still here

I am not dead, neither have I been abducted by aliens as suggested on ConFab last night. I simply took care of the family dog at my parents' place while they were gone for a vacation.
My parents live outside of Hamburg, about an hour away up North, in a small town or a bigger village, however you want to call it. There is not much to do, so I invited friends over for dinner on Thursday. Thursday lasted for several days. Maybe because most of the people coming over that day are the ones I go to Denmark with once a year or maybe we all just felt like gathering together.
On Thursday night a total of 13 (ten adults and three children) enjoyed dinner together. Three of us left shortly after the meal, another couple and their dog drove back home late at night/early morning. Eight spent the night. One had to go to work the next morning, the rest of us ate, drank, played, talked, went for a walk and watched TV during the day. Four people went home Friday night, three of them returned the next day. Five of us used the sauna on Saturday, everyone stayed over night. On Sunday, after cleaning up, all my friends arrived safely at their own places. Except for one, who felt too sick to be in a car and whom I gave a ride back home on Monday. And that is where Zoe and I stayed until it was time to meet my parents again on Tuesday.

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Given the choice to go dancing all night or to have a good conversation with a friend (off- or online) I would almost always go with the second option.