Christmas Vacation! Visit to the states!
1-3-11
Welp I am back in the DR after a wonderful christmas vacation back to the states. I am laying in bed under a small throw blanket and a neighbors comforter freezing my butt off. What the hell happened since I've been gone? The temperature here has gotten strangely cold and thank god for neighbors I have some temporary remedies to fight off the cold before it turns into the usual summer heat and I am sweating again. I have to admit it is kind of nice to be cold in the DR when I think of all the times I wanted to die from all the sweat I was perspiring. Hooray for cold temps!
Christmas this year was a lot of fun to be able to visit home and be comfortable and lazy for a while. I only spent 2 weeks at home but it was well worth the excruciating 8 hour flights through Panama. Weird, I know. I got to see my family which is always a pleasure but I think I got a vibe from them that I don't normally get all the time and it was a lot of love. Haha. Not that my family normally doesn't love me, but I just really felt their support and happiness to see me which was really great to experience. I think they really missed me!
I also got to see my best buds like my girls and besties which was spent mostly drinking dominican rum or some kind of substance to celebrate my arrival. Yay. I forget how many friends I have at home sometimes when I am out in this country scourging to find anyone to be my friend. :) It ain't easy…
I got the best christmas presents this year: A new traveling backpack, new wardrobe, running shoes and money. All of which definitely help me out in this country. I even got treated to a mani pedi from my sister which felt super nice to be pretty and girly again.
So it was definitely harder this time to say goodbye than it was the first time leaving, especially to the fam. For some reason I think my family didn't really believe I was leaving for the DR until the night before my flight and even then the goodbyes were very subtle and short. This time I just wanted to bawl my eyes out but I am a weirdo and can't cry in front of people so instead of them saying goodbye subtly and short, it was me trying to just give them a quick hug and goodbye. I didn't want my fam to see my face get so teary eyed because I really enjoyed my time at home and I didn't really want to go back yet.
So I get back to the DR to see my neighbors and family with so much desire to see me. I am not sure if its to see what I brought them back or if they really wanted to see me. Haha. Just kidding, but seriously some of my neighbors whom I never even said 2 words to were asking what I brought them back which was hilarious because I couldn't even bring back the things I wanted for the people who mattered.
I spent new years on the island which was a blast. A bunch of volunteers got together and celebrated the new year in cabarete, the tourist capital of the DR north beach. What can I say, the place was packed full of dominicans, americans, europeans, everyone all doing the same thing: Getting drunk as a skunk. Needless to say it was a good time and I am kind of glad to be chilling in my site now. Not gonna say I am excited to start working but I am excited to be back in the DR.
I got to go to Disneyland, it was pouring rain but it was fun! Here are my sisters and nieces avoiding the rain.