RJ 24/12/84 Monday
It’s 2:30 in the morning, it’s the 25th already, but I’ll talk about the 24th … During the day, me, Zezé and D. Nina prepared the house (I watched more than helped). In the afternoon, Zezé had gone out, D. Nina decided to iron some doilies, the two irons were in the room at the back. She picked the oldest one, but couldn’t make it work. She left the house in a right state saying she was going to buy a new iron. My aunt arrived and pointed out the new iron, which had been next to the old one. D. Nina, who has lost it, didn’t see it. She has definitely lost it, today Zeze asked her if she had seen the tin opener and she understood dishcloth! And the she was ringing someone and had to try 5 times to get the right number.
My mum phoned, she’s ill and arrives tomorrow night. My grandad phoned too, it’s the first xmas he spends away from us. He’s in Sao Lourenço (or Gonçalo?) with Zaira. At the Christmas dinner: Zeze, Gil, D.Nina, Maira, Jeison, Marvio, Auntie ltalia, Chico, Marisa, Paulo, Carlinhos, Lucia and Juscelia. Now, the explanations : Marvio is Auntie Italia’s grandson; Marisa is her daughter and married to Paulo and Marvio’s mum. Carlinhos and Lucia are a couple who are not related to us, but every year they bring their famous Marshmallow cake. Which is genius as far as cakes go. Chico is aunt Italia’s youngest son and my twice removed cousin, obviously he is Marisa’s brother, and Juscelia’s boyfriend.
Chico is 30 and the bachelor of the family (him and my mum are really good friends). His girlfriend, who wants to marry at any price, and I thought this kind of thing only happened in soaps. Marisa has a reputation to be the most annoying person in the family (with my mum a close second). She looks a lot like my aunt Zezé. That reminds me of what everyone says, Maira has a similar personality and profile to my mum, and I’m really like my aunt Zezé. Excellent! I’ve always liked Marisa but not today! Zezé was telling me about a boy she met at an orphanage and asked her for a digital watch and Crec-crec biscuits. We were (Maria, Zezé, Marisa, Jeison) on Maira’s ex-bedroom at this point. I knew this story by heart but had nothing else to do so I stayed and listened… Zezé was saying that the little boy asked for a strong hug and a kiss, and my aunt did it. Marisa pulled a face of disgust and asked if the boy hadn’t given her lice!!! I felt like strangling her.
It’s 3 and I’m really tired, the turkey and ham were gorgeous. There was also Salpicão and farofa. I just fear any and all vegetables and didn’t even touch it. But for desert I had ice cream and cake, a lot of it! The cake was a bit too sickly, but I had two servings, everyone else could only cope with one serving. But before desert there were the presents. I got a pair of white shoes from Zezé gorgeous! Got a doll, a green rubber wallet, really spacious. Zezé did really well this Christmas. She got a car and, imagineÇ 100 dollars from D. Nina. With the dollar at 3,100 she got 310,000crz to ‘fill the tank’ as well as some other presents. I can’t complain as I didn’t buy anything for anyone and got 3 gifts. Last year I gave one and got two. We took some pictures.
We’re going to Praia Brava to spend New Year’s eve. I haven’t been there for 2 years. It was there that Maira and Jeison met, what happened to a Summer love – now there is a baby on the way! I wonder what Christmas was like for my friends in Brasilia.