I went to sleep past 03:00am after our slightly delayed flight and all the complications of getting the family settled in. This included a late meal at the airport before booking a vehicle big enough to haul us with all of our luggage. I still expected to wake up at my usual time, but it was close to 10:00am when one of my nephews got me to wake up by jumping on my bed.
I then learned that the boys are already on holiday break, which made catching up on work a bit more challenging as I also had to eat a full clay breakfast (this included a burger, a takoyaki, and a slice of pizza all made with blue clay), and watch funny YouTube videos. With everyone here, it all makes for a very full house with a lot of warmth and merriment.
The only bummer was that I still had an in-person client meeting to attend this afternoon, so I had to leave just as our late lunch delivery arrived. I wasn't urgently hungry or anything. There was just a bit of FOMO that I had just gotten here, but already I had to step away. It wasn't an overly long meeting, so that's fine. I got home in time for my older nephew to go into a whole 6-7 skit, including demonstrating his understanding of 6+7 and 6x7. I don't fully get it, but I don't need to. The point is to share in his enthusiasm and enjoy how bonkers it all can be.
As much as I had blogged about this trip and posted Story updates at the airport, and set some emoji Messenger status updates about me flying yesterday, I realize I hadn't actually done a feed update about the trip. You know how it is - not everyone engages with feed content and not everyone engages with story content, and the intersection of these types of social media users isn't necessarily big. The main impact of this is that I didn't get as many "have a safe trip" messages from general people in my social circles.
The people who did take the time to send me a quick message wishing me well and saying that they're going to miss me were almost entirely O Bar performers. Sure, we just had the emotional high of the 20th anniversary event over the weekend, so I'm sure that plays a bit of a factor. But still, it's really nice that they took the time to do so. It's the little things like this that really stress that they are a second family to us in so many ways. And I won't deny the fact that I'm feeling some major FOMO that I'll be missing Christmas at O Bar - something I haven't been able to attend in a while since our family tends to travel for the holidays given our multi-country setup.
For many in queer circles, their found family tend to be their friend groups or whatever. For us, that friend group mainly consists of the O Bar performers and staff, especially in recent years. We still have friends that are important to us, but there's something truly special about our bond with our O Family. And I will always treasure that dearly.
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