Friday
Juldagen, today is the day when you are just not doing anything, just walking around digesting all the weird things that you ate and drank last night. Yesterday went so much better than usual when my family gathers. I had a lot of fun. My youngest (and only real) cousin was stunned by our Yule tree (which I decorated). He stood looking at it for 2 minutes solid, without moving, normally this young man cannot be still for longer than 2 seconds tops. He was "the little yule elf", and I don't think there was a minute that went by without him telling me so. Apparently he missed me when I was away, my grandma told me that everytime he came to visit her he needed to listen to my recordings. I felt sort of sorry for her, the quality of them are not anything to brag about.
This might have been the last Yule we had together, all of us. The grandparents are getting old. It was close to difficult being around them, as it was so obvious that they did not enjoy being here. Not in the sense that they don't like us, more that they cannot follow conversations due to bad hearing and such. When always being away for something like half a year at the time, the differences in their mental state become very apparent, as there is no way that I can see the transitions..
So, today my sister and I made our hair look pretty. When she washed my hair in the tub I started laughing hysterically. I am not that ticklish normally, but this was insane. I got more wet than my hair. Or no, exaggerating on that one but it was ridiculous. I blame my parents and my new american friends for not hugging me enough, I am not used to physical contact any longer so everything becomes much more intense. I promise that is how it is.
Gonna take an easy night I think, just because I need this time with my family. They are quite nice to be around.
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