It's been forever

Just came from my cousin's wedding. Right now I'm drinking glasses of water to flush the two double Black Labels I indulged myself to. No one in their right mind would sleep with that shit rolling in their bodies. That's just asking for a very very bad morning.

Funny realization: I haven't seen my cousins in three years. No one's abroad or anything, its just that our family doesn't get together for the holidays anymore. Hell if I know why though. I thought I was pretty cool with it, I mean, family's family, right? You all get together, you talk about the same drivel over and over again ("He's so biiiig now!" "Who're you seeing now?" "Are you still in school?" "You got fatter/thinner!"), share some anecdotes and have cigarettes outside to hide from the rest of the family. That sorta thing.

So anyway, my cousin. She's walking down the aisle after the standard picture taking in the altar tradition's done and I walk towards her to say my hellos, tell her how beautiful she is and that I personally think its hilarious that she has a make-up artist trailing her left and right with brushes and hairspray ready for any emergency touch ups. Then - out of nowhere - she ambushes me with an "I miss you."

Shit.

Funny Realization: I miss them too.

My whole evening was spent trying to catch up on everyone, including my godson (I owe him a LOT for the birthdays and Christmases I missed), gushing the usual "He's so biiiig now!" "Who're you seeing now?" "Where are you working?" "You got thinner!" (I'm polite).

Now I'm pretty excited to see them again. The newlyweds are my neighbors, so that's a 5 minute walk from my place, and they're having a house blessing in a few weeks (read: drinking in the new house, woo!) and I'm pretty psyched. The nostalgia and the excitement's pretty intoxicating. Now that's the kind of shit rolling in my body that I'm cool with.

That's just asking for a very very good time.