The Homecoming Queer

I was supposed to be home for my mom's birthday. But I decided not to show up at home when I arrived due to some reasons:

The "some reasons":

1. The family's not fond of surprises

Homecoming requires advance notice. You do not show up in any form of emotions when everyone at home's unprepared. Not to mention that we are a dysfunctional family. Oh, it's not your typical family. It's the Grand Tribe.

2. If somebody show up, everybody will

Specially if the prodigal child's home. Expect for the rest of the Mano Po clan to gather for an emergency reunion. This could be your typical family.

3. I just want to relax

And being home for just a couple of days does not guarantee a relaxing time off. You still have to work when you're home. Work on a lot of things at home. Again, it's not your typical home.

4. I don't want to make them sad

What's gonna happen is that, I'll be around for just 2 nights and 3 days. Being with my family needs to be forever. Well, I'm not your typical kid. But I wanted to give more time to my family when I'm home, and the very little time that I got will only cause me pain.

Why am I explaining?