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I Miss My Family

November 22, 2007 11:13 PM

just got back from Thanksgiving with L-Dawg and X-tina, who were nice enough to invite me over to have a meal with them. The food was awesome, but the company was better.

Before we sat down to eat, I called up my mom, knowing that the rest of my family was getting together today at my cousin's place. My mom didn't answer. So I called my aunt. She did answer, but she was all distracted and hurried. I guess that she was in the middle of cooking at her house. They were going to go to my cousin's later. Anyway, I talked to my mom real briefly and told her that I'd call back later when everyone was all together. She was like "what for?" Goddamnit, mom, so that I can talk to everyone, that's what for. Then I talked to my grandma real quick.

Long after L-Dawg, X-tina, and I ate--and a little while after we recovered from our massive food comas--I called my mom again. No answer. So I called my aunt. No answer. So I called my cousin. No answer. So I called my mom again. No answer. So I called my aunt again. No answer. So I called my cousin. No answer. So I called my other cousin. Turns out she must have a new phone number. So I called my uncle. Turns out he must have a new phone number, too. So then I called my other cousin. He actually answered! And in the background, I heard all this boisterous laughing and screaming and storytelling, and I got kind of sad. Then my cousin handed my mom the phone, and she sort of talked to me for a bit, but then she passed the phone off to my cousin, and she said she meant to call me today but then hadn't. Then she passed the phone to my other cousin, and she was busy with her daughter, so the phone got passed to my grandma, but there was too much noise for her to have any idea what was happening, so then I got passed off to my aunt, but she was busy, too. And that was my big call home for Thanksgiving.

It's not that I expected anything different, I guess. It's just that I wish I was there. I miss them.


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