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March 06, 2002, 1:02 pm
march 21st is persian new year. the new year is march 21st because that is the first day of spring and the seasons start again. their new year makes more sense than ours if you think about it. persian new year is the one tradition from iran that my dad gets really into. he has a big party and keeps up all of the little things you're supposed to do. and there are tons of people and tons of food. it's a really good time. this will be the 5th year i have missed his party in a row. one year i went to jersey and spent it with my dad's uncle and my second cousins. we went to some thing at a HUGE jersey park and there were like 500 iranians all picnic-ing and there was even a dance party with a dj and t-shirt giveaways. it was actually pretty fun. or atleast it was interesting. every year i entertain going back to kansas for it- other people come from out of town for it afterall. but every year there is some issue that prevents me from making it. last year i was unemployed and totally broke and freaking out. the year before i was working on a feature at the time. this year i have recently moved and spent tons of money on that and my new computer. and have just been laid off- so extravagant weekend trips don't seem to be in the cards. so, every year around now i get really sad and homesick and disinterested in being here. because i know everybody is having a good time in kansas and i'm sitting here watching the upn afternoon movie and cleaning my kitchen. depressing. and my dad always calls from the party to wish me happy new year and then passes the phone around to all the people i love but rarely see. it's nice and everything. i guess it's his way of making it seem like i am there. but it just makes me wish i had increased my ever-increasing credit card debt and gone. this year my sister is coming to visit right before it, for her spring break. it is always a good time when she visits because she is pretty funny and likes easy things. and this time she is visiting while i have off from work which is even better. this is also the first time she will be visiting me in the new living-with-mike situation. and i think she is a little weirded out by it. i don't blame her i guess. i'm sure we will spend time with the ladies and the babies (if for nothing more than reading their vast collection of good magazines). and she likes mike and he likes her and they joke etc.... i think it's just different. for 5 years she has come and it's been one way, and now it's this new way. a way that involves a boy and me. mike has also been interesting. things have been stressful with the move and everything and some not so good arguments have happened. but he seems to be doing persian new year research. he just happened to know it's name in farsi the other day and said it like it was a totally normal thing for him to know. this is really sweet. he is jewish and i am not- but i go to every jewish holiday gathering and party thing. i just figure it comes with the territory- and a lot of the time his family is pretty fun. and he comes with me for christmas- but my family is not christian- no church is involved. just presents and food. so he is VERY up for it. and i think we are okay with the give and take there. but this is the first time i have really mentioned this holiday and the fact that it's sort of a big deal in my family. so it's nice to know that he actually heard me (since, i don't know when that actually happens most of the time) and seems to care. it is very nice.
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