Home Again

I got to come home for the first time in almost 3 months!  Angenette's birthday is on Halloween, so I knew I would be coming home this weekend, but I thought it would be the usual arriving Saturday-morning-at-3am and leaving-Sunday-night-at-9pm routine.  Then Christine and I talked and she said that she was going to come up and surprise Ange, and she would probably be coming up Thursday night.  That sounded great to me because then I could have a full two days to see the people I really wanted to see, do the things I really wanted to do, and I wouldn't be completely exhausted!  Well, Christine decided she was way too excited to get home to wait until Thursday, so she made the executive decision to drive up on Wednesday night.  This meant that I would have to skip two classes on Thursday, but the itch for the foggy weather was too much, so Christine, her roommate Alex, and I arrived in Los Osos early Thursday morning.  

It has been a wonderful weekend so far!  On Thursday I spent most of the day in San Luis with my mom, shopping for Angenette's birthday.  We didn't end up buying much, but we were able to spend several wonderful hours together just talking and having a great time.  I don't remember the last time I was able to spend that much quality time with my mom, and I enjoyed it so much.  I miss my mom so much when I'm gone so it was great to be able to spend that time with her.  It meant a lot to both of us.

Later on Thursday night my friend Miquela (we worked together at Pizza Solo in summer of '07) came and met me downtown and we had dinner at Pizza Solo (thanks, Rebekah!!) and then walked through Farmer's Market for a while.  It was MADNESS.  I don't know if I have ever seen so many people.  Half of them were carrying signs either for or against Prop 8 and yelling.  Then there were all the families with little kids all dressed up (SO adorable!!) and all the adults that were dressed up (masks freak me out...).  The whole thing just seemed so surreal... I had never been downtown during the Halloween trick or treat thing so it was completely new to me!  Imagine that... living in a place for 17 years and then when I come home on a college break I experience something new.  Crazy.

On Halloween (today) I got to go to lunch with John (former owner of Subway, where I worked for two years) and Amy (former manager of said Subway).  I hadn't seen either of them in far too long, so it was wonderful to be able to catch up with them.  We had a great lunch at Cornerview ... Restaurant?  Bakery?  I'm not quite sure of the exact name.  Then Cristen came and met me and Amy downtown and we all searched for Halloween costumes because they wanted to go out later.  Amy found some stuff and then she left while Cristen enjoyed reading some books over at Barnes and Noble.

Cristen and I ended up going out to eat with some of her friends at The Clubhouse in SLO.  We were all dressed up and had a fairly good time.  Cristen and I got a little tired so we left early, and then when Cristen and Amy and a few others decided to stay out later I opted out and went home.  I enjoyed watching last night's episode of "The Office" with Robert, and all I have left to do is go to sleep in Kathrene's wonderfully comfortable bed! 

What a relaxing weekend!

(I wish I had pictures to post, but in my hurry to leave I left my camera in my room!  I'll be missing it all weekend. :( :( :(  )