You sound like some of my friends, though I doubt they'd call all of the parties here normal, either. This can be more of a...oh, what's the word? I think Elias called it a vacation...
[She stops short, voice catching in her throat. The last time she'd heard that word, it was directed to someone who died not minutes later. Here goes a quick attempt at recovery:]
...but that's the good kind of abnormal, isn't it?