The Anniversary Trip, Part 1

March 1^st 2011 will be our 10^th year wedding anniversary.  Chief amongst the things I am celebrating is the joy that as tempted as I have been in the last 10 years, I have not killed my husband! So last year, I began in my mind to congratulate myself and to plan the party to celebrate my great restraint, much as I love him. I had planned to invite a few friends over to celebrate with us and of course, a pastor to bless us and perchance pray for the grace not to even think of maiming him in the next 10 years.

When hubby called me up to ask ‘would you like to go to Dubai for our 10^th anniversary?” ripples of different feelings ran through my system; first of all shock that he remembered, not the anniversary itself, but the significance of it (10 whole years) and secondly the implied romance (if only to my mind) for we had honey mooned in Dubai 10 years ago, how sweet.

Would I like to go? Of course I would love to go. And with that many preparations to put this trip together began in earnest. Many things led to other many things and we eventually decided to go to South Africa. One major reason being that we had never been there and it was time to visit new places besides London, Paris and New York.

So here we are today on flight SA0061 from Lagos to Johannesburg. Hubby being the ‘high powered and frequent flier’ that he is, is not used to the long queues we mortals face at the airport, but I knew for sure that I would really enjoy myself when he waited through it all for 3 hours, no complaints. The only snag was when he threatened bodily harm to one of the customs staff who frisked him a little bit too closely…

As we queued to board finally, the lady at the boarding counter did take a shine to him. I am so sure about that. She chatted with him endlessly forgetting that there was still a line of waiting and tired passengers. Then she offered to change his seat. I wasn’t bothered at all; for one, the seat change would benefit me – hopefully and secondly, shine or not, he was boarding that plane with me! My green horn tended to poke a bit when she deigned to look at me and ask ‘are you together?’ her face slightly falling as she realized that yes there is a wifey and she is standing right here!

Still, Sun City here I come. No kids, no mega shopping sprees, great hotels and fantastic adventures planned. I will keep you posted.