Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year is only two days away. Living 150 kilometers away from my parents, I haven't decided when to go back to Taipei--a day before the New Year's Eve or the New Year's Eve? Normally, I wait until New Year's Eve to go back because that's the day my husband feels like going. However, he doesn't seem want to go with me this year. Used to his cancelling our plans at the last minute, I am not upset but disappointed. Since my parents are getting older, I don't know how many more Chinese New Years I can celebrate with them. I hope my husband and I can celebrate every single one we have. But going back to be with my family has been a torture for my husband, who is super sensitive to noise and human contacts. Therefore, during the past 18 years, I either go back to Taipei alone or go with him when he feels up to it. If I go back alone, I'll stay in Taipei a couple of days longer than when I go back with him. The longest time he can manage is 3 days and nights (New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, and Daughter's Day). We leave for Taipei in the late morning of the New Year's Eve and come back to Taichung in the early morning of the third day (the day after Daughter's Day).
Though I feel disappointed that Dan is not going back with me, I'm still grateful that I live in a city which is only 150 kilometers away, not three thousand miles away!