ah, kate's

this has been a fabulous weekend to end my visit home. friday was a little crazy. i snuck into DRC to say hello to all my friends there. of course, it was a big esteem booster, especially with everything a little mixed-up in my head right now. after that, i had an almost 4 hour lunch at shaggy's with my aunt. we talked about everything. i think we annoyed the wait staff, but frankly, i don't care. i rarely get to see her and i needed someone to reassure me about life. anyway.

after my dad afixed a new muffler (you could hear me coming home in baltimore...), i went to meet lauren and her grad crew at timothy's. (one of my TAs from freshman year was there and it was just a little freaky drinking with her.) we all looked like something that cat dragged in and around 11:30p, i couldn't stand the fact that i didn't fit in (i.e. i wasn't showing cleavage -- even if there's none to show -- and let's fact it, my sweater was entirely not form fitting enough for the hip-hop club scene that emerged) so i bailed.

yesterday was good times. after helping austin/blair move from the gross sewage/moldy apt to a nicer one, i hung out with a friend from DRC. we watched the redskins lose at iron hill and then watched the patriots lose at kate's. (i called both games, which made me excited because i'm only so-so at following the whole NFL -- i'm pretty good about knowing what's going on with the eagles...). anyway, the highlight of my evening: i did an irish carbomb. whew! i'm not sure i'll ever want to do another one ever again, but at least i know that i can do one, if so required. all of this was followed by a pool-sized amount of water. the worse part of the evening: when i got back to my car, i had my first ever newark parking ticket :-p. how sad.

so today i get to drive back through NJ CT NY and MA with a mild hangover and $5 less in my pocket. but it was totally worth it.