Today we had family over for lunch for two reasons. One: today is the official day of Pilar and Two: it is Julia's late husband's birthday so some of the family came to be together.
They made fun of how I am shorter than the other American students Julia has had..but it's okay because it makes us look more like mother and daughter! Except I'm super white and don't look Spanish at all..oh well. I don't really look like my real mom much anyways either!
The guys are smoking in the house which never happens because Julia doesn't smoke, but its started to give me a headache.. welcome to Europe!
The lady here (I believe she is the sister of Julia's late husband) is super nice. A lot nicer than the other lady that was here last time we had a family gathering, but she was nice too! There was a joke at the end of the meal when saying goodbyes since we were all in a line, she was the queen, I the princess and Julia a noble.
I don't feel as "new" and embarrassed as I felt last time. Maybe my Spanish is a little better but I think it also has to do with the fact that this isn't my first family lunch and if I can just be myself it'll be easier than trying to be a Spanish version of me (it's too early for that). They even complimented my Spanish and my accent!
I'm doing my homework while they cook and the smells (that make it past the smoke smell) are AMAZING. I don't know how I'm going to come back to the US after eating this amazing food.. Sorry, no offense..
Everything is Eat, Eat, Eat! SO much food not enough room in my tummy! And yet I just kept eating as not to be rude.
I wish my family back home was this much fun. I love you all but we are super dysfunctional and a lot of us don't get along with each other and sometimes it's in secret so it's even worse to deal with. Today, everything was a laugh. And it had nothing to do with the alcohol circulating in the room. (For future, European style café and rum is really good!) I wish we could get along better and actually see each other more. Let's get on that when I come back.
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