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The countdown was on. 13 days until our trip to
The first thing I did when I got home was take a nice, long, hot shower. I got to shampoo AND condition my hair, and then the best part….blow dry and straighten! It’s ridiculous, I know. Then we headed straight to a great Mexican restaurant for a giant burrito and margaritas. I think it was the most delicious food I’ve ever eaten.
Throughout the next two weeks I definitely got my fill of every food I’ve missed, and it even got to the point where I didn’t want anything else because I was just so sick of eating. Never thought that could happen! Other than enjoying all of the luxuries available, the highlights of my trip home were: seeing my sister and meeting her boyfriend for the first time, Christmas Eve service, visiting the class of 5th graders who have been pen paling with some of my students, and even getting surprised myself when one of my very best friends came down to TX from the Big Apple to visit me!
Opening presents on Christmas Day was funny because a lot of the gifts I got (which were everything I asked for, wanted, and was excited to get) were so bizarre in that situation. If I had opened packets of taco seasoning or parmesan cheese with my PC friends in
All in all, it was a pretty perfect trip. Not too long that I got bored and just long enough for me to relax and recharge for the last part of my service. I don’t think I really thought about how long a year and a half is to be away from not just home and family, but every little thing that has been familiar your whole life, until I came back to the states. It didn’t seem that long while it was going on, but when I was thrown right back in it and realized how much time had actually passed since I was last there, it was surreal. Here I am back in