explain to me why life goes by so fast.

so, i'm no longer freshmeat. that's good and bad i suppose. i feel...old. i don't mean my parents old, but i'm the same age as a girl that i used to baby-sit for when i baby-sat FOR her. i told Shane that i was feeling old...and he said "well, how do you think I feel?" he makes a point, after having been DONE with college for a year (so not looking forward to that). doesn't mean that i don't feel...old!

the calendar is the same as it was when i was in eighth grade aka the most amazing school year. it makes me feel like eighth grade was literally yesterday, even though it was five years ago and my cousin Trish is five now. she was born the night before i left for Washington, DC in eighth grade and i feel like she was just born and Mer was just pregnant for her...five years later, she's getting ready for kindergarten, Mer also had Joseph, my parents are married for 25 years, Uncle Joe and Alex are engaged, and I JUST FINISHED MY FIRST YEAR OF COLLEGE. where, oh where, did the time go?

i wasn't exactly too keen on going home because going home meant saying..goodbye. but i'll say that it went over well. it really, really did. we ran into Rachel and her dad in ocean coffee roasters on saturday morning before we left to come back to NY. we got back around 4:30 ish, to the driveway all decorated by Lexi, my neighbor, that same girl who i used to baby-sit for who's going to be starting HIGH SCHOOL next year...i sat for her when she was six and i was twelve. my parents left me balloons and my grandmother came over, then we unpacked a lil, i picked up Bevin (and we hugged forever) and we met Aunt Leeny and company and Uncle Joe and Alex for dinner. we re-located to LAGUNA in westbury b/c we couldn't get a table. we closed the restaurant. amazing first night back.

mother's day on sunday-the crew from the Italian family came down and aside from my getting a headache from the loud voice volume, we had a fantabulous dysfunctional day. today i woke up at 12:30, and loafed around pretty much all day. out to dinner, then back to watch the most amazing HOUSE episode of the season. seriously...AMBER? House's taste has gotten worse..Stacy and Cuddy are so much better for him.

i'm so happy to be back with the greatest people ever, but i really miss the other greatest people ever. i'm actually IM'ing with Claire right now and Rachel put a buttload of pictures up today and i realized how much i missed everyone. i know that it's only been two days but still...it's just weird to not get up and meet Claire in the hallway to go walk over to Jazzmans. it's weird to not yell over to Kaoru and Greg and tell them that They've Lost The Game. and at the same time, time just fell back into place here. i feel as though i've never left. the no schoolwork aspect, however, is pretty damn cool.