In other words
I had a small vacation time and spent a few days in heaven with other goddesses (sometimes it’s good to have a break from earthly matters) and it was kind of surreal to go back to work this morning. Yet I had a funny conversation with one of the residents in the kitchen at breakfast. He is usually very kind and attentive with me. But this morning, he was grumpy. He gave me a look loaded with reproaches and said to me: “You were gone”. I said yes. “On holidays”, he added. I nodded. Then he said to me that he was going on holidays as well tomorrow, which is true. I was surprised because usually the residents don’t have a clear notion of time. Then he said “It’s fucking boring”. I asked him what he meant, and he replied “the holidays”. I asked him if he didn’t want to go on vacation and he looked at me as if I had said the most stupid thing in the world. He said the he wanted to leave. I nodded and wanted to leave it on that note, but he added again: “But it’s fucking boring”. Patiently, I asked again what he meant. He crossed his arms on his chest and said again: “You were gone”. It’s only then that I realized that what he probably meant is that he had missed me.
I guess I’m not the only one living with missing words…