Final Destination

I had arranged for a family friend to pick me up at Lichfield as mum and dad had no idea I was coming. I had been stringing dad along all evening telling him I couldn’t sleep and I needed to talk to him (he thought it was 6am in Japan and wondered why I was up so early). I told him to be online at 11pm for a web chat and so at 11pm, as I was 5 minutes from the front door, he was switching on the computer wondering what was going on.

Picture the scene: dad is upstairs waiting for me to log onto MSN, I am outside the front door and call him on my mobile.

Dad “Hello.”
Me “Hello, it’s me.”
Dad “Have you logged on yet?”
Me “No. I can’t get in the house.”
Dad “What do you mean?”
Me “Can you let me in?”
Dad “Let you in where?”
Me “Can you let me in the house. I don’t have any keys.”
Dad “Wha-, I don’t…., Wha-…”
Me “I like the snowman outside the front door by the way.”
Dad “You’re not here!!!!”
Me “LET ME IN!”

Dad is always in on surprises and he always knows what’s going on. Tonight he had no idea at all. He was so shocked! I then had to go and surprise mum who was already in bed and then we had the hugs and tears…..

Two hours and a lot of talking later there were three empty wine bottles on the table and we all trudged bleary eyed to bed.

It’s Christmas – I’m home!