revalation

I worked at a community christmas event this morning- volunteered some of my time, just to get checked off on a list I don't really care about. And I had fun, I was a door-greeter at a cabin, and there was someone with me that I was able to talk with, and he was very nice.
But ever since then, I've been in a bad mood- and now I think I know why.
I'm homesick, stronger than it's been ever since the first week.
There's only eighteen days till Christmas and every minute of them not filled with my family feels like a waste.
I can't focus- even with finals looming tomorrow, I can't settle, and I'm horrible company. (Sorry about that, Fruit Bat)
I want to go home and wear my santa hat and the bells that drive evil glare insane. I want to INSIST that we watch all of our christmas classics, The Santa Clause, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snow Man, A Charlie Brown Christmas and Winnie the Pooh and Christmas too, while playing our family card games. I want to sit in the rocking chair and just stare at the tree, and try to keep the cat from opening the gifts. I want to walk in the Wal-mart parking lot singing Silver Bells, and greet people with "Merry Christmas!" I want to watch my little brother and sister try to convince mom and dad that they really ought to be allowed to open one gift on christmas eve, and I want all of us kids to sleep in one room on christmas eve night, too excited to really sleep, and daring each other to guess what we gave them. I want to lie awake at four in the morning on Christmas day, knowing that I still have at least four hours, and probably five, before we're even allowed to go downstairs. I want to argue over which of us gets to wear the santa hat this year and pass out the presents, and I want to go to Candlelight Communion and sing in a darkly illuminated mass of believers. I want to sneak red and green m&m's out of the glass christmas tree dish at home, and act suprised when they're all gone. I want to bug my mom to get apple cider so that we can have hot apple cider- I want to sit in the back of the pickup on christmas eve night, bundled up warm and burning my tongue on hot chocolate while we drive around looking at christmas lights, with Squirt and I singing whatever christmas carols pop into our heads. I want to go to bed at night with the glow of christmas lights stealing through my window, and I want to try getting a note- any note- out of the christmas horn that so far only three of us have been able to play. I want to try and convince my family that the Second Santa Clause was not as good as the first, and I want to wrap up in my red blanket and stalk around the house as though it is a cape. I want to sit at the table for dinner and just listen.
All this, and so much more- like listening to our favorite christmas songs all day.
Right now, I can't listen to one of my favorites.
If I hear "I'll be home for Christmas," I'll start crying.

On the Third day...

We step out of the Oniwabanshuu and into the Kenshin-gumi, starting with Megumi, the fox lady.

Seriously, the series tells us (repeatedly) that she is a "fox".

Here's Megumi Takani, she's actually the one that I've worked the hardest on- because I'm not happy with her color. I went from brown to gold to darker gold- and I'm still not happy, but I don't have time to waste on her.

In the show, Megumi is a smart and flirty doctor (hence the name "fox") who is also very beautiful. It just sort of made sense that the Kenshin group would eventually get a doctor- heaven knows they need one on call all the time.

As always, I only colored and tweaked the picture, which belongs to Kay Fedewa of the Black Blood Alliance.