I sat for several hours today and watched my baby niece. I fed her, burped her, changed her diaper, entertained her, held her... All this baby time makes my uncle side very happy. It doesn't do anything for my paternal side, one way or the other, which I find very interesting. I've been told Rory (my niece) really likes me. I was kind thinking... duh.
Besides the joys of being with my niece I was pretty feeling done today. Done listening to rambling stories, done with the endless games of 20 questions everytime I shift in my seat, done with being in a house of 7 adults, 1 baby, and 3 dogs, done trying tolerate the very different way this group interacts, and just plain done being social. My loner self was feeling very motivated to hide away in a corner. I found lots of ways to avoid people much to the confusion and sadness of my in-laws. Perhaps I need to actually try to do things their way while I'm here rather than just try to tolerate their differences. I'm not even sure I can...
What I'm realizing most is that this group is used to interacting as a community. If someone is going to another room for awhile, it is announced so everyone knows where everyone is. This is quite opposite to my approach of slip-out-while-no-one's-looking. Somehow announcing to the group that I need time away from the group seems to destroy the whole process of trying to get away from the group. <le sigh>
Guy made an amazing dinner tonight. He made Chicken Fettucini Alfredo (the Alfredo was made from scratch) with a side of fresh steamed vegetables. He can cook for me anytime!
| December 23, 2003 11:00pm | 
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first and foremost, you need to survive this week. so hide away as much as you can, and make up stupid answers involving rancid vomit to stupid questions.
Valette | December 24, 2003 9:58AM
I was thinking of developing irritable bowel syndrome with traits of gonorrhea.
nomad | December 24, 2003 10:44PM