(23)24 of December

It was 23 of December and today´s plan was to have a family reunion with all my cousins, aunts, and uncles at my grandmother´s house. It was a little strange to me because this big family reunions were always on the 24, but this year they decided to do it on the 23. Later I would have discovered that on the actual 24 we had another reunion on my uncles´s house, but we always opened the Christmas presents on my grandmother´s house on the 24 at night. Anyway, that day we all got together and had a very big dinner with all my family members and I really liked it because we were all together. When we all finished eating we all went to the living room and opened our Christmas presents. We all decided that since everybody was there, we should open the gifts there and not wait until tomorrow. I was against that decision because it was a tradition for me to do it on the 24, but I couldn't do anything about it. Anyway, I had a great time.

Welcome Home

     Many people say that Friday is the best day of the week, and I agree with that. It was December 16, 2011, a Friday, and it was the day that I was going back to Colombia for my winter vacations. I had been waiting for this day for six months now, and time has past incredibly fast, luckily. My flight was scheduled to go at 9:18 and land 1 hour later, and it did. When I arrived at Barranquilla´s airport, my grandmother and my 30-year-old cousin were waiting desperately to pick us up and go home. When we all got out of immigration and got our bags, we all met outside. We were all happy, especially my mom who hadn't seen her mom in six months. When we got home to my grandmother´s apartment, we were welcomed by my cousins and aunts, and they made us a very good dinner.