I landed at Heathrow Airport in London at about 10:30am, I was really excited because I was finally going to meet Joe. When I first exited the plane I had to figure out where to go, to show my passport to gain entry into the country, but I figured that out quite easily. After that I needed to head to baggage and collect my bags, and from there I headed out to the lobby area where I knew Joe would be.It had been 2 1/2 yrs since I met him on the internet and fell in love with him and married him in Second Life...
I was finally going to be able to meet him in person.
Because our love story was of so much interest to the media, I would be met by some reporters and the people from Films of Record who were filming a documentary series that was made for broadband for ITV ( a British television station ). It was for ITV's WebLives series.
I knew they would be there waiting for me, as they had paid for my flight over and wanted to film Joe and I together, meeting for the first time.
I'll never forget the moment I saw Emma, and I jumped up and down and hugged her, and she explained to me what was going to happen, and how I was going to meet Joe.... I was so happy to finally be meeting her!
She works for Films of Record and was the person who I had the most contact with while our documentary was being filmed. Even though a camera man had come to California to film me, I had spent most of my time on the phone, in emails and on cam in voice with Emma, and looked forward to finally meeting her.
She hooked me up to a microphone and I waited.... waited to finally meet Joe.