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family parties continue to be the best parties but a quick mental once-over - repeated over the course of last night - we realised the last big family do was probably at the end of 2014. what the hell? i mean, as cousins we meet up more than that, but to not have had a full get-together since then is nuts.
my aunt and uncle, who are complete darlings, celebrated their 50th anniversary last night, which coincided neatly with their granddaughter/my niece’s 18th birthday, so they put on a huge party. my niece is kind of amazing; she’s had health problems throughout her teens, and last year she had a heart transplant. she’s been working her way back to level since then, but it’s been tough. it was so cool to see all of them yesterday, and really moving at times.
the rest of the party was a household classic: gossip, food, group photos and dancing. it wouldn’t be a family party if someone didn’t start doing garba to dholi taro dhol baaje. i joked with another cousin that his party next weekend (another family party!) was just going to be six hours of raas. honestly, i believe it.
that track is a banger by the way.
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i went back to the fen on friday night because all of my indian clothes are still in the house. i timed it well in other ways, too, because i picked up my other set of bedsheets in time for my calendar reminder today. putting that reminder in my phone 14 months ago has changed my life vastly for the better.
mum and i made some chickpea and veg burgers on friday night, and then i took it hella easy yesterday until it was time to start getting ready, in part because it turns out i didn’t leave a useful number of clothes at home, so i only had my pyjamas. i unearthed an old nexus 7 which i’m going to try to keep charged so i can use it whilst i’m at home - i hate lugging stuff around so i only took my phone back with me, but i don’t have any of my extension leads, so i couldn’t read on it and charge it at the same time (i’m reading a book on the kindle app at the moment).
that did give me the chance to read two of the first issues of comics i bought whilst in the states last year - moonstruck which is a delight, and hi-fi fight club which was a riot. i should probably look up trades.
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laundry sounds like it’s done, so need to sort that out, and then i’m heading into central to meet up with the cousins for lunch. my cousin is having his big bash next weekend, but his actual birthday is today, so he put together a last minute get-together. forty! he’s one of my favourite people, and the party next weekend is going to be so damn good. my phone has been blowing up with text notifications since 9am as people wake up and share photos from last night. <3
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i really need to sort out my missing tooth issue. it’s making taking photos a complete mare, and i don’t want to be in this position when i go to canada for the wedding in august. there has got to be a solution that will work for now, surely.
my aunt and uncle, who are complete darlings, celebrated their 50th anniversary last night, which coincided neatly with their granddaughter/my niece’s 18th birthday, so they put on a huge party. my niece is kind of amazing; she’s had health problems throughout her teens, and last year she had a heart transplant. she’s been working her way back to level since then, but it’s been tough. it was so cool to see all of them yesterday, and really moving at times.
the rest of the party was a household classic: gossip, food, group photos and dancing. it wouldn’t be a family party if someone didn’t start doing garba to dholi taro dhol baaje. i joked with another cousin that his party next weekend (another family party!) was just going to be six hours of raas. honestly, i believe it.
that track is a banger by the way.
—
i went back to the fen on friday night because all of my indian clothes are still in the house. i timed it well in other ways, too, because i picked up my other set of bedsheets in time for my calendar reminder today. putting that reminder in my phone 14 months ago has changed my life vastly for the better.
mum and i made some chickpea and veg burgers on friday night, and then i took it hella easy yesterday until it was time to start getting ready, in part because it turns out i didn’t leave a useful number of clothes at home, so i only had my pyjamas. i unearthed an old nexus 7 which i’m going to try to keep charged so i can use it whilst i’m at home - i hate lugging stuff around so i only took my phone back with me, but i don’t have any of my extension leads, so i couldn’t read on it and charge it at the same time (i’m reading a book on the kindle app at the moment).
that did give me the chance to read two of the first issues of comics i bought whilst in the states last year - moonstruck which is a delight, and hi-fi fight club which was a riot. i should probably look up trades.
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laundry sounds like it’s done, so need to sort that out, and then i’m heading into central to meet up with the cousins for lunch. my cousin is having his big bash next weekend, but his actual birthday is today, so he put together a last minute get-together. forty! he’s one of my favourite people, and the party next weekend is going to be so damn good. my phone has been blowing up with text notifications since 9am as people wake up and share photos from last night. <3
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i really need to sort out my missing tooth issue. it’s making taking photos a complete mare, and i don’t want to be in this position when i go to canada for the wedding in august. there has got to be a solution that will work for now, surely.
