Sunday, August 13, 2006
Family Time
Saturday night was Housewarming Part I: Adrian's family. (Part Deux, with our friends, comes next weekend) I wasn't sure how many people were going to be here (actually, I didn't really care...I just wondered how many screaming kids were going to be here. Answer: 5). We rented the party room in the basement of our building so the little kids could have a place to scream and the older kids and adults could mostly hang upstairs. Good thing, too, as we have an 18-th floor balcony, and while I doubt any of the kids would have fallen off accidentally, there was always the possibility they might accidentally get picked up and tossed over. Accidentally.
The kids really aren't bad, just a couple go really crazy but they lead the others. Adrian's 12-year old nephew, Charlie, is a very cool young man and he's not into the whole hanging-out-with-little-kids thing so he and I chilled and talked. His 17-year old niece, Sandy, was here with her boyfriend and her best friend and somehow our bottle of Absolut Vanilla was emptied while they were here. Hmmmm. Sandy is cool, she just has typical teenage girl angst, and we all know how much that sucks. Well, about 50% of us do.
Khamla is now officially dating Josh, the guy he's been seeing for the last couple of months. Josh is a nice guy and I've never seen Khamla acting like such a giddy little schoolgirl before. I've seen him dress like one, but never act like one. Anyway, they came, and Khamla got very drunk, and then they went to a friend's birthday in Baltimore and today I got a call and drove up toward that way to pick him up so he could come get the car he'd (wisely) left here.
BTW, Khamla graduated from cosmetology school last week, the same one Adrian attended. It should be obvious that I'm VERY proud of him. Plus, he helped give me a great haircut a couple weeks ago, so I can personally attest to his skill.
I've always felt accepted by Khamla and by Nikki, Adrian's lesbian sister, but I'm really feeling more and more accepted by the rest of his siblings. And even a little by his parents, who unfortunately couldn't come last night. Only took 5 1/2 years...
The kids really aren't bad, just a couple go really crazy but they lead the others. Adrian's 12-year old nephew, Charlie, is a very cool young man and he's not into the whole hanging-out-with-little-kids thing so he and I chilled and talked. His 17-year old niece, Sandy, was here with her boyfriend and her best friend and somehow our bottle of Absolut Vanilla was emptied while they were here. Hmmmm. Sandy is cool, she just has typical teenage girl angst, and we all know how much that sucks. Well, about 50% of us do.
Khamla is now officially dating Josh, the guy he's been seeing for the last couple of months. Josh is a nice guy and I've never seen Khamla acting like such a giddy little schoolgirl before. I've seen him dress like one, but never act like one. Anyway, they came, and Khamla got very drunk, and then they went to a friend's birthday in Baltimore and today I got a call and drove up toward that way to pick him up so he could come get the car he'd (wisely) left here.
BTW, Khamla graduated from cosmetology school last week, the same one Adrian attended. It should be obvious that I'm VERY proud of him. Plus, he helped give me a great haircut a couple weeks ago, so I can personally attest to his skill.
I've always felt accepted by Khamla and by Nikki, Adrian's lesbian sister, but I'm really feeling more and more accepted by the rest of his siblings. And even a little by his parents, who unfortunately couldn't come last night. Only took 5 1/2 years...
