Home for the Holidays, and a Wedding!!

I couldn't believe I was going home. I was so ready after all I had been through. I was ready to be safe, in my bed, in my house, with all my stuff, my family, my cat, my car! I was so excited! And, not only would I be there for Christmas and New Year's, my big sister was getting married!! And I, was the maid of honor! Yay!
I'd been feeling a little guilty because I hadn't been able to help with any planning or anything. But my sister married a wonderful man, and she had her other sisters and family that were helping out, too.
I got to the airport in DC, collected my bags and walked out thinking, she won't be there, she's never on time... but sure enough, she was one of the first faces I saw. My sister! I missed her so much. We hugged and cried and it felt so good! Only five hours and I would be home to see my mommy and daddy too!
Being reunited with my family was exactly what I needed. I love them so much, I missed their crazy antics, the drama, the chaos, the laughs and especially the food!!
After settling back in, I spent most of my days watching the rest of the Battle Star Galactica series and decorating the vases for my sisters wedding. 18 Cecilia Polanco originals, black and white unique designs with puff paint. It was so much fun, once I got past the imagination part. Doing artistic things is something I miss doing. Even though I decorated the floor of my room on the farm in Tuscany while I was woofing with colourful chalk drawings.
And then, I also assembled the bouquet for my sister to walk down the isle with! About forty brooches, a lot of flower wire and floral tape, my sister's vision, and some pearl tipped pins and it was done. It looked fantastic, only my sister would.
So the wedding was fabulous! Food for days, I cried more than I had in the last three months I was abroad, and that was a lot! Dancing, food, family from all over the states, and a big new year's bash to top it all off, oh and the best part, was midnight pupusas!!
When the clock strikes twelve, I'm not sure what it is, but everyone in my family cries. As we spend the first half hour of the new year embracing and kissing our loved ones, I know that I wouldn't have missed this for the world. And then my cousin, who was also the DJ, plays this melancholic song that they played in the Sex and the City movie when Carried runs to meet Miranda on New Year's so she won't be alone, and I cried for days! It was such a good feeling. It was great to be home.
After the wedding, I packed my bags and was off again in five days. I was sad to leave, but I was also excited about what awaited me. I knew that this time, it wouldn't be as hard, and that I was going to have a blast with what awaited me.