The kings have arrived and it is almost time for me to return to the north. Today I had dinner with the gang at, dear is say, my place. It was a shared effort, I cooked the main, the girls the desert, and my bro brought the drinks. Chatting in English and Spanish while we enjoyed the food, it made for a great evening. They are as different as friends can be from the one at my true home, but I would not want to miss them for the world. Home is where the heart is, but also where true friendship blossoms. To feel safe, at ease, simply at home, that's where the heart is, and it's here as much as with my friends a little bit further away.
It's the middle of the night and I just felt like writing a little, knowing I have to post two blogs today, I wasn't able to send it yesterday.
Now in bed I find the time to type a little before trying to get some sleep. While my mind is back in order and my thoughts about the future seems to have settled in a good place finally. What ever it brings I have always a place to go to and be safe, and for that I am so rich, with my family and friends I long for nothing, i am at home, and they are there to help me when ever I need it.
Outside the bedroom window the rain is still pouring down, lashing against the shutters, and there seems to be no end to this wet spell. Tomorrow, or rather today is the last day of the Christmas season here in Spain, and after a 4 week period of festivities it is indeed time to give it a rest for 11 months.
I received a text message from my sister complaining that Christmas without the big brother just isn't Christmas, which made me promise her that next Christmas I will make sure I will be there. Don't wanna take away the spirit of a family Christmas. But first, first there will be summer, and I can not wait for it to happen. Back to the routine of workdays and weekends, I sure need some structure the coming weeks, work, gym, weekends and, please please, not so much food! These last few weeks I got to like Suchard's crispy chocolate bar....... Sooooo sumptuous like silk in your mouth.... And before I could get a few to take home, they were sold out! A crime!
On the other hand a good thing otherwise my luggage would surely be over the max.
The weeks passed and I have spend all days in this little place, sleeping, eating, walking and thinking. A holiday that turned out to what I had planned for when I left a little over 3 weeks ago, a very good one indeed.
2014 is here and almost a week old, and that week is feeling like just a blink of the eye, time passes to fast, that is for sure. Somewhere I hope time flies until I am back to have a dip in the ocean and be back on my towel on my little stretch of beach here. Work is about to be finished and although I have troubles saying goodbye to this part of my life I finally start to look forward to the new part. There are unknown things at the horizon and it's about time I go and discover the "other" life.
I have no idea on how I am going to do it, or make it last, but there is always a way, I just have to update my tom-tom, set to navigate for "future" arrival somewhere after December 8, 2014.
Trust me when I say that there will be a few over the shoulder look backs the coming time, and blogs. Equal blogs, I hope, about what lies ahead, know and unknown, it will be the art of keep the music playing, and with any luck my music will never end.
Today I am a happy guy, with a full stomach, a big piece of cheesecake left in the fridge and " three kings bread " for breakfast. Life isn't that bad!
My brother will be back for lunch together, looking forward to some more Spanglish moments, he makes me laugh, and yes, your English trumps my Spanish. But one day Hermano, we will talk and laugh, and understand each other a lot better. For now it's good night!
The wind howls and the rain still hasn't stopped but I need to sleep...... Ciao world
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