05.28.07
In Which Normalcy Interrupts My Routine
The abnormal had become my normal. I was used to eating at the uncle’s house with the uncle, the grandma, and my host brothers. That was how things had been during my first week here. Last night, the uncle’s wife and two children came home from their trip. I didn’t even know he had a wife and kids!
Later, I found out that my host parents were coming this morning. I knew it was soon but was confused as to exactly when. Things just had to up and go all normal on me.
Actually this should be a positive change. I’ve recovered from the shock of my host uncle’s secret double life as uncle and husband/father, and my host parents are very nice. Though I do feel slightly odd being comfortable in the house of someone I just met. They tell me to make myself at home as though I had just arrived. I was at home when it was just my host brothers and I. They’re the ones who just arrived. It seems like I should be telling them to make themselves at home! In any case, I’m sure the second dose of initial awkwardness will wear off soon enough.