seems that every family event becomes the occasion to do just the opposite as dictated by conventional social standards and take out the true personality shine, winning the routine resondrĂ³n of parents not tolerate their children make them look bad among the relatives and some other known relatives. is a Wednesday night and the families begin to reach the 40 th birthday celebration of my cousin. She has come from abroad and that the holding is worth double and his parents have promised to "throw the house out the window."
members of the orchestra hired to liven up the party adjust their instruments, the guests do the same and are settling into the chairs are arranged in two parallel lines so that everyone can see their faces.
And there I am, getting along with my parents and brother and feeling more lost than guinea pig in lottery despite being "family." The best is yet to begin.
Encounters with the family are once again the five hundred, but in this case is not only my family but my cousin, ie do not know anyone my age I am surrounded by older people or children who walk in its infancy. Saluditos
Presentations and rigor are the usual and comments, sometimes blundering, "
- Are you the daughter of Gloris?, How you've grown and your brother also, is your biggest right? "Grrr! My brother is younger than me!, Has a beard and is higher but is LESS! -
People are sitting, conversation groups are armed and I, the only young man I start to look at people and provide attention to their conversations, common themes: the children, the infirmities of old age and health. Spend a couple of critters running around the room, a baby cries for change will diaper. Boredom can
more, unfortunately I am not the simple girl that fits all and that both would like my mother, why is that? - And retire towards other Lares. I would talk to the old lady but is talking with many guests so do not interrupt.
In the kitchen, everyone is busy finalizing the details of the meal, take the opportunity to hat a bit, and greet those who had not seen-better get out of there.
In the table of the firm are sighted all ready to be served drinks (whiskey, coffee liqueur, beer, rum, uhmmm why there I saw a Bayley's?) And my instincts drunks want to try out, not even knew why.
not dance but at least I'll take "I say to myself, but how do I get the drinks without realizing it? It's too early yet to dance, so you better wait a while.
My niece appears and finally I am accompanied by her is my brother. As the official photographer of all family events, my niece must be present to capture the fact, I encourage you to lend a hand.
I spent half an hour, people are starting to dance and I hide so it does not make me dance, my niece and I are in an interesting conversation with my brother, until she releases the expected question: Do you want to try Cuba free?
A unanimous yes .. so we take the lemon, rum and coke, just need to prepare now .. Where do we take?
CONTINUE ..