Yesterday I got a message from Dragana that one guy from IV4 is making a party at Babatovo and invites the usual gang that attends the class meetings. He even arranged a band. It's supposed to be this afternoon. I appologized for not coming, but with houseful of children I'm rather more needed here than there. But then today, around lunch, I got a feeling that I'm not really needed - another day when Raja won't talk to me and Violet says "No!" before I finish the sentence, so I took my leave. Arrived soon at Dragana's place, and before I finished the drink, Staša and Bajlo appeared, calling from six blocks away. We went down the stairs to meet them outside, and when we were just a few steps to the door, her phone rang - Žuca announced that the party is off, the guy is taken back to the hospital. So we went back to her apartment and had several more drinks. We knew what this was about - the poor guy wanted to see us all once more before he dies, which didn't work. We later heard that he did die on 14th of december.
I didn't suffer much chiding when I got home, just that this was irresponsible. But then I did need a way to do some such a thing, as a key to becoming more playful and less serious than I have become (to my own surprise, I haven't quite noticed). And it worked - the next day my relationship with the two grew much better. Well, age or not, I can still change.
11-X-2021 - 15-XII-2025