Wednesday, 13 July 2011

Musing on crazy families and relative coolness

My mother arrived yesterday from Athens, and tomorrow my uncle and aunt are coming down from Manchester. Chaos will surely ensue! My uncle is a force of nature, my aunt constantly talks nine to the dozen, my mother acts like a dazed alien and my grandmother is already complaining about how all this is going to mess with her routine.

And I will have to sleep on the sofa... (And be woken up at the crack of dawn I assume when my grandmother gets up.)

Whatever. That's what family is for. To create chaos. And give headaches. But seriously now, I like my uncle and aunt. They are fun, tiring, but fun.

Today we had my aunt, cousin and her eldest daughter round for dinner. I cooked pizza! From scratch! I made the dough and everything! It was the first time I had ever tried it, and it was surprisingly easy. Everyone seemed to like it, except my grandmother. Old people, what can you do? They will always complain.

And as if I hadn't won enough brownie points from my eleven year old cousin's daughter from giving her pizza for dinner, I won even more when I told her I've read all the Harry Potter books and seen all the films. She high-fived me and asked me to come to the new film with her! When an eleven year old high-fives you does that automatically make you cool? It certainly made me feel less old!

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