Since the 'new normal' in my house involves this gorilla, conversations can lack in certain ways. Now that I am living with my parents, again for the third time, how charming, there is a special new dynamic we have to navigate.
There are several topics always up for discussion, whether they should be discussed, want to be heard, want to be spoken about or beaten like a dead horse.
Topics of choice:
- Who has allergies? Oh we all have allergies. We can carry on about benadryl, how we sleep, what comes out of our noses, the amount of pollen in the air, how the allergy medicine is actually not working but we are taking it anyway, and how the medicine really makes us feel.
- These allergies lead us nicely into the topic of the weather. The weather is discussed on a daily basis SEVERAL times. Actually, MULTIPLE times a day. Just in case someone isn't aware of what the weather is outside at the current time, someone in the house, will be able to tell you. The other day, my mom mentioned that it was misty 5 times in 45 minutes!
- The wind. The wind is constantly spoken about. New Jersey is very windy. It appears to be windy all the time.
http://hint.fm/wind/
- Sleep. Everybody's lack of sleep is discussed in the morning. I don't know why any of us even bother. Sleeping that is.
- The cats. And thank god for the cats! If the two cats weren't around constantly meowing for food in the kitchen, there literally would be silence at all times. We will always have the cats to talk about. In fact, I'm pretty sure that if the cats weren't around begging for food, we would all be faceplanted in our dinner dishes because of sheer boredom. I mean we actually have conversations with the cats......"Oh, here's Lola." "She wants food." "No, you can't have any food Lola." "And it's not even chicken." "Here comes Daniel." "Oh, oh, stop fighting!" "Go away." "She'll eat anything.""What are you giving her?" "Daniel, won't eat that." "Just watch."
