Happy/Sad

My oldest sister is coming for a very short visit today.  I have not seen her since our mother's funeral in 2000.  She just got married and I will meet her new husband.  I'm excited and happy to see her, but it will be so short (only a few hours) that I am already mourning her leaving.  I'm trying to stay in the present, but I'm so aware of time.  They fly into San Jose and will rent a car; I expect they'll be here around 2 pm.  I'm made a lasagna last night, so I can at least feed them before they drive away. 

This is the first family member to see the house we bought in 1999.  I've been cleaning and organizing for days - there's a big box of papers stuck in the closet, just too many to sort through in the time I had.  The house looks good, or as good as it's going to.

One trip to the grocery store to get fresh bread and flowers and I'll be ready. 

I think I'm going to pick up a Red Velvet cake for dessert too.