12 of the 24 people in my family here are/have been sick.
Yikes.
But, aside from the illness running rampant, celebrating Christmas with these people has been the best ever. As anticipated. It's crazy how natural it is just to get right back into the swing of things. I know I'm not quite there yet, because break is not the normal swing of things, but because of how they prepped us for coming home, I was picturing a more difficult transition already. I guess that's good. I just don't want it to be such an easy transition that the Dominican Republic becomes an amazing dream [which it sometimes feels like] rather than the life-changing adventure it was. I want to hold on to what I was supposed to bring back with me and leave there what was meant to wait until my next Dominican journey.
How is J.R.R. Tolkien so brilliant? I know I'm a nerd, but The Return of the King is on tv right now. And sometimes I just have to stop and marvel at the genius of that guy and his epic trilogy.
Also, I just figured out why I'm not struggling more with the transition. Because I have the best family/boyfriend/friends in the world. So it makes sense that it wouldn't be difficult to come back to them and all their wonderfulness.
Highlights of my day so far:
- winning Compatibility with Haley
- watching my little cousins tell Jordan stories on skype
- painting nails with Maggie and Ellie...and using four different colors for each of them, one for each hand and foot....hey, you only live once
- witnessing my family's good sense of humor even despite the sickness
- Squabble and Psych with the older cousins
I hope this big group family time happens again before next Christmas...
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