spring break

Howdy, y'all!

I'm back in upstate NY for 8 days - most of which I've already been here for. I'm sure you are wondering why I'm spending spring break in upstate NY. Well, it's where I'm from and I wanted to see my family. And my youngest niece turned 1 this week, so I wanted to be home for that. :)

I flew home on the Thursday red-eye from Sea-Tac. Stopped in Cincinnati and realized that I was on the east coast. It has a different feel (no, I can't explain it!) and I was just in the airport. Landed in Syracuse, NY at 10:30 a.m. Friday. Dad picked me up and our first stop was to see Katie Lou - yay!

Mom had made soup for lunch, so we went there next. Syreeta was SO excited to see me when we pulled in the driveway. Annabelle? Not so much. But then, she was only 6 months when I left 6 months ago, so, I guess she can't really be expected to remember her Auntie Rachel?! After lunch, I showered and took at nap. I woke up feeling much better, but just in time to get ready to go to the hockey game.

I wore my Allen jersey, because that's what I used to do. Saw lots of people and that was fun. The Sens are terrible, but the new goalie was pretty good considering he had no one in front of him! After the game, I met Tim & Tara at Flashbacks to see Bad Hair Day. FUN! People my age rocking out to music I know & love. So I hung out with them and Shimes and Steven (hot!) and Jimmy and Corey. (if you were there, you know that this was apparently quite hysterical...) ;) I left there at midnight because I was absolutely exhausted!

Saturday morning, Am and the girls came for brunch, then we went to both Starbucks and stopped at Walgreens before picking up Brozettis. Yum! I was raised on the jingle. "7-9 7-9 960 Call Brozettis for pizza to go!" Took the pizza home and ate before going to the hockey game - Dad, Am, Syreeta & I. The game was no better, but there were a couple of fights, which are, apparently, the only thing worth watching this year. (If anyone is interested or knows who these people are, I ran into Jim, Ron & Dennis!*) Went right home after the game and went to bed.

Sunday was meeting then dinner with the Doaks. I'm so thankful they invited us - I love hanging out with them. :)

Monday, I stopped to see LD on my way to Ithaca. Got to see the new Collegetown store. It looks like someone's living room - loved it! (Thanks Frankie!) That night was Annabelle's birthday party. It was just the family and we had spaghetti. Mom made the cake. It was fun to hang out with the family. :)

Tuesday, I opened at Front Street & got to run the drive-thru. That was fun, but it took a bit of getting used to as it's been 6 months since I had worked at drive-thru. I had a dentist appointment that afternoon and I have excellent teeth-health. :) Mom made her spelt-crust, no sauce pizza then we went to prayer meeting.

Wednesday I slept in a bit and showered and read the paper and suddenly realized that I needed to go to work. So I worked 11-4:45 and didn't get to play in the drive-thru. :( Then I went to Staples and bought a new flash drive (long story) and cd-rs to move my pictures from the PC at my parents to my laptop. (Yes, I could have used the flash drive, but, well, that's part of the long story!)

We went to dinner at Number 5. I had the Petite Greek Tenderloin, as usual. Yum! Salad & bread to start and cappuccino torte for dessert. So good! I haven't had steak since I left here in September when Johnny & Carla took me to Number 5 as a going away party.

Today, I slept in and went to lunch with Katie Lou, then stopped in to see Kevin. Yay. Then I went to visit Madeline in the nursing home. It's amazing how well she has recovered. She's 86 and had a knee replacement. And now we are off to visit Mom's Aunt Mary in a different nursing home.

More later!

xo