The day before the Home Coming

It's the day before the Home Coming of Shan and Udari.  This is the celebration of the newly married couple returning to the home of the grroms parents to start their married life.
In Sri Lankan tradition, the newly married couple either live with the groom's family or independently.  In Shan and Udari's case, it will be with his parents.  They are awaiting Air Force married quarters and once they're granted, they'll move there.
The room I'm sleeping is being converted into their room.  Tomorrow I'm moving out into another place in the house. 
There's cleaning, cleaning and more cleaning going on.  All sorts of relatives have arrived to make sure everything is spic and span for tomorrow's event.
Tomorrow we'll just do the last minute things inside as the caterers prepare the outside with shelter, seating and the food.  It's the inter country monsoon here now and each afternoon and early evening the heavens open and rain buckets down.  We're all just hoping and praying that it rains early tomorrow and the evening is rain free.
There are aproximately 100 people expected to come to the Home Coming and the function is to be an outdoors functon.  If it rains that heavy tropical rain, where do those 100 people go.
I've been helping to cook, yesterday it was sweets and today as the experienced family members make the more specialised sweets, I've just been helping to prepare the food for everyone to eat.  Fortunately I can cook curry so when given the name of the dish, I know what the vegetables should look like.
The men have cleaned the vacant land next door for people to park on, they've erected an awning on the roof of the house, I think that's where they'll go to drink and make loud music.
It's peaceful here now, the girls are in the back room sewing frilly bed sheets for the married couple and they'll be put onto the bed tomorrow after I vacate the room.
I'm relishing the tranquil time although Duneth who's 7 has just come running through the house with his home made aeroplane.
I'll go to the kitchen now and watch the women make the toffee.  If I can help, I will.  If not I'll just sit and enjoy the chat and laughter with them.