沒有月亮沒有月餅的中秋 (w English)

9／24／2018

今早早早地去公司上班，因為惦記著工作上的事。清晨的馬路，車輛已經開始繁忙，風涼颼颼的，天霧蒙蒙的。到了公司，放下包，顧不上倒水，一口氣做了起來。一個多小時後，硬逼著自己停下手中的活，去廚房倒了杯水。忙碌的一天, 最後緊趕慢趕把自己手頭的活做完了。下班出了公司已經六點多了。想來自己太認真了，又有誰會appreciate。其實就是一份工作罷了，保個飯碗而已。九月底了，白日的氣溫還是有七八十度，不過早晚涼下來很快，天也黑的早了。公司的parking lot已經空蕩蕩的，風吹來竟有一絲絲涼意。我鑽進散發著太陽餘溫的車裏，頓時覺得溫暖。

一路開著車，不時抬頭。不見月亮。傍晚的天空像今早出來時一樣，陰沉沉的。想起昨晚給女兒寫微信，告訴她，中秋到了，中秋的月亮是一年中最圓的，提醒她去看月亮。女兒回了微信，居然問我有沒有月餅？我愣了一下，回複道，你不在，媽媽今年月餅也沒買，也沒做。其實是動過念頭的。兩三年前自己做過一次，給當時的爬山隊員人手兩個小月餅。這次買了檸檬準備做轉化糖漿的，後來想想沒人吃，就作罷了。不過女兒這一問倒是有一絲歉意掠過。

是啊，這是過得什麽中秋啊？昨晚等我上樓，見一輪滿月已經高掛天空，轉身問某人，要不要出去看看？某人回答，幾十年不遇的血月(super moon)都見過拍過了，就不出去了吧。想想也對。後來拿起了電話打給女兒，聊起今年聖誕加上新年有很長的假，要不要全家一起出去玩？女兒說，她隻想回家，去家附近的城市走走，說自己到聖誕都有一年半沒回去了。我更正到，是一年四個月，話一出口，電話那頭的女兒嘖了一聲，一定覺得媽媽怎麽會如此不解她的相思之苦：))。故趕緊加了一句，你要是想回來，感恩節就可以回來的。想起女兒去年說的，要在那座新城市待滿整整一年，度過那裏的每一天，每一個節假日，體會它的四季, 它的春夏秋冬；想起去年感恩節去看她，問她，想不想加州的陽光和沙灘，她居然回答，這裏熱的時間太長了些。而今，整整一年過去了，她一定是想起家的好，生活了十多年的城市，這裏的溫暖如春，這裏的永遠陽光明媚。

到家後，看到母親從微信上發來的照片。父母去了弟弟的城市過中秋和國慶。桌上一桌子的菜，有紅紅的螃蟹、蝦、魚和其他的葷素菜肴，父母看上去也是神采奕奕，精神煥發。我回了回微信，趕緊打開冰箱，準備兩個人的晚餐。晚餐很簡單，等他回到了家，草草地吃完。忙了一天了，就想早點吃完了事。

飯後兩人去散步。不見月亮的身影。某人一路興致很高地聊著天，而我卻不時地四處張望，想尋覓月亮的蹤影。走了近一個小時的路，月亮始終沒有出現。走在沒有月光的中秋夜晚，不免有點失落有點惆悵。想來自己遠離父母，遠離親朋，遠離女兒，早已對分離習以為常，然而2018年沒有月亮的中秋還是讓我傷感了一下下。不過回到家，很快又拿起了手機，在文學城一片熱鬧的問候聲中重新找回了節日的氣氛和歡樂。

至此感謝城裏所有的網友，感謝你們的相依相伴，你們給予的溫暖填補了我們遠離故土的缺憾。特此送上一首許美靜的《城裏的月光》。

每顆心上某一個地方

總有個記憶揮不散

每個深夜某一個地方

總有著最深的思量

世間萬千的變幻

愛把有情的人分兩端

心若知道靈犀的方向

那怕不能夠朝夕相伴

城裏的月光把夢照亮

請溫暖他心房

看透了人間聚散

能不能多點快樂片段

城裏的月光把夢照亮

請守護它身旁

若有一天能重逢

讓幸福撒滿整個夜晚

A Moonless Mid-Autumn Festival

When I finally got off the work, it was past six. There were only a few cars left in the parking lot. I walked towards a tree, under which parked my car, with fallen leaves scattering on the front cover. The parking spot under a tree is always my preference, since the shade of the tall tree will shield the Californian sunlight off the car body, making it an ideal place for a thirty- minute nap during the lunch hour. But a busy day like today, a nap would be a luxury.

Tired and a bit cold, I got in the car. After a day’s exposure to the 70+ F temperature, the car was just comfortably warm. Getting out of the empty parking lot, I was on the local street. The sky was just as gloomy as it in the morning. It was only ten minutes’ drive, but long enough to recall the conversations I had with the daughter the other night. At first, I texted her to remind her of the Mid-autumn festival, of getting a glimpse of the fullest moon, if available. She texted me back if we ate any mooncake. The answer was no. Without her, I didn’t have the mood and necessity to buy them or make ones. Then I remembered her coming back for Christmas and decided to make a phone call. Over the phone, I suggested a vacation out of town somewhere for the Christmas and New Year. She told me that she would not like to go anywhere else except home, which she has been away for a year and a half, emphatically her longest duration ever. What was indicated in her tone is like “Can you believe, Mom, that I have been away for so long?” When I tried to correct her that it was actually a year and four months, she grunted a bit for my being unpathetic. I understand your nostalgia, baby, I said to myself.

The dinner was prepared within thirty minutes. After dinner is our regular walk time. When LD and I stepped out, the moon was nowhere to be seen. Living in a sunshine place, we are so used to sunny days and moonlit nights. The absence of a full moon, on this particular day, triggered a sense of loss.

However, this sentiment was soon overcome by the enthusiastic greetings from friends on WXC. It becomes part of my life now to blog and "talk" with bloggers. Thanks to this virtual city, we, who don't know each other in life, are connected in the air, and meeting people afar around the globe is made not only possible but a reality and a joy.

沒有月亮沒有月餅的中秋 (w English)

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