So... Sunday night, since it was going to be my great aunt's last night here, she made a HUGE amount of food. We had steak, ribs, chicken, cucumber chicken salad, pickled veggies, sushi, ...other stuff that I can't remember i'm sure XD
So, my uncle jon and kevin came over to join in the feasting, and then after cleaning up, we ended up finding and looking at some olddd pictures. There's even one of my mom and dad when they were...probably younger than I am now haha. We also found one of my grandparents when they were...probably in their 20's as well :) My aunt framed it and put it in the living room next to a more recent picture of them. ^_^
around 9 or so, Kevin and I decided to leave, and we ended up just hanging out at his house (where we ended up falling asleep...too much food = massive food comaaaa D; ) until he took me home around 1:30
Today, since it's memorial day, the family went hakamairi...er...to go visit the cemetary and put flowers on my great grandparents' and my great-grandma/grandma's graves. My aunt forgot her wallet when we went to the florist, but saw some fake flowers, and ran back inside. When she didn't come out my mom was like "...maybe she's buying a flower or two from her" ...and i asked her with what money?! so...my mom ran back inside and ended up having to lend my aunt the money for the fake flowers (on top of the two really pretty boquets my grandpa had bought). After we came home we went shopping and then spent the whole afternoon making sukiyaki and miso soup for dinner. My aunts' son was going to pick her up and take her to his house for the night before taking her to the airport in the morning. He...still did but he had to fly back from Oregon to pick her up >.o' It turns out his wifes' sister-in-law (who was only like 46/47) had a heart attack and passed away on thursday. I guess she'd been at home, and her kids were all at work/school wherever, and once the older one got out of work, picked up the next oldest and on the way home when they passed the middle school saw their sibling still there at 4 (when school gets out at 2 and their mom was supposed to pick her up) So...they picked her up and i guess when they got home they found her? *shudder* so traumatic, for everyone =/
so..I guess his family had gone up to oregon, and he'd had to come back to pick up my aunt and take care of his parents-in-law since they're old and sickly D:
Anyways, Kevin came over for dinner again (since he'd never had home-cooked sukiyaki or miso?) and then accompanied me back to school :D
but yeah... i guess my aunt is off to canada tomorrow, and she keeps side-stepping our attempts to ask her to come back to California (where her whole family lives -_-' ), especially when she said she'd help my grandpa out (Yeah, so move back, we basically have an empty room since i don't really live there anymore -_-' ). It was nice having her around the last 3 months. She kept the house lively and really kept my grandpa company since my grandma's been gone...(and she kept us all well fed with nummy foods too haha)
...now without her, we're stuck with my mom and i trying to figure out how to cook (...since neither of us cook, and we never really got a chance to learn or try out stuff....the next few months while we experiment should be...........special >.o;; ), and it's going to be lonelyyyy since it's jsut my grandpa and uncle during the week...and my uncle doesn't really ever come out of his room except for dinner DD:
:sigh:
...and now, since i slept so much the night before, i'm just not tired enough to sleep yet D:
...and tomorrow I have to do my paper for my post-war lit class that's due on wednesday morning *sigh* =_='
So, my uncle jon and kevin came over to join in the feasting, and then after cleaning up, we ended up finding and looking at some olddd pictures. There's even one of my mom and dad when they were...probably younger than I am now haha. We also found one of my grandparents when they were...probably in their 20's as well :) My aunt framed it and put it in the living room next to a more recent picture of them. ^_^
around 9 or so, Kevin and I decided to leave, and we ended up just hanging out at his house (where we ended up falling asleep...too much food = massive food comaaaa D; ) until he took me home around 1:30
Today, since it's memorial day, the family went hakamairi...er...to go visit the cemetary and put flowers on my great grandparents' and my great-grandma/grandma's graves. My aunt forgot her wallet when we went to the florist, but saw some fake flowers, and ran back inside. When she didn't come out my mom was like "...maybe she's buying a flower or two from her" ...and i asked her with what money?! so...my mom ran back inside and ended up having to lend my aunt the money for the fake flowers (on top of the two really pretty boquets my grandpa had bought). After we came home we went shopping and then spent the whole afternoon making sukiyaki and miso soup for dinner. My aunts' son was going to pick her up and take her to his house for the night before taking her to the airport in the morning. He...still did but he had to fly back from Oregon to pick her up >.o' It turns out his wifes' sister-in-law (who was only like 46/47) had a heart attack and passed away on thursday. I guess she'd been at home, and her kids were all at work/school wherever, and once the older one got out of work, picked up the next oldest and on the way home when they passed the middle school saw their sibling still there at 4 (when school gets out at 2 and their mom was supposed to pick her up) So...they picked her up and i guess when they got home they found her? *shudder* so traumatic, for everyone =/
so..I guess his family had gone up to oregon, and he'd had to come back to pick up my aunt and take care of his parents-in-law since they're old and sickly D:
Anyways, Kevin came over for dinner again (since he'd never had home-cooked sukiyaki or miso?) and then accompanied me back to school :D
but yeah... i guess my aunt is off to canada tomorrow, and she keeps side-stepping our attempts to ask her to come back to California (where her whole family lives -_-' ), especially when she said she'd help my grandpa out (Yeah, so move back, we basically have an empty room since i don't really live there anymore -_-' ). It was nice having her around the last 3 months. She kept the house lively and really kept my grandpa company since my grandma's been gone...(and she kept us all well fed with nummy foods too haha)
...now without her, we're stuck with my mom and i trying to figure out how to cook (...since neither of us cook, and we never really got a chance to learn or try out stuff....the next few months while we experiment should be...........special >.o;; ), and it's going to be lonelyyyy since it's jsut my grandpa and uncle during the week...and my uncle doesn't really ever come out of his room except for dinner DD:
:sigh:
...and now, since i slept so much the night before, i'm just not tired enough to sleep yet D:
...and tomorrow I have to do my paper for my post-war lit class that's due on wednesday morning *sigh* =_='
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