Just got home from an extended family gathering. Happens mebbe twice a year. Once around Christmas, and once around the New Year. Sorta a yearly tradition of sorts.
Not that they’re fun things. They can be. But as most family gatherings go, the usual questions get asked, and the usual fraying of nerves occur.
This year’s is stranger than most. My third uncle has stage IV lung cancer, and has been undergoing chemotherapy for it for the last year or so. Things… seem to be under control for the moment, but… *shrugs*. It’s his birthday today, and he decided to call for the gathering at a vegetarian restaurant nearby. I notice that, by some strange stroke of luck, I’ve always been able to attend these gatherings… but I’ve always been… post-call. *sighz* Talk about Murphy’s law…
Which is kinda why I’m starting to have coffee cravings again.
Kinda what I wish I was doing sometimes.
Not something I tend to celebrate very much, really. Not unless the people are close to me, at any rate.
Random Dog. Looks like Toboe from Wolf’s Rain, almost.
Hung out with MA today for a bit. She’s been in the UK these past few years, and it’s nice to finally see her back in Singapore, even if it’s only for a couple of days. She’s been on a wild blitz catching up with her friends over the last one week, and she’s flying off to Malaysia tomorrow to join her parents. Packed schedule is an understatement.
Not that I’m complaining. I’m happy to get ANY sleep when I’m on call nowadays…