Reality of life.

Well I made it to the light at the end of the tunnel of my 4th, but not quite final, year at Penn State. Finals sucked every last bit of life out of me. I had two 8am finals and another one in the afternoon and I worked 20 hours (which is the most we are allowed to work while working for PSU and going to school). Needless to say, I was pretty delirious and my room was a wreck by the end of the week..... buut after all that work, even though I wasn't planning on it, my friends got me to go out to the Indigo with them. We did not even get there until midnight, but it was a GREAT way to end finals week. A couple drinks, a lot of dancing, and some pizza to finish off the night - instead of packing. :P

After 4 hours of sleep, a double shift on Friday, 2 coffees, a milkshake, and LOTS of loud music, dancing and singing, I made it to Virginia.. around 1 am Saturday morning. It's been a pretty uneventful weekend, which is just perfect because I am exhausted. Yesterday, we went to the Herberts for a cookout and game night. It was a really great time. Tonight, we had a mother's day dinner -- even though my grandmother could not even get out of bed. We had a great dinner - cheesy potatoes, they had some kinda beef and I had grouper, creamed spinich, and salad - great drinks - red wine, champagne, and some beer -  and great friends - Donna and Darrell. All was well until my dad sent me upstairs to check on my grandmother to see if she needed anything - even though if she did, she would never tell me. She just isn't doing that well, and it's really hard to see her so weak and fragile. It brought me to tears. I am just scared because I do not do well with losing people that I love. Hopefully she gets better soon, its hard to see her in pain.

Tomorrow is my last full day in Virginia, then its home, and then NYC. Hopