Spring Break. Thank Christ. It was pretty much amazing.
Lauren and I got home Thursday afternoonish. Don't remember much of that night. I think we probably just kicked it at home and watched some tv. Oh wait, we went out to dinner at famous dave's and i stuffed myself with cornbread muffins.
makes me want some right now actually.
friday was more chillin. my mom got a facial and i...slept a lot. i don't remember much. oshea and i went to get his hair cut, then we went to ruby tuesdays for dinner.
then we picked up my manson book
i missed that book so much.
i read it over break in about three hours.
i forgot how fuckin funny that book is.
then we met up with rachel and a friend of ryan's from work at gameworks. we drank a couple beers and played some mario kart and ended up with about 1200 tickets in my purse.
so that was pretty sweet.
got myself some airheads, which i'm all about.
saturday and i rach went to fox and found for lunch, which was pretty yummy
she seems to be doing well
apparently she's training for some 5-mile run that she's doing
so of course she's in fabulous shape
bitch
just kidding
i love her
sunday britty came to visit!!!
i missed her so much and i haven't seen her since she graduated, which was almost three months ago! it was so so so good to see her
my mom gave us these giftcards to maggiano's, so we went and at delicious food practically for free
then we came back to the house and were just visiting and talking
then we were watching old gilmore girls
it was just like old times
:sigh:
all that was missing were carlos chips and salsa
she seems to be doing well
she's working at a place called mimi's cafe
she says she really likes it, so that's definitely good
things with david seemed to have cooled down a little
they are still together, but she's not crazy 'lets get married right away'
which is really awesome, cuz i was afraid it might happen, even tho i know britty's smarter than that
monday...monday...i believe is the day i slept til about...2
which was excellent
then lauren and i went to the eye doctor, then lifetime and then barnes and noble where i bought stephen colbert's book
which is pretty fuckin hysterical
so i am pleased with that purchase
tuesday i went to work...well before we get there, we must discuss early tuesday morning
and the phone call i received at 1 am
from boy
asking me what i was doing
which was sleeping at that point
he had a friend from home over at his apartment and they were just hanging out and he knew i was on break, so he wanted to invite me over
to which i said, if i didn't have work at 10:00, i'd totally drive over
so we chatted for a few minutes then hung up
and i proceeded to not be able to fall back asleep
so i yahoo mapped dekalb
and it was only an hour away
and i thought...that's not that bad of a drive
i can be home before work tomorrow
you only live once
so off i went
once again, he was so surprised that i actually drove to see him
i'm not sure if it's because he's not used to girls showering him with attention, or because he invites me places with the idea that i won't actually show up
i prefer the former explanation
so i got there
had a beer
fell asleep with him
and left at 7
work was a little brutal, but it wasn't nearly the worst day i've ever had at work
therefore i'd do it again in a heartbeat
mom wasn't pleased when i told her that i went there in the middle of the night, but basically i told her that it made me happy to see him
so there wasn't a whole lot she could do about that
we left for golconda wednesday morning and lauren drove the whole way
we were going to leave tuesday but there were floods where we were going, so we decided to wait until the next day
other people didn't really get there until late thursday, but once they did, it was glorious easter-ness
jilly came with her baby, rossalyn, or rosie as they call her
oh
my
god
that baby is so happy and adorable
all the time
seriously, i think i heard her cry...twice?
she was just unbelievably cute and outgoing and happy
and i was her favorite cousin of the weekend
so that was really fun for me
she fell asleep while i was rocking her a couple of times, and i got to feed her and carry her around tons
it was a really great feeling
emma and aidan arrived late friday and early saturday and it was the same thing
aidan's a little older, about 16 months, so he was walking around and climbing on things.
emma is 10 months so she's crawling pretty well, but still needs to be carried around most places
which was fine with me
she wasn't quite as outgoing as rosie, but she warmed up to me nicely
aidan was a total riot
he would throw these little temper fits
if someone did something he didn't like, he would walk a few steps away and seriously like throw his body down onto the ground and started a mini-sob fest for like 10 seconds. then someone would appear with something that made a funny noise and he snapped out of it real quick
it was just a really really good visit
i didn't get to see one of my aunts because she got really sick and decided not to come. but it worked out nicely in the end because we ended up a bed short at our house, so i got to sleep in my own bed at my mamaw's house instead.
it was rather nice.
i finished another book while there as well. 'the boelyn inheritance' by the same woman who wrote 'the other boelyn girl.' i really like her style of writing.
so that's finished and i started, 'the bonesetter's daughter' by amy tan
i read 'the one hundred secret senses' a while ago and liked that, so we'll see how this one goes
i keep forgetting that i'm actually still in school and therefore won't have hours upon hours of free time to read like i did this past week
but hopefully i'll have some time
i also bought a bunch of cheap movies because our hollywood video is going out of business, so they literally were selling every movie in the store for $3 or $4.50. so i got the following, all for $18: transamerica, brick, vera drake, the quiet american, a guide to recognizing your saints, and half nelson
i haven't seen any of them except brick, but they're all ones that i've wanted to see in the past, and it was cheaper to just buy them than rent them
speaking of movies, we rented 'the namesake' and it was incredible
it told the story of this Indian family and the son wants to change his name, but then his father tells him the story behind his name, so the son starts thinking about the meaning of his name and his relationship with his dad
it was just really really touching
and it made me want to hug my dad a lot
ok, well that's the longest update i've done in a while
so now i'm going to watch one of my new movies and go to bed
hope everyone that actually still reads this had a good easter
and if you don't celebrate easter, well then...i hope you had a good last couple of weeks that you haven't known what's happening in my life
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