Nothing could have made me happier than seeing my family over the holidays. Right now, I am sitting at my gate in JFK heading to my next adventure and thought I should whip out my laptop and write about this past week being HOME!
I arrived at EWR and met a Swedish girl that needed help getting to the city. Being the expert I am, I let her tag along and follow me to NYC Penn Station where I was greeted by my dad and sister in an aggressive but loving bear hug. We spent 3 nights at the Manhattan Hotel on 52nd street (practically Times Square). We saw the Christmas Spectacular ft. the Rockettes and I finally saw Wicked! It was absolutely amazing, even my dad was laughing the whole time. On the last day we went to see the 9/11 memorial and museum and walked around Central Park at night.
Next we got a hotel in New Jersey near my brother’s house so we can see my cute little niece. She is seriously the cutest little thing on this earth. She is growing up and learning so fast. So, we spent Christmas with them and it was nice. I miss being with my family.
My dad and sister’s flight was a day before mine so I stayed with my aunt and uncle for a night. It was fantastic! My Nani was there as well and we opened up a bottle of wine or two and talked for hours. My uncle made his famous pizza and it was amazing. Then this morning I had lunch with some amazing close family friends. This trip has been a success.
Now I am here, an hour until I board my flight to a new place that I have never been before. My stomach is turning thinking about it. I am just so so excited to get back to traveling and exploring. I still have so much to see.
I hope that whoever is reading this, wherever you are, that you enjoyed the holiday season so far. I said this in a past post, and it’s a bit vulgar for some, but there is truth to it in my life. Maybe this will be a thing I leave at the end of some post since it’s my life motto at the moment: keep traveling, keep exploring, keep fucking up and keep trying again. Until next time…