Growing up

Current Mood: Cheerful

On Friday, my mum came back from her month long holiday.

When I saw her, I was almost disappointed in myself because I didn't overly feel anything. Sure, I was happy, but I wasn't ecstatic, I didn't feel like I missed her that much. I mean, a month without mum meant that I practically had free reign of the house. I could stay up as late as I want, I could go out as often as I want, I didn't need to clean my room and pick up after myself.

Sounds great, right?

But, as the day wore on, I realised that I did miss her quite a bit. The balance of my family seems so...off without her. We didn't seem like a family without mum, I mean, between work and going out, I barely saw my dad and Miranda. When we did see each other for the occasional dinner, the conversation was very limited and as soon as dinner was over, it would be everybody doing their own thing, with me and Miranda off to our own room. With the risk of sounding EXTREMELY corny, my mum IS the glue that holds us together. Since she's gotten back, the household seems much more lively. I make an effort to get up earlier in the mornings and come home for dinner, we've already had a talk each night about random stuff, some quite deep, others - just holiday stories or family stories. It's just more like ....home.

I guess I should appreciate my mum a little mum, huh? (though, not when we have fights though...haha)
Man...am I growing up? Damn...lol