and in the end, you will always go back to the people who were there for you from the beginning.

sometimes, the best things are remembering the other best things. spring break continued.

Saturday was escentially a day long celebration of the 17th anniversary of Bevin's birth. bowling party, then after i went home for a little while before Bevin came to our house so we could take her to LAGUNA GRILLE for her birthday. even though the one close to us closed, we took her to the one further away. we ran around the strip mall while we waited for a table and acted like complete goofs. it was fantastic. Sunday was Palm Sunday where i sung with my favorite choir, then we went out to my grandparents' house in Huntington for St. Patricks day. my mom made corned beef and cabbage for about 30 of us and with the other unGodly amounts of food that were there, i don't know if i've ever been so full. and i got to see ALEX!!!! who i missed beyond belief. we kind of sat in a corner and went in the basement and acted completely antisocial. but we caught up, and that was important.

over the course of the weekend, I learned that an old friend of my grandpa's, known to my mother as "Uncle" Edmond, had passed away. Sunday was the beginning of Holy Week but we had to fit a wake and a funeral into it. this did result in something good though: GINA came down on Monday and we spent pretty much the whole day together. my mother took us to Target and we bought Easter presents and then Gina and I had dinner at Friday's before the wake. Tuesday i kind of schleped around, then went to the mall and dinner with my Arielle. i hung out in the parking lot at school for a while, just to kill time. haha. but Ari and i had a really great night. Wednesday i had to be up early for the funeral, which was really touching actually. i went back to school and then had choir practice. Thursday was Holy Thursday. i got my nails done during the day then went to Mass and out with Jaclyn, her bf, and the rest of the Bialers afterward at La Pace :-) Good Friday--made Pizza Rustica of course. then Service, then we went out to Smithtown to celebrate Aunt Leeny's birthday at H20. kind of made my life.

i also failed to mention that on Thursday, i broke my phone. by letting it bounce across the driveway. oy. on Saturday my dad and i had a really great morning when we went to get my phone replaced. we had starbucks and actually had some really good talks. came back, i went and picked up Bevin, and we came back to my grandma's to color eggs :-) Bevin and i hugged like 20 times when i dropped her back at her house. got dressed, Easter Vigil--one of my favorites. out to late dinner. Sunday was Easter and we were up early so i could go back to Church because i had to sing again. met the rest of the crew for brunch then back to my grandma's where we ate pizza rustica and played Red Dog (some sort of poker.) back to Salve yesterday.

i'm feeling kind of mixed about being back. i don't want to get back to doing stupid work and deal with the awkwardness of a particular situation. i think i'm going to make believe that it's not all that awkward. every time i pack to come back to Salve, it feels like i'm going on vacation when i'm really, really not. for some reason, i really miss North Carolina and my Trishie and Joseph. i randomly asked my mother if we could go to North Carolina in May. she said prob August which i think i can handle. i just hope i can see my babies before then.