It was a surprise birthday party for two family members: my Tia Cecilia and my cousin Francisco. The pool is pretty but very cold, so I decided to not go in.
And like every family function I find my self inside, alone, and reading. There really isn't much I to talk to my family about so conversations end quickly and I'm left sitting and eating chips with nothing else to do. And that's usually when I end up opening my book, or in this case, turning on my nook.
And of course, the longer I stay in here, the more awkward it will be when I finally emerge and the entire family will spend, quite literally, hours exclaiming about where I've been, and how come I'm not in the pool, and have I eaten yet...
And that's why I'm blogging in the living room instead of out by the freezing cold pool.
Babe, I know exactly how you feel in that regard. At family functions on my father's side I am such the loner. I don't speak Spanish and I can hardly relate to anyone there because when they all congregate, they all get plastered ... And I am not too quick to get drunk in front of my dad.
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