Well.. the vacation didn't turn out exactly as planned. Turns out your plans will never work out, especially when you're dating someone who's already juggling ten things at a time. You should just not expect to see them. Ever. Thank god for friends with unending patience who pretend never to get tired of listening to your endless venting and complaints. I'm going to be mentally prepared for the standard excuses for all the coming birthdays, anniversaries and if we get this far, probably the birth of our first-born too. And let's also not forget that a vacation together consists of a trip down to the stationery store for photocopies and new printer paper. To be completely fair, this time blew only because of a personal emergency and I'm glad all worked out ok. So, I'll stop now.

Aneways, it turned out that I had a wonderful time with my fabulously adorable niece and nephew. Not to mention a million more kids running around...(a million, five..same difference). And again, I'm so glad I took the time to spend the time with them even though it makes me feel old that I'm an 'aunt' to so many nephews and nieces now...Anya ( 2-yr-old, looks 4) was jus plain adorable, and most of my conversations with Rohan (6-yr old, looks 4) went like this ...
R: Hi.
Me: Oh hi, Rohan! How are you?
R: Good. What's your favorite season?
Me: Umm..summer! What's yours?
R: Same.
Me: We have so much in common! (me attempting to be funny, you know, in order to impress an 6-year-old)
R: Uh. Sure.

Not cool. But a start nevertheless.

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