Weekend Lessons

1) Catch up with your best friend. Eat, shop, splurge —but only do so at your own risk; drink, and have some pie while you discuss the latest gossip or the best film idea you’ve ever came up with. Then laugh a whole lot and hug each other like you’re never going to let go. Hugs are therapeutic. Add a dose of best friend to that and you’ve got yourself some holistic healing/cleansing… magic!

2) Let your inspiration(s) take you on a journey and be surprised. You never know where you’re going to end up.

For example: let someone cut your hair. Or cut someone’s hair (preferably a boy). Start by trimming. Then as that pair of scissors starts to grow on you, let it be the guide and your hand the motor that powers it. Go from nerdy to punk rock. Or long to none. I’m sure the lucky patron will appreciate and enjoy the change you have so spontaneously cooked up for them!

3) Don’t ever cook in a kitchen where there are two mom’s present. Things could get messy. Things could go wrong. Things could be judged and criticized, even if such thoughts are silent. Everyone has their own way of cooking just as much as doing things in their way, so be respectful of individuality! There isn’t a “right” or “wrong” to home cooking. There’s only “that’s not how I do it” or “you should do what I do”. But if it turns out to be delicious, why fuss about the process?

4) Sharing a bedroom and a double bed with a cousin who’s six-years your junior for two weeks isn’t as easy as it sounds. With near-to-none privacy you better be adaptable and prepared to be subjected to lots of hugs, screams, squeals, reading-over-your-shoulder, tight quarters, messy spills from overflowing luggage, and last but not least — even less sleep (and comfort) than what you were getting before.

The trick is to keep both of you occupied and engrossed in your own activity to not interfere with each other. Then send her to bed way before you so you’d have time to write a blog post about this somewhat ridiculous she’bang. Oh, make sure you have two sets of blankets in case she’s a hogger.