# She's here!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 15, 2001, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-here/50157 "2001-01-15T16:02:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-here/50157/1 "2001-01-15T16:02:36Z")
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the lovely and beautiful **Anniz** is in the USA. She came in Saturday afternoon and we finally made it down to Washington yesterday afternoon. Please allow me to recap… Friday night, I left work around 6pm and drove to my aunt’s house outside of Philadelphia. Her family’s dog had passed away since I was last there, so it was weird not having my usual welcoming committee of one greet me when I got there. A half hour later, my aunt and family returned home from a synagogue service they went to that night. I was grilled incessantly by my 12 year-old cousin about the purpose of my visit, but having heard me discuss getting to the Jersey Turnpike, parking at Newark Airport, and finding my way to international arrivals at the airport. At about midnight, I went to sleep, exhausted. About a half-hour later, five thousand miles away, **Anniz** woke up. She wrote me a last e-mail, finished packing, drank her coffee, and then her parents picked her up to take her to the airport. Fortunately, a friend of the family arranged for her to have a couple empty seats in her aisle so she could rest on the plane and lie down. She got on the plane without a problem and was somewhere over the Atlantic when I woke up at 10am EST. I checked my e-mail then, and saw that last e-mail she wrote me, and then I checked her flight’s status. Oh shit, I thought, it’s running 30 minutes _early_. My timing was off. I hurriedly dressed and got on Route 1, then the Pennsylvania Turnpike, and I finally got on the Jersey Turnpike a little before noon. Her flight was supposed to land at 1.30pm, the updated time was 1.03pm. I flew up the Turnpike (my little German car loves doing 90mph!) and got to the airport at 12.40, had no trouble parking or finding my way to international arrivals. There were a **lot** of people there, and every minute a new stream of smiling people exited the customs area and were greeted by happy friends and family. I watched the video board and saw that her plane landed at 1.03, and then I went up to the glass wall to watch for her. About twenty-five minutes later, she came down the hallway. She spotted me before I saw her. Ten seconds later, we were reunited. We exited the airport and put her bags in my car. She stood around for a minute, breathing the “fresh” air of northern New Jersey. Then, we got into the car and I headed back south on the Turnpike. We crossed into Pennsylvania, and I told her it was okay to breathe the air now. 😃 We made it to the hotel I had reserved for us that night and checked in. We rested up in our room (we were both rather exhausted) for an hour and then we drove over to my aunt’s house to meet them. My uncle was taking a nap, but my aunt and cousin were still out at the hairdresser’s (they had a black tie dinner to go to that night), so we walked around the block for a bit and tried to imagine what the migrating geese were squawking to each other. A few minutes later, my aunt came home and greeted us in the cul de sac. We went back inside and chatted for an hour, before my aunt’s family had to get shiny and new for their dinner that night. **Anniz** , at this point, was barely awake, as it was approaching midnight back home in Sweden. We returned to the hotel and tried to get dinner at the neighbouring TGI Friday’s, but there was a half-hour wait and there was no way she could wait that long. So, we grabbed some appetisers in the hotel bar. After dinner, we came back up to our room and watched a bit of the Flyers hockey game. While I was out getting some ice, there was fight on the ice, and she was amazed that the referrees let the players fight. She thought it was some sort of entertainment. 🙂 After the first period, she fell asleep and I waited until the end of the game (4-1 Flyers!) to join her. The next morning, she was up, predictably, at 4am, and let me sleep until 8 before waking me up. We dressed, packed up our bags, hit the hotel restaurant for breakfast, and then drove back south. We got to my apartment at about 1pm, and I showed her around. We then hit the supermarket to do some shopping and then came back in time to get a bite to eat before the Ravens game. She’d never seen an American football game, so I tried to explain the game’s actions, as well as the rules of the game as they were applicable. She was slowly fading, though, and went downstairs to take a nap before the first quarter ended. I woke her back up after the game to take her to dinner. We drove up and down the main road in Rockville after we ate and then came home. It was almost 10.30pm when we finally got back and we went to sleep then. This morning, she woke me up, again, at 7am and brought me a Coke to wake me up. After I got dressed, she walked with me to the Metro station because I have to work today. I showed her how to find everything in the kitchen, and how to use the TV. She’s going to explore the wonders of American cable television today, I’m sure. 🙂 Tonight, she’ll meet me back at the Metro station when I’m done working and we’ll cook dinner together. On Thursday night, we’re going to Florida for the weekend to introduce her to my parents and grandparents. We’re also going to meet some of the Florida Dopers on Saturday afternoon. After that, there will be Dopefests in Philly and, finally, here in Washington, before she returns to Sweden (if I let her…) on 10 February. Links to all the Dopefests are in my sig, of course. Anyway, if anyone’s wondered where I’ve been over the last week, it was preparing for her visit. I had a lot of cleaning and other preps to do, and it’s (mostly) done. But, she’s here! ---
**Author:** ![Dylan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e95f7d/32.png) [@Dylan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dylan)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-here/50157/2 "2001-01-15T16:12:40Z")
Welcome Anniz!!! all you have to know about american football is that Marino is God…lol great to ‘see’ you guys together again… ---
