Makin' your way in the world today takes everything you've got.
Takin' a break from all your worries sure would mean a lot.
Wouldn't you like to get away?
Sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name.
And they're always glad you came.
Cheers is on in our hotel room. I haven't watched Cheers in YEARS. Remember when Woody was the new guy? I think I should be too young to remember that, but I do. The last time I watched Cheers on a regular basis was my freshman year of college when I stood by and let a good friend get the Cheers sign tatooed on his arm. Ah...good times.
Just got home from visiting with family -- a second cousin on my paternal grandmother's side and my maternal grandmother's cousin's family. A really good bunch of people. Growing up I didn't appreciate having family or family friends wherever in the world we went. It meant we stayed at people's houses instead of hotels and had homecooked Sri Lankan food instead of local food. Our trips to New York were really trips to a suburb in New Jersey. "SF" was really Lafayette, Cupertino, Fremont, San Ramon and Daly City. We have visited or stayed with family or Sri Lankan friends in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Sri Lanka, India and Dubai. From my perspective, we might as well have been at home visiting with some uncle and aunty I'd never met.
Since then, I've...well...grown up. But, I've also gotten to know a lot of my parents' friends and my second cousins and more distant relatives. They've come and stayed with us, we've visited them before or we've met at weddings. And being with them is like being home. The reception I got from my grandmother's cousin was so warm and loving. You'd think I was her long lost grandchild. And it was great to see her. I've gotten the chance to spend some time with her over the years and she is like a grandmother to me. But I don't think I've ever met her husband until tonight and he seemed just as happy to see me. I also met her son and his kids for the first time, and we got on instantly. Now, I truly appreciate that I can travel to the other side of the world and walk into someone's house and...well, everybody knows my name.
Since then, I've...well...grown up. But, I've also gotten to know a lot of my parents' friends and my second cousins and more distant relatives. They've come and stayed with us, we've visited them before or we've met at weddings. And being with them is like being home. The reception I got from my grandmother's cousin was so warm and loving. You'd think I was her long lost grandchild. And it was great to see her. I've gotten the chance to spend some time with her over the years and she is like a grandmother to me. But I don't think I've ever met her husband until tonight and he seemed just as happy to see me. I also met her son and his kids for the first time, and we got on instantly. Now, I truly appreciate that I can travel to the other side of the world and walk into someone's house and...well, everybody knows my name.
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