Since our entire family lives in India, whenever we actually come here for a vacation, we spend all our time visiting them. Summer becomes, then, a mad dash to meet and catch up with as many people as possible – definitely not my idea of a lazy, relaxing vacation.
This summer, since I’m working, I haven’t really been going out to meet people; now that my mother is here, however, the family visits have started. And now that she has just a week left in India, the family visits have reached a frantic pace.
Don’t get me wrong – I love meeting these people. And a lot can happen in two years, so conversations are never stilted. But visiting house after house, on the same day, eating the same snack foods and answering the same questions over and over again can get tiring.
No, I really don’t want anything to drink. Thank you, but really, I’m not hungry. Yes, I still go to Georgia Tech; I have 2 years left. Yes, I’m pretty far from home, but I’m having a great time.
(For the record, if I turn down food, it really is because I’m full, and not because I don’t think it will taste good. There are very few foods that I don’t like eating. )
Luckily, we knocked off quite a few families today.
-June 26th
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