I had an amazing friday evening today, and I didn't have such a nice one in such a long time, so I thought I'd document everything that happened.
after an amazing friday night dinner with a few friends of my parents, my mum went to drop off our guests back at their hotel. I finished cleaning up the table and kitchen with my dad, and then went to sit in my room for a bit. I heard my dad call me to the living room to see how cute my cat was.
my cat, who is my dad's favourite thing in the world. we share the love for him and that's one of our biggest shared interests in the world.
we sat in the living room together and it was just amazing; I don't get a lot of time alone with my dad these days so just sitting together was perfect. I knew I had to go study, but honestly, I don't get to see my dad a lot. it's more important to me.
after we talked about my cat, childhood memes we used to laugh at together, and a bit more about my cat, I sat to read my book while he was watching the telly. I used to never sit with him in evenings, I actually started doing it more around the time my dad lost his best friend. I wanted to help as much as I could with his grief, yet give him space. spending time together like this became one of my favourite things to do in the evenings.
I was reading my book, forth wing. it's actually amazing. tho, a character I loved just died so that was a bit heavy. anyway, it's a really good book.
my mum finally came home just in time when my dad wanted to go to sleep. I took my cup of tea and went to bed at the same time as my parents- something I hadn't done since I was 5.
I had the most perfect evening ever. I never ever want to forget it.