Having parents around is weird. They ask if we have umbrellas before we walk out the door (we never had umbrellas before we came here - they have an entire basket of them in their coat closet (we haven't had a coat closet since my mom died)). If we are watching tv and one of us says something, they mute or turn off the tv and like, turn to us and look us in the eye to listen. Danielle told me yesterday it's almost overwhelming to go from no attention to so much attention. She's right.
This morning Josh's dad woke me up and said they were taking us out to brunch. "For what?" I asked him. "For brunch," he told me. It wasn't to celebrate anything, there was no reason, they just wanted to take us out to eat. For no reason. So I put on my graduation dress and we went to this fancy restaurant that was so fancy that there were multiple courses for brunch. I mean, I know the diner is not at ALL fancy, but I had never even heard of that before.
I am not used to having adults pay so much attention. Dani was right - it does get overwhelming. Alex, of course, loves it. She will talk and talk and talk as long as you will listen.
2 comments:
I like that you're all getting attention. That you get to be cared for. It must feel like you entered the Twilight Zone, but I'm really happy for you.
I can't imagine living this kind of life. I would feel like I was going to break something expensive, like a vase or feelings.
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