, A love so strong that when summer came around each year, Ididn't dread visiting her, I looked forward to it....,My folks were probably as happy as I...was to see me go visit her, as it got their nerd son out of their sight so they could do what ever they wanted in my absence., Since all I usually did was hang around the house and read, I'm sure I was in the way of a lot of stuff that parents like to do....,My yearly visit had evolved from a week to much longer, and now pretty much took over the. The Russian woman was going to start with the first room down the hallway, giving Clara enough time to remove her things from the floor and eventually take a walk.“OK?” the woman said. It was not an optional suggestion. It was her way of giving a terse command which to Clara sounded more like “understood?”“OK, yes,” Clara replied, nodding her head.As the woman withdrew towards the first room, Clara noticed an open door at the end of the hallway to her immediate right. It was an elevator. That. It had been over a year that we had seen each other, and she was very happy. That night, as we sat together on a couch watching TV, we were busy talking to each other more than watching. She was sitting close to me, with her arms wrapped around my arms and her face touching my shoulder from time to time.At around 11, we switched off the TV and chatted for a while in the dim night light. She got a bit emotional due to homesickness. I patted her head and kissed her head and wrapped my arms around. Dec 25, 2012 We got up went out and opened our presents, got dressed grabbed our presents for dad, Fran and my sister and brother-in-law. We exchanged presents at dads and did brunch. That afternoon we went over to my sister’s house. It’s a huge place six bedrooms, huge heated outdoor pool, large living room, party room with bar, huge kitchen and dinning room. We were given the official inventation to their official New Years Eve Bash every year they would pack the house with people for a real.