For the past seventeen years I have been pondering a concept that I first discovered in Looney Tunes. In the episode where Sylvester chases Speedy Gonzales all the way to his pueblo, he catches him only to find that Speedy has been planning a surpride party for Sylvester all along. He starts crying, but explains that he's crying happy tears.
And I didn't understand that until today when my brother called to tell me that he had just bought a plane ticket to come and see me in Ohio this weekend.