Alone again

Well, another batch of guests is gone again. I loved having Laura and Harro here, and I daresay they had a fantastic time here.

So again there's a lot more room here, and I get lost in the empty rooms without seeing anyone. (Well, obviously, not really, but for a moment it felt like that.) I think we taught the guests to get into the West Coast groove, and to enjoy life in Vancouver. Starbucks was visited frequently (and as you can see from the photo, even the dogs go to Starbucks here) as was our regular sushi haunt Akira. I asked what was the best thing about the trip and they just said "Vancouver" - and it's so true. I keep going on about this like a broken record, but this is the most beautiful city in the world, full of nice friendly people - it's got the city and the nature combined in a perfect blend.

And I love seeing my sister. We didn't really get close until we were both adults and living in separate countries, so we don't meet often. But when we do, it doesn't cease to amaze me how similar she is to me. Not only is there this person who had exactly the same upbrining than me, but who looks like me and to certain extent even behaves like me. We share same kind of weird problems no one else (in the world) does and we have the same kind of sense of humour.

It got me thinking about my family, and planning Christmas holidays which I feel guilty about not doing sooner - so when my mom got online I called her. She told me about my aunt's funeral that seemed like a lovely and fitting occasion, and we talked about old relatives and I found out that my great aunt's husband had died recently too. I didn't really know him, we only met couple of times, but all this gets one thinking. I don't think I really believe yet that I won't see my aunt again - it just seems so... strange and unlikely. With old people you know what to expect I guess, but with someone young like my aunt and her suddenly dying... I think it will take some time to sink in.

So I'm sitting here, crying on my keyboard and listening to Coldplay. I should get to bed but life seems too precious.

so you take a picture of something you see

in the future where will i be?

you could climb a ladder up to the sun

or write a song nobody had sung

or do something that's never been done

do something that's never been done

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