FAMILY WHY SO FAMILY
Wednesday, December 19th, 2012 11:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
afunaEhehehe. I thought I would be sharing a room with my mom. Turns out I'm sharing with my mom and two aunts. Ehehehe. Ehe. Ehe.
I'm getting very good at accepting being told the obvious. I suspect it's because I take their mind off grandma /o\
Being in SF with my family always leaves me feeling like a helpless kid. IDK IDK. Like I can drive and get around fine back home but I try to volunteer to help out by driving here (or even parking) and I just get roundly ignored.
Maybe for good reason, my instincts are all wrong. No one uses the horn which makes me very dubious that I'm polite enough for these roads. (Not that I use the horn *im*politely but idk idk). Also puzzlingly... okay so it took me a while to figure out that back home you're generally allowed to turn right even on a red light, unless there's a sign saying otherwise. But after careful observation that doesn't seem to be the case here? Anyway what I'm saying is it's a good thing I'm not the one driving here :p
Tomorrow is going to be painful. There's a huge family conference which I'm thankfully exempt from because, ahem, I'm not one of the adults yet. Look, sometimes it gets annoying but I'm not going to complain about it now.
We spent five hours switching hotels earlier today, and popped into four hotels in a wide loop only to end up about a mile down the road from where we started. I'm exhausted and after spending so much time trapped in a car with people who really don't let me get a word in edgewise (after asking me to look things up on the map ;_;), I'm very happy to have separate time.
Tomorrow evening should be excellent though. Attending my cousin's recital someplace in Union Square :) she was pretty good last time I heard her sing, and she's been training since then. Made her promise to give me a couple free tickets to her performances when she gets all famous. This is a reasonable start ;)
Can I manufacture a work emergency? I know some of you thought I was kidding when I said I was going to work while I was here but I was serious about that. Because! Notfamily!time!
ON A FINAL NOTE: Cable television scars... Scares me (thank you autocorrect) but this is not new.
I'm getting very good at accepting being told the obvious. I suspect it's because I take their mind off grandma /o\
Being in SF with my family always leaves me feeling like a helpless kid. IDK IDK. Like I can drive and get around fine back home but I try to volunteer to help out by driving here (or even parking) and I just get roundly ignored.
Maybe for good reason, my instincts are all wrong. No one uses the horn which makes me very dubious that I'm polite enough for these roads. (Not that I use the horn *im*politely but idk idk). Also puzzlingly... okay so it took me a while to figure out that back home you're generally allowed to turn right even on a red light, unless there's a sign saying otherwise. But after careful observation that doesn't seem to be the case here? Anyway what I'm saying is it's a good thing I'm not the one driving here :p
Tomorrow is going to be painful. There's a huge family conference which I'm thankfully exempt from because, ahem, I'm not one of the adults yet. Look, sometimes it gets annoying but I'm not going to complain about it now.
We spent five hours switching hotels earlier today, and popped into four hotels in a wide loop only to end up about a mile down the road from where we started. I'm exhausted and after spending so much time trapped in a car with people who really don't let me get a word in edgewise (after asking me to look things up on the map ;_;), I'm very happy to have separate time.
Tomorrow evening should be excellent though. Attending my cousin's recital someplace in Union Square :) she was pretty good last time I heard her sing, and she's been training since then. Made her promise to give me a couple free tickets to her performances when she gets all famous. This is a reasonable start ;)
Can I manufacture a work emergency? I know some of you thought I was kidding when I said I was going to work while I was here but I was serious about that. Because! Notfamily!time!
ON A FINAL NOTE: Cable television scars... Scares me (thank you autocorrect) but this is not new.
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Date: 2012-12-20 08:13 am (UTC)Re: horns, they're almost never used here. Unless someone nearly hit you or is about to, generally the horns stay away. You hear them more in the city than in the suburbs, too. (Oh and this is a regional thing -- NYC uses lots of horns, they started to put signs up threatening fines for people who blow them too much.)
Re: work emergency ... one can always be arranged. Also let's figure out Saturday! We'd love your company for as little or as much as you have free, and I can come pick you up from wherever.
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Date: 2012-12-20 09:33 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-12-20 05:47 pm (UTC)Aha! That makes sense. It felt weird that it'd be a thing specific only to home. That is, unlike horns, it didn't *feel* like it should have been a cultural thing. Thanks for clearing that up!
Re: horns
Ahhaha and right now I'm just in the suburbs. Haven't even see a glimpse of the city. This has definitely biased what ive seen.
Re: Saturday
Feel free to kidnap me as early as is convenient ;) morning but not too early work for you?
I'm in a hotel along El Camino Real. El Rancho or something -- across from a bunch of auto repair shops. I think we're in Millbrae still.
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Date: 2012-12-20 05:51 pm (UTC)TELL ME YOU NEED ME PLEASE
Ahem
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Date: 2012-12-20 02:19 pm (UTC)As for sharing the room, oh my goodness. Though at least you are exempt from the family conference (which hopefully will be accomplished with a minimum of fuss and family drama).
*hugs*
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Date: 2012-12-20 04:26 pm (UTC)I can make things go on fire, if you need that.
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