Christmas thoughts.

Next chapter of Lukas is 40% finished. I think it will be the final one. I decided to give Mr. Khorasani some fun. After 20 chapters, he deserves it. What else do I need to tie up in this series? I feel like they are reaching some finality on things. 

I had an interesting Christmas. We only brought a few of the gifts for each other since we'll have to take them home to LA when we go so I chose presents for him that are appropriate to open in front of his parents. I gave him a sturdy new leather portfolio thing since he is pretty hard on his work stuff. 

For his parents and his brother who came, we got them new iPhones with USA phone numbers. He added them to his cell plan, but his father will probably take it over since he doesn't like the thought of his son paying the bills. It is a constant fight between my husband and his dad when the check comes. My husband wants to prove he can be a provider like his father.

One of the presents he got me was this stuffed pikachu that lights up when you hug it. When I was a kid, I was really in to pokemon. I opened it in front of his parents and brother and my husband said something in Farsi to them and they laughed and looked at me like I was some little child. It was a really baby gift. It was sweet and a childhood memory, but strange that he would give me that as the gift to open in front of his parents. I don't get it... 

My husband's brother said something in their language and my husband translated to me that he said he is glad to no longer be the baby of the family anymore. SO I guess I'm the baby? I am not the baby. I'm older than his little brother but he is taller than me and built more like my husband. I am the smallest and the "light" boy. 

Today they went off with the realtor and I stayed here in our room and his brother stayed in their room. He came over and told me we should go for coffee. He doesn't speak much English so we used the google translate thing that talks. It was so cool! I had to decode what the English meant, but it was pretty good overall. 

He wanted to find girls. He asked me, "Do you know the girls here?" I said no. Then he wanted to go to the little shopping area by the hotel. I told him we should tell my husband, but he said no, they wouldn't approve. So off we went! 

He was so funny. He is an absolutely adorable guy with those eyes like my husband's that just draw you in and strong arms with cute European style. He is like a younger version of my husband, just as outgoing and strong-willed. He seems totally cool with me even though we don't speak a shared language. We got french fries and drinks at a place but he didn't see any girls he liked so we just talked through the translator. 

He said in his country they think American girls are very easy and will go with anyone. I had to explain that no they are not easy, they are just more outgoing, but you have to put in just as much work as over in his country. 

We walked around the shops and we did talk to some girls. They thought he was cute, but then the language barrier kind of turned them off. I told them they need to convince him that American girls aren't easy. They liked the challenge! He ended up exchanging phone numbers with one so they could text using the translator software. I showed him how to copy and paste to translate then type and then copy and paste to respond. 

We bonded, but I forgot my husband has the tracking app on our phones so we can see where each other is so he called me and then had me pass the phone to his brother to yell at him. Then it started raining and we had to run back in the rain. Husband was not happy at all. We are staying in tonight since it's raining. We have a delivery order coming with fajitas and stuff. Fun fun. 

I think we will be here for another week. I am having fun. I missed his dad like I miss my own.