Lunar New Year 2022

“Welcome to Taiwan”

Interesting how different our experiences are. I’m always invited to someone’s house that lives just far enough away that’s easier to spend the night in their spare room. They are always up until 3 or 4 am (I shut off at midnight and unapologetically go to bed, though I don’t get very good sleep considering the noise levels) and then they want to get on the road for an island-wide drive starting at 5:30 a.m.; Five days of piling into the car with seven people and hopping out every few hours for some photos or food. Somehow I’ve avoided that the past two years. It’s been nice to sit at home with a cat on my lap and have people over or not or go out or not.
I guess it doesn’t really matter what kind of sleep people get; no one wears masks at these things, everyone is drunk and most people are chain smoking.

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