i didn't come this far to only come this far

Kuea: I wanted to do something nice for Hia Lian

Danish: arbeijdsglæde (the happiness that comes from work)

Dutch: uitwaaien (to walk in the wind to clear one’s head)

Finnish: kalsarikännit (to get drunk at home in one’s underwear)

German: Kummerspeck (excess weight due to emotional problems), verschlimmbessern (to make something worse [by trying to improve it]), Waldeinsamkeit (the enlightened, sublime feeling that can come from being alone in the woods), Warmduscher (wimp, literally “one who showers with warm water”)

Hungarian: donaldkacsázás (to wear a shirt, but not pants or underpants; literally “to pull a Donald Duck”)

Icelandic: sólarfrí (to be unexpectedly let off to enjoy a warm summer day)

Italian: abbiocco (drowsiness after a heavy meal)

Japanese: 上げー囮 [age-otori] (to look worse after a haircut than before), バックーしゃん [bakku-shan] (a woman who looks beautiful from behind, but optically disappoints from the front)

Norwegian: utepils (the happiness of drinking a beer outside in the sun)

(Brazilian) Portuguese: cafuné (the gesture of stroking a loved one’s hair)

Spanish: sobremesa (time spent talking at the table after a meal)

Swedish: lagom (not too much, not too little)

i think my mom is my favorite person.

that sounds immature. especially because i’m at least half a foot taller than her, have grown out of my inspector gadget pajamas, and even have a boyfriend now.

still. she’s my favorite. she always will be.