here we are
I had meant to update before we left. i had even meant to update on the laptop on the plane, but shit, here i am at last. updating.
First - I should tell the story of our FIRST Christmas with Adam's family - who was going to find out their son is gay, with a guy and has 2 kids. ALL IN ONE FUN FILLED HOLIDAY!!!!!
This is how that first christmas went back in 2001:
we left at the ass crack of dawn on friday. plane ride was nice and smooth, carol ann was a handful though because she kept wanting to look out the window and oooh and aaahh over everything. Had to keep her steady for long periods of time. see why i didn't update then? adam was busy on the laptop most of the time anyway and benny is scared of heights so that was "fun" to deal with as well. lots of cuddling for the ben monster. but that's OK, his sister snuggled close and they slept a bit on the plane.
adam was really silent most of the plane ride, didnt want to think about having to tell his folks about everything but knew he would have to. was scared they were going to like kick him out or some shit. i told him i'd punch anyone who said shit about us. he asked, 'even my grandmother?' and i said yes, even your fucking grandmother. haha. that made him smile.
so we get there, get our bags, grab a taxi and head out for the house. he didnt want his family to come and pick us up in case the kids were cranky. carol ann popped out during the car ride and was on my shoulder by the time we got to the house. it's a cute fucking house. like...i can NOT even fucking imagine Adam growing up here just because he's like the complete opposite of this house. it's weird to explain. this house is very old, very country and cute (quaint is what adam says) and just very Little house on the prairie and martha stewart. you know? Adam isn't. he's like not even close but I kinda am so I get it and I like it.
Then his mom, who is the 100% white part of him, comes out all happy and excited kinda how my grandmother gets (except my grandma is talking in Swedish) and she is a jolly woman with dark brown hair, all thick like Adam's...a round face like his and all. She goes down the porch to like take her baby boy into a big old bear hug and he just blurts out, "I'M GAY AND I LOVE ELLIOT AND THESE ARE MY KIDS TOO!"
smooth move, mother fucker.
She stops in the snow with her arms still out, kinda thinks out what he just said and then pulls him into that fucking bear hug. Then she just pinches his cheek real hard and says, "Youre still my baby!!!! Now get these kids in the house before they catch their death of cold!!!"
Ahahahaha. So his mom is GREAT. Like, absolutely fabulous. She's really like the mom I always wanted but got in my immigrant grandmother but with more energy cuz she's younger. wait, that's not fair cuz my grandma has lots of fucking energy but still. you get the idea. she is one cool lady. I meet Adams sister, Mira and his brother Joey. They are very cool and privately Mira told me she had always known Adam was gay. Even before him. I laughed at that cuz it is funny.
I met Adam's dad, who is 1/2 Korean and looks like it more than Adam (duh). Adam gets his high cheekbones and round high cheeks from his dad and the darkness of his hair, but not the texture, cuz that comes from his mom. He didnt seem to care one way or the other that Adam is gay. He has another son to get married and a daughter so whatever. Plus, he has wanted grandkids for a while I guess and Carol Ann and Ben are the first little kids since Adam and his brother and assister were little. So he's as happy as a pig in shit spoiling them.
Carol Ann loves Adams mom, she gets to sit in Adams olllld high chair and coo over Mrs. Meyers cooking and talking to Carol Ann like a best friend. It's awesome.
everything awesome, this is probably going to be my best christmas ever. adam is already talking about having both of our families combined for next year at our house. Jesus Christ that will be INSANEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
OK, I am smelling me some dinner. Got2Go.
First - I should tell the story of our FIRST Christmas with Adam's family - who was going to find out their son is gay, with a guy and has 2 kids. ALL IN ONE FUN FILLED HOLIDAY!!!!!
This is how that first christmas went back in 2001:
we left at the ass crack of dawn on friday. plane ride was nice and smooth, carol ann was a handful though because she kept wanting to look out the window and oooh and aaahh over everything. Had to keep her steady for long periods of time. see why i didn't update then? adam was busy on the laptop most of the time anyway and benny is scared of heights so that was "fun" to deal with as well. lots of cuddling for the ben monster. but that's OK, his sister snuggled close and they slept a bit on the plane.
adam was really silent most of the plane ride, didnt want to think about having to tell his folks about everything but knew he would have to. was scared they were going to like kick him out or some shit. i told him i'd punch anyone who said shit about us. he asked, 'even my grandmother?' and i said yes, even your fucking grandmother. haha. that made him smile.
so we get there, get our bags, grab a taxi and head out for the house. he didnt want his family to come and pick us up in case the kids were cranky. carol ann popped out during the car ride and was on my shoulder by the time we got to the house. it's a cute fucking house. like...i can NOT even fucking imagine Adam growing up here just because he's like the complete opposite of this house. it's weird to explain. this house is very old, very country and cute (quaint is what adam says) and just very Little house on the prairie and martha stewart. you know? Adam isn't. he's like not even close but I kinda am so I get it and I like it.
Then his mom, who is the 100% white part of him, comes out all happy and excited kinda how my grandmother gets (except my grandma is talking in Swedish) and she is a jolly woman with dark brown hair, all thick like Adam's...a round face like his and all. She goes down the porch to like take her baby boy into a big old bear hug and he just blurts out, "I'M GAY AND I LOVE ELLIOT AND THESE ARE MY KIDS TOO!"
smooth move, mother fucker.
She stops in the snow with her arms still out, kinda thinks out what he just said and then pulls him into that fucking bear hug. Then she just pinches his cheek real hard and says, "Youre still my baby!!!! Now get these kids in the house before they catch their death of cold!!!"
Ahahahaha. So his mom is GREAT. Like, absolutely fabulous. She's really like the mom I always wanted but got in my immigrant grandmother but with more energy cuz she's younger. wait, that's not fair cuz my grandma has lots of fucking energy but still. you get the idea. she is one cool lady. I meet Adams sister, Mira and his brother Joey. They are very cool and privately Mira told me she had always known Adam was gay. Even before him. I laughed at that cuz it is funny.
I met Adam's dad, who is 1/2 Korean and looks like it more than Adam (duh). Adam gets his high cheekbones and round high cheeks from his dad and the darkness of his hair, but not the texture, cuz that comes from his mom. He didnt seem to care one way or the other that Adam is gay. He has another son to get married and a daughter so whatever. Plus, he has wanted grandkids for a while I guess and Carol Ann and Ben are the first little kids since Adam and his brother and assister were little. So he's as happy as a pig in shit spoiling them.
Carol Ann loves Adams mom, she gets to sit in Adams olllld high chair and coo over Mrs. Meyers cooking and talking to Carol Ann like a best friend. It's awesome.
everything awesome, this is probably going to be my best christmas ever. adam is already talking about having both of our families combined for next year at our house. Jesus Christ that will be INSANEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
OK, I am smelling me some dinner. Got2Go.