Whew!

My parents and cousins left on Monday, and it took this long just to recover from the experience. :) We had an absolutely wonderful time with them here. Every year they come, I am reminded that I am getting older. As mentioned in previous posts, my 3 cousins are 14, 14, and 9. I, however, always think of them as 10, 10, and 5. They are growing up so fast (and becoming quite stunning looking young women). Yeesh.
The other thing that happens when they visit is I realize, no matter how hard I try, I am, and will continue to be, uncool. I didn't think I was THAT uncool, I am a geek so the coolness is relative, but I would listen to these girls talk and feel that scene in Finding Nemo when the young turtle explains to Marlin how to exit the E.A.C. I believe Marlin says something like "It's like he's speaking a different language". Well, my cousins would hold entire conversations during which I could understand the words, but not be able to parse the sentence. I mean the words were from English, but the sentences were not.
Ah ... family.