okay, so i was wrong again when i said that the sunday before july 4th would be my last time in Quincy for a while..i ended up goin back on Thursday morning so i could make it to dinner for my aunt's birthday on Saturday. Yea, so that night was pretty eventful, i would say. Let's see..first of all, one of my second cousins (my cousin's daughter...in Chinese relation, i would be her aunt) from California recognized me and my sister(s) from when we went to visit about a month ago. At first she was sitting at the "grown-up" table, but then she decided she wanted to sit with the "big girls," which included older girl cousins and a guy cousin (lol, we had fun calling him a "big girl"), and later another guy cousin came to the table. anyway, so this little four-year-old Sammi came to the empty seat to my right, and my cousin Gloria, her mom, sat on the other side of her. i asked her for a high-five, and she used her little hand to slap mine. then i asked for another high-five on the other hand, and there was another adorable little hand slapping the palm of my other hand. my middle sister and i tried asking Sammi questions every now and then, but since i sat closer, i asked a couple more. i just wanted to interact with her so she wouldn't be nervous if she saw me around. i would look over to her and smile sometimes too, just to get her to smile back. it was the cutest thing! when people were taking pictures of the cousins, she wanted to get in a later one. someone asked, "do you want to take a picture with your mommy?" or something like that. and she ended up (seemingly eagerly) coming and sitting right next to me, even though her mom was on the total other side. everyone was like, "ohhh". I was so flattered! after the picture was taken, she gave a little kiss to my cousin, her Uncle Albert. and afterward, Albert asked, "Do you want to give Kelly a kiss?" so she stood up a little, and i leaned down a little so she could give me a little kiss on my cheek, and then i said, "Thank you!" haha. it was cute. oh yea, i forgot to mention that she has like four "boyfriends" at her daycare! when her mom was tellin us, Sammi put her hand to her mom's mouth because she was embarrassed. impressive, huh? i found out that night that she's pretty quick with the comebacks..rather intelligent for a four-year-old. before everyone actually walked out of the restaurant, Sammi turned around and walked up to me with her arms open. that surprised me. i was like, "Oh, you want a hug?" so then we hugged..she's so tiny! and then when we were waiting for a walk sign at the curb, i suddenly saw Sammi walk over to me, and she grabbed my hand. i was so confused! but i thought it was adorable. i had this confused look on my face, lookin around at everyone, asking with an amused smile, "what happened? what's going on?" cause i didn't know if anyone said anything or did anything that made her come over to me. i was just waiting for the walk sign to come on..but it was cool that that happened. my mom was asking me if it would be okay if she stayed with us a couple of days. but, of course, the flight for them to go back to Cali was the next evening. i'm sure she would have missed her mom anyway, right? I know i did when i was her age. i don't remember this, but my family keeps telling me that i made my dad drive like two hours to pick me up at my aunt's house in deerfield in the middle of the night, cause i missed my parents and was homesick. anyway, so i think i walked her back to her mom (this happened last night, and i don't remember a small detail like that?) and we all still waited to cross the street. while we crossed the street, Sammi kept lookin back at me. then we were crossing another way, and she tripped cause she was still staring back at me. since she let go of her aunt's hand, i asked if she wanted me to hold her hand (her mom was holding the other one), so we walked across til we had to split ways. i had to say "Okay" to kinda let her know that i had to let go of her hand and we had to split ways. it turned out that they were parked parellel to where my family parked, so we saw each other whenever cars weren't driving by between the sidewalks. and every time i looked over, Sammi was lookin over at us, and she was waiving, so we kept waiving to her and saying bye. it was so adorable! i STILL can't wait to have little kids of my own that i can go goo-goo-gah-gah over! i know i'll hafta deal with all the unpleasant stuff like changing diapers, middle-of-the-night crying situations, and inevitable disobedience, but i can't wait.
let's see. at dinner, something embarrassing happened. oh man. i was gonna say, "happy birthday" to my aunt in chinese, but i ended up saying "merry christmas" instead! lol! i usually recite what i wanna say in my head in chinese if i don't say it often, just to make sure it doesn't come out wrong..but last night i didn't, and that was a mistake! it was such a huge laugh, but i was embarrassed like ohmigosh. i was laughing so hard, i was crying. my plan is to say "happy birthday" when i see them all at Christmastime. oh man, i'm not sure why, but christmas was on my mind that day. while i was putting my socks on right before goin to the dinner, i was singing "Jingle Bell Rock". i told my middle sister, and i really had no idea how that popped into my head! haha, just now, i was trying to remember which christmas song i was singing last night, and the song turned into "old mcdonald had a farm"...my mind's all over the place. but i finally got it..yes, i was singing "jingle bell rock" last night before dinner. oh man. i knEw it! i always get christmas songs stuck in my head at random times of the year..but usually not during thanksgiving..just everyother day in the year, it could come up.
my cousin (by marriage) Gordon told me that butterflies are related to cockroaches! guh-rOss! they're pretty on tv..unless they're up close, but in real life, i still try to stay away cause they're a type of insect. but geez, cockroaches. i saw a caterpillar recently, actually, and i can see the relation..wait, nevermind, it was a centipede or something. Shivers. how unbelieveably disgusting..bugs.
aanyhowever..i'm back at school now. talked to Goch on the phone cause he left me a message. and Thuy Lieu got back to me cause she got my voicemail today. It felt really good to talk to her. I wish we coulda talked longer though. but another time.
i wrote a really long MySpace message to someone today, cause he commented on how he wanted to hear all about my "kids"...if you've seen my MySpace profile, you'll know what i'm talkin bout.