Anyways~
May was the happiest month of the year - all thanks to the greatest woman in my life, my role model, my best friend, my mentor, my mom. She came to visit me!!!!! Ok, that might not sound that exciting for the most of you, but we are separated by 10(!) time zones most of the time. I get to see my parents once a year for a short period of time or even less often than that... I'm so sad. I miss my mama and papa a lot (<--- that's Russian for "mom" and "dad").
It was the 2nd time mama visited the US. The first time was 2 years ago with papa.
And now it was her 1st time going to another country by herself. I can't even imagine how hard it must have been for her 'cause she knows only a couple of phrases in English. And she had to travel all by herself. And she had to transfer to another flight in JFK. AND her transfer flight was delayed.
I took a day off to get ready for her visit (major apartment cleaning haha) and personally pick her up from the airport. I even made a big poster saying "MOMMY", you know, like we used to see in American movies))) When I saw her coming down the escalator, even when I hugged her, I could not believe it was real. I could barely hold my tears...
Man, time flew by. But we managed to do some great things together. We went shopping. (And made some selca pictures after that. Girls will always be girls, no matter how old they get)
We had some Caramel Frappuchino (not a usual thing for us, but something I wanted to do together).
We ate at China Buffet <3
We went for long evening walks and talked, talked, talked...
We even went to a local festival (it happened to be a NASCAR racing week in Charlotte) and took pictures with all the mascots (?) we could find))))
Mama dyed and cut my hair, I showed her how to apply liquid eyeliner. Well, girly things. I wish mama lived close to me so we could do it more often...
And... we went to North Myrtle Beach for a week! We lived in a nice condo for a very nice price (thanks, Elliot Realty!) a minute away from a bay. One day we even got up early enough to see sunrise!
Ah... the time flew by so fast. The best month of the year is over. But the saddest day of the year is over as well (that's reassuring to know) - the day we said goodbye. The week after mama's return to Russia was like a haze. Everything felt so surreal. I don't even remember much about it. I was on autopilot - woke up, ate, worked, went to bed...
It's not like we don't have a chance to talk (I don't know how we'd survive without skype haha) - we call each other every other day, it's just... different I guess. I can't hug mama and papa over skype. I can't smell them. Sometimes I can't even tell if they are being real or just act like everything is great in front of a camera (so I won't worry about anything). I just wish they are healthy and happy. And I wish I can come visit them next summer.
Oh... I miss them so much...
Я скучаю!!!
