The Family Reunion
25 July 2004 // 11:03 p.m.For my birthday, I had all my relatives round. As I have a pretty small family, we all know each other really well.
I would like to point out that all my family are mad. And we tend to drink quite a lot, making parties rather raucous at times. When I was younger, I used to hate them, but the older I get, the more I love them.
Karen came over because she was curious about all the people I've told her so many stories about. She wasn't dissapointed. My godparents, cousin and Karen and I had something of a drunken conversation about our theories of the beginning of the Universe. It's safe to say that that's pretty much the norm for our clan.
The only thing that scared me about this party was the fact that my younger relatives seem to be growing up ridiculously fast - something that makes me feel very old. I have a cousin 18 months younger than me, and I didn't realise quite how much of a...teenager he'd become!
It makes me feel positively ancient.
