaah 3ala salameh!!
inshallah terja3o someday 3ala amman? no? :P

7aki Fadi said...

Welcome home! good you arrived when you did or you would have been snowed in.

Anonymous said...

حمد لله على سلامتك
welcome back to your second home..You and the kids need a week to adjust to the time difference and inshallah you'll settle back to the old routine..
I bet you will miss Amman, and am sorry that u didn't get to visit your family in Lebanon..Inshallah in your next visits when the situation is better..
Welcome to this side of the world:)

Sel3 said...
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Sel3 said...

all those الحمد لله على السلامة reminded me of a very old song by Amr Diab with the same name, if you know it goes for you and your family, but you didn't say anything about the kids spending 15 hours on a plane? I guess they were quiet?

asoom said...

Welcome back to this part of the world! I take it you'll be reading 1984 with us, we haven't started it yet.

Dandoon said...

Welcome back!
I was wondering if you left without the major snow storm in Amman.
Did you have a Timmy's coffee yet?

Dandoon said...

Welcome back!
I was wondering if you left without the major snow storm in Amman.
Did you have a Timmy's coffee yet?

Anonymous said...

al7amdella 3ala salamtek wo salamet el family. bas 3njad wade3 ur husband sa3eb... I would have killed myself!

Mrs. Al Ramahi said...

7amdilla 3al salameh :)

Sam said...

thanks everyone! it is great to be home, but i miss amman already and the people in amman! I did have a great time there..:)