The invitation

I once mentioned that my uncle and aunt were moving into a house given to them by their office. Last Saturday night, we were invited to the new place for dinner and we went.

Since it was my first time there, I was given a tour of the place and they asked me what I thought as I’m usually the opinionated one and this is something  many have said varying from family, to neighbours to lecturers etc… I still remember the time my MIS lecturer once asked if there were any questions after a lecture and when the whole class was silent, she called me by my surname and said ‘surely you’ve something to say or ask? You’re a very opinionated girl and it’s nice to see the way you think”.

Anyhoo, coming back, I seem to be doing this drifting off business quite a lot since of late noh?

Ok, coming back, once I gave my comments on the place, they asked me to stay with them as they’re bored (coz they don’t have kids) and the place is too big.

I didn’t know what to say… Coz on one hand now that project room is almost complete and my room is clean and sort of dust free, I like it. I’ve been sleeping the last 3 days too quite well. (touch wood, gold and whatever I can find).

They even want to give me the master bedroom and move into a smaller room if I’m willing to stay with them, atleast on weekends.

On the other hand, as much as I would like to have a change, I know it’s going to irritate me to bits. Let me tell you why:

-          - My uncle is a jovial and loud person with one hell of a sense of humour. He loves to make me laugh. I might die of laughter or get asthma attacks at a stretch and then collapse.

-         -  He loves to feed me and my brother. He will keep buying food all the time and then feel sad if I don’t eat.

-       -    I’ll have to find ways to keep them company coz that’s why they want me in the first place. Now that doesn’t really sound like fun.

-      -    My aunt will keep asking me what I’m upto every 15 mins. 

-     -     I may have to watch irritating & awful teledramas with them. Yes they’re that sort.

-         - My aunt with be coming after me every 10 – 20 mins with one or more of the following:

o   A banana, pineapple slices or one of the other few fruits I eat, asking me if I’m hungry

o   Sweets

o   Tea or drinks

o   Savory stuff and pastries

o   Any other edible thing you and I can think of

-     -     She will also find topics to talk about that interest me, only to keep me going and then turn them in a very tactical way to something she likes to talk about….. 

-         - It’ll be a bit strange coz my dad’s brother married my mum’s sister and these two will be exactly like living with my parents all over again. So not much of a difference. Ofcourse, my aunt is a bit more cooler than my mum maybe coz she has no kids.. But they can both be crackpots sometimes. :)

I think I’ll end the list there. My insanity levels will be higher if I stay there. But if they force me, I’ll think about it and give it a try. Thing is, I’m afraid to give it a try as well coz if I do it once, then they’ll get upset if I don’t do it again.

Oh man…. Why me?

They won’t ask my bro coz he and my mum are like the inseparable duo. Though I think the poor lad deserves a break…:)

This post is after a long and awful day at work. I needed a break and now I need to drown myself in my work again. 

I know they love me loads... and in order to maintain that and leave it the way it is, I think I should indirectly decline the invitation. I sometimes wonder why people who have means are the ones to get more... In fact I was having a chat with my mum and asking why the company couldn't give the house to an employee(s) who lived far away and needed/deserved a place to stay?  Or why not use the place for a good cause?

Or am I the only one who thinks that way?

oh well... I'm now trying to get rid of the mid-week blues that are eating into me...