My Return
I've made plans to return to El Salvador for New Year's, which had become a sort of tradition over the past two years. I was assuming that I would not return this year at that time because... well, if my husband is not going to be there, why would I go? I was telling my cousin that the holidays were going to be difficult for me because going to El Salvador was such a big part of the holiday season for me. I'd done it for three years running, either directly before or after. My cousin got on the phone with her mother, while we were IMing and she told me that her mom would love for us to return for the holidays. So, I priced tickets. They were disgustingly expensive for the time I thought I could go. Turns out that we don't return to school until Jan 19th, so I looked again, extending our visit time to 17 days... lo and behold! Tickets are the cheapest I've ever gotten them! I sent Mi Prima a text asking her if it was okay for those dates and she called me back.
I hadn't heard her voice since I left El Salvador after the funeral, and (my God!) it was such a comfort to hear her voice... listening to her and Mi Tia giggling with me in Spanish at our mutual excitement.
Someone suggested, in a response to my blog, that I make a quilt out of R's shirts, some of which are sitting in drawers and in my closet. I had no idea what to do with them, and had worn a few around the house on occasion, but I just can't get rid of them. In fact, I brought them back from El Salvador with me! So, a quilt it is.
I've been spending more time with my grandparents. They are wonderful people. I weed my grandma's flower garden and have been cooking dinner for my grandpa. Burgers, sweet potato fries, and corn that was past its prime. Corn season is too short. This summer has been pretty much nonexistent up here. I always thought there was good corn for at least a month out of the year! Tomorrow I'm going to cook chicken, rice, and beans. No olives. I may get some and put it in mine anyway. Or maybe I'll make chicken paprikash!
Jesus, I sound so fucking domestic. I think I'll go vomit now.
I hadn't heard her voice since I left El Salvador after the funeral, and (my God!) it was such a comfort to hear her voice... listening to her and Mi Tia giggling with me in Spanish at our mutual excitement.
Someone suggested, in a response to my blog, that I make a quilt out of R's shirts, some of which are sitting in drawers and in my closet. I had no idea what to do with them, and had worn a few around the house on occasion, but I just can't get rid of them. In fact, I brought them back from El Salvador with me! So, a quilt it is.
I've been spending more time with my grandparents. They are wonderful people. I weed my grandma's flower garden and have been cooking dinner for my grandpa. Burgers, sweet potato fries, and corn that was past its prime. Corn season is too short. This summer has been pretty much nonexistent up here. I always thought there was good corn for at least a month out of the year! Tomorrow I'm going to cook chicken, rice, and beans. No olives. I may get some and put it in mine anyway. Or maybe I'll make chicken paprikash!
Jesus, I sound so fucking domestic. I think I'll go vomit now.