**Author:** ![soulsling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@soulsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulsling)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-here/50157/3 "2001-01-15T16:17:11Z")
Welcome to America **Anniz** 😃 Philly dopefest huh? mmmmmm, haven’t been there in quite some time. Keep us updated, can’t pass up this chance to meet the illustrious **Anniz** 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-here/50157/4 "2001-01-15T16:26:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by soulsling \* > \*\*Philly dopefest huh? > mmmmmm, haven’t been there in quite some time. Keep us updated, can’t pass up this chance to meet the illustrious **Anniz** 🙂 \*\* Look [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=52934). ---
**Author:** ![Anniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@Anniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anniz)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-here/50157/5 "2001-01-15T16:41:04Z")
Yep, I’m here and I feel fine. [Montfort\*\* is very nice and carying to me, maybe he teases me to be “silly” to much.;)😛 I finally start to get used to the timedifferent. It feels a bit “weird” to see US for real, because It looks like in the movies, so it’s nearly like I’m in one.😉 I mean all the cars, the people, buildings and everything else. I also miss my keyboard at home, some things are so different and then the trubbel to do å, ä and ö, arghhhh. Thanks for the welcome, **Dylan** and **soulsling** and I’m looking forward to meet some of the dopers here.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-here/50157/6 "2001-01-15T18:18:15Z")
I’m in the middle of the wrong ocean, **Anniz** , so I won’t get to meet you. But I extend the welcome to America! Have a great time here! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Carina42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Carina42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carina42)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-here/50157/7 "2001-01-16T01:33:55Z")
So is this a “met on the 'net” thing? Welcome to America, Anniz! I hope between sleeping & watching TV you guys are fooling around some, too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-here/50157/8 "2001-01-16T01:42:19Z")
Welcome to our wonderful country **Anniz** , be prepared for some wild and crazy times. ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-here/50157/9 "2001-01-16T02:04:36Z")
So, kids… get changed yet? ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-here/50157/10 "2001-01-16T02:11:39Z")
Jeez, **Scott** , don’t you have any decency?!? Of course, I just got changed into my pajamas. What we did in between taking my day clothes off and putting the pajamas on are nunya business. ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-here/50157/11 "2001-01-16T02:19:30Z")
Aww 🙂 Welcome to America! Anniz ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-here/50157/12 "2001-01-16T02:21:27Z")
None of our business? So how many times you gotten “changed” so far, hmmmm? (_evil grin_) ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-here/50157/13 "2001-01-16T02:23:28Z")
[David Bowie]Ch-ch-ch-changes.[/David Bowie] ---
**Author:** ![Fletch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/919ad9/32.png) [@Fletch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fletch)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-here/50157/14 "2001-01-16T03:13:12Z")
Welcome to our country Anniz! Montfort, you are a very lucky young man. You two enjoy yourselves now, with or without the pajamas. ---
**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-here/50157/15 "2001-01-16T03:40:29Z")
Welcome Anniz! [mostly related hijack]Have we figured out what we’re doing for this dopefest? It is less than a week away…[/mostly related hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-here/50157/16 "2001-01-16T14:39:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hypergirl \* > \*\*[mostly related hijack]Have we figured out what we’re doing for this dopefest? It is less than a week away…[/mostly related hijack] \*\* Why don’t you post this in [the correct thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=50302), to ask the people in attendance? Anyway, I’m thinking we’ll meet for lunch somewhere near the Fox theatre in Sunrise and then catch a movie. What’s to eat near there? I can’t remember. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-here/50157/17 "2001-01-16T15:32:57Z")
Meeting the parents _and_ the grandparents, eh? My, that sounds serious.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Anniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@Anniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anniz)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-here/50157/18 "2001-01-16T15:47:12Z")
Thanks for the welcome everyone, it feels good to be here. I’m finally on The US time now, and that feels great, have been a bit tired becuse of it, but not to tired for some things…😃 ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-here/50157/19 "2001-01-16T17:32:08Z")
Hjärtligt välkommen till Amerika, **Anniz**! Vi är glad att du har kommit hit utan olycka 🙂 Jag ser fram att träffa dig i februari… Kan du inte övertiga **Montfort** att läta min, **SqrlCub** och **dcnewsman** in i hans våning? Konsertet skulle inte vara en fråmgang på andra håll. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anniz \* > **I also miss my keyboard at home, > some things are so different and > then the trubbel to do å, ä and ö, arghhhh.** **Montfortp** , I am shocked. You’re a tech person, surely you could have used Microsoft’s multilanguage support to set up your 'puter for the Swedish keyboard setting before **Anniz** got here. Of course if you’re using Linux then I got no idea how to do that. ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-here/50157/20 "2001-01-16T18:07:31Z")
----:)/ x o x o ----///\\ I hope you enjoy your stay, (and with **Montfort** , I’m sure you will). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shes-here/50157.md?page=2)