Funny.
Here’s a quick list of things that define what it’s like being back home.
* More home enhancements… not for any aesthetic continuity but again.. so that the house is easier to wipe down. (Grey marbelite counters, wood panel floors, white walls & cabinetry, light beige walls, a lawn that’s neglected …it is february after all… and black leather sofas. More fridges/freezers than people. 2 in the kitchen. 1 in the guest room (for kimchi) a meat freezer downstairs, another kimchi fridge down there, and one other fridge for… i don’t even know and I’m afraid to look)
* The thermostate set at 64. Yes. That’s 64. I’m wearing sweats all day long. It’s colder than it is outside in SF. What’s up with old people and keeping the thermostat that low?
* A floor heating pad. Trying to recreate this whole thang, my parents have a heating pad the size of a queen size bed set up on the floor. We all sit on it together, eat dinner from a low table while on it, lie on it while watching tv, and poke each other when taking family naps on there. The afore mentioned leather couch barely gets sat upon all day.
*Home cooking.
Oh.My.Goodness. So.Good.
* I’ve actually already finished one book and half way through another. It’s nice catching up with soem reading that I’ve neglected for far too long.
* Conversations/reconnections with long lost friends. Emails from a friend from College who’s getting sent off to Iraq. A fab conversation with the USG (Ultimate Straight Guy), and silly dialogue with my Dad.
Example:
While watching Korean Dramas with my Dad
Moi: What are we watching?
The Daddy: … wha? (completely engrossed)
Moi: … Dad… is that a guy?
The Daddy: … wha? (finally registering that I might be saying something to him)
Moi: … the dude with the pretty hair and two earrings…dangly even…
The Daddy: … shhhh I’m watching the terebeee
Moi: … um dad… he looks too pretty…
The Daddy: …sooo?
Moi: … if you want me to date a Korean guy, please tell me they don’t have to be that gay…
The Daddy: Shut up!
Moi: I mean seriously dad…I think he’s wearing foundation.
The Daddy: Uy!
Moi: Hmmm ok…
* Lots of cheerful naps.
Yay naps!
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