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"Jason? It's time to get up, seriously." The hand on my shoulder, jarring me for what I was later told was the third time, did more to wake me than the voice did. However, it was my wife's rather sharp tone that brought me quickly from barely roused slumber to eyes open, mentally pausing to remember where I was.
Realizing that we were in Karen's childhood bedroom, my nearly 6 foot frame folded into a full-sized bed, gave me enough reason to wave my wife of almost a decade away, quietly dismissing her by asking "Isn't this supposed to be our week off? Why would you be pulling me out of bed at the crack of dawn?"
The response was the back of her hand delivered sharply between my shoulder blades, not hard enough to really hurt, but enough to get my clear and undivided attention. "I mean it, Jason. My sister's going to be here in less than an hour, and I'd prefer it if you were at least marginally presentable." While I detested the point, it was fair. Karen's youngest sister was coming home from college for the winter holiday, and after spending a few days skiing with friends, was headed back to the family home.
I'd known her since she was a preteen, and, as her sister's slightly younger boyfriend at the time, had at least enough street cred to form a decent relationship with her. In my late 20s at the time, I still knew enough about what was 'cool' to keep up in a conversation with her. As she got older, Karen and I became more of confidants to the girl, helping her deal with the pitfalls of high school and the like. We'd even taken her on a couple of college visits her junior and senior year, just to allow her to ask some questions of people who'd been to college in the last two decades.
In recent years, that connection had dwindled a bit-for both Karen and myself. Her sister got a bit older, more independent, and, well, so did we. Both of us working corporate jobs that pushed other things like starting a family and going on family vacations to the side also caused us to drift a bit from the youngest one. We'd lament the fact, even as we found ways to make time for her around the holidays. However, with her away from school, I'd noted that it felt silly for us to spend more than a week at her parent's house for only a few days with everyone.
Still, those factors aside, I knew Karen would be happy to see her younger sibling. I would, too.
Acquiescing that my wife was correct, that the least I could do was to grab a shower and give myself a quick shave. Grumbling something to her about buying her folks a bed sized for proper adults as I squeezed past her and into the hall, towel slung over my shoulder, I moved into the small bathroom. Once there, I pushed a hand through my short, dark hair, lamenting to the mirror the appearance of bits of grey around my temples. Karen cracked the door open, knowing I was moving slowly, and prodded me once more, "Jason, come on, I don't want you just stepping out of the shower when she gets here, you know she'll be happy to see us. Get moving."
Realizing that we were in Karen's childhood bedroom, my nearly 6 foot frame folded into a full-sized bed, gave me enough reason to wave my wife of almost a decade away, quietly dismissing her by asking "Isn't this supposed to be our week off? Why would you be pulling me out of bed at the crack of dawn?"
The response was the back of her hand delivered sharply between my shoulder blades, not hard enough to really hurt, but enough to get my clear and undivided attention. "I mean it, Jason. My sister's going to be here in less than an hour, and I'd prefer it if you were at least marginally presentable." While I detested the point, it was fair. Karen's youngest sister was coming home from college for the winter holiday, and after spending a few days skiing with friends, was headed back to the family home.
I'd known her since she was a preteen, and, as her sister's slightly younger boyfriend at the time, had at least enough street cred to form a decent relationship with her. In my late 20s at the time, I still knew enough about what was 'cool' to keep up in a conversation with her. As she got older, Karen and I became more of confidants to the girl, helping her deal with the pitfalls of high school and the like. We'd even taken her on a couple of college visits her junior and senior year, just to allow her to ask some questions of people who'd been to college in the last two decades.
In recent years, that connection had dwindled a bit-for both Karen and myself. Her sister got a bit older, more independent, and, well, so did we. Both of us working corporate jobs that pushed other things like starting a family and going on family vacations to the side also caused us to drift a bit from the youngest one. We'd lament the fact, even as we found ways to make time for her around the holidays. However, with her away from school, I'd noted that it felt silly for us to spend more than a week at her parent's house for only a few days with everyone.
Still, those factors aside, I knew Karen would be happy to see her younger sibling. I would, too.
Acquiescing that my wife was correct, that the least I could do was to grab a shower and give myself a quick shave. Grumbling something to her about buying her folks a bed sized for proper adults as I squeezed past her and into the hall, towel slung over my shoulder, I moved into the small bathroom. Once there, I pushed a hand through my short, dark hair, lamenting to the mirror the appearance of bits of grey around my temples. Karen cracked the door open, knowing I was moving slowly, and prodded me once more, "Jason, come on, I don't want you just stepping out of the shower when she gets here, you know she'll be happy to see us. Get moving."
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