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Surreal Visit
Mar. 24th, 2008 12:26 amToday we visited my aunt and uncle for the holiday and it was incredibly surreal. It was like being on the other side of my own childhood.
I spent a lot of my childhood visiting and staying with them, so their house is very familiar to me. This time visiting I ended up sitting in furniture a lot while my cousins' children ran about and were having loads of fun. The adults all sat around chatting. While I was in the dining room visiting with aunts, uncles and cousins, two of the girls there went into the living room and one said "The only place for us to sit is on the floor!" I had that sudden realization that I was once her, bemoaing the same thing.
My aunt and uncle always have a full house, especially on the holidays. The adults always get th furniture. So much of my life was spent as one of the kids running around and grabbing a seat on the floor that it was completely weird for me to be sitting in the chair or on the couch and being one of the adults.
I spent a lot of my childhood visiting and staying with them, so their house is very familiar to me. This time visiting I ended up sitting in furniture a lot while my cousins' children ran about and were having loads of fun. The adults all sat around chatting. While I was in the dining room visiting with aunts, uncles and cousins, two of the girls there went into the living room and one said "The only place for us to sit is on the floor!" I had that sudden realization that I was once her, bemoaing the same thing.
My aunt and uncle always have a full house, especially on the holidays. The adults always get th furniture. So much of my life was spent as one of the kids running around and grabbing a seat on the floor that it was completely weird for me to be sitting in the chair or on the couch and being one of the adults.
