Oh Those Aguilars
My family left my house about half hour ago. It was great having them here, especially being able to have my parents experience something they never thought they would like come to Vegas. They brought and left lots of food that I know I won't finish. They ended up getting here really late on Friday night/Saturday morning because of traffic. Saturday we went to eat at Lindo Michoacan and my parents loved it. We all loved it. It's such a great place to eat. We went home, let the food settle, and waited for it to get dark before heading out to the strip. We walked around a few hotels and casinos and let my parents and sister take in the spectacle that they have only seen on TV. It was cool hanging out with the family in my neck of the woods. I never thought I would be playing host to my parents in another city, let alone another state. I played my first game of flag football on Sunday. We won but boy was it tougher than I thought. I am still learning the rules and I'll admit it, I got dropped on one play. I got payback on one of them also but of course it cost me a penalty (questionable call). We got the "W" in the end and that's all I care about. We didn't end up going anywhere on Sunday because we were quite tired. My sister really wanted to go up the Eiffel Tower and she was upset she didn't get to do it. There's always next time Maritza. Today we went back to the strip so my sister could by souvenirs for her friends and walked around a little more before heading back to the apartment and getting ready to leave.
Now they're gone and I feel homesick all-of-a-sudden. I wanted to hop in to Miguel's car and go back home with them or have at least one of them stay longer. My heart seems to be beating faster than usual and I feel restless thinking about them. It didn't help that Laurie also e-mailed me this weekend. Didn't say anything important but just hearing from her makes me miss her and "us" again. So now I miss my family and her. Maybe I should head out to the gym and work out or play basketball to get my mind on something else. I wouldn't trade what I'm feeling right now for the world because I'd do anything to see my family as much as possible. I guess what is adding to me feeling this way is the fact that so far I have known when I'm going home to visit or when they were coming out here. As of now, I have no clue when the next time I will be able to go home is going to be so it makes me feel further away from them than before. I know once I get in to my routine here again next week I'll be ok, but I hate feeling homesick. I guess I just need to tough it out here until that feeling fades away eventually.
Miguel told me that Maritza took a while to paint me a poster and this is what she wrote in it:
When life hands you a lemon say, "Oh yea I like lemons. What else ya got?"
Keep your head up, your time will come and it will be all good!
It's things like this that makes me thankful for the people and things I have in my life even when I'm feeling down. Thanks Maritza!
Now they're gone and I feel homesick all-of-a-sudden. I wanted to hop in to Miguel's car and go back home with them or have at least one of them stay longer. My heart seems to be beating faster than usual and I feel restless thinking about them. It didn't help that Laurie also e-mailed me this weekend. Didn't say anything important but just hearing from her makes me miss her and "us" again. So now I miss my family and her. Maybe I should head out to the gym and work out or play basketball to get my mind on something else. I wouldn't trade what I'm feeling right now for the world because I'd do anything to see my family as much as possible. I guess what is adding to me feeling this way is the fact that so far I have known when I'm going home to visit or when they were coming out here. As of now, I have no clue when the next time I will be able to go home is going to be so it makes me feel further away from them than before. I know once I get in to my routine here again next week I'll be ok, but I hate feeling homesick. I guess I just need to tough it out here until that feeling fades away eventually.
Miguel told me that Maritza took a while to paint me a poster and this is what she wrote in it:
When life hands you a lemon say, "Oh yea I like lemons. What else ya got?"
Keep your head up, your time will come and it will be all good!
It's things like this that makes me thankful for the people and things I have in my life even when I'm feeling down. Thanks Maritza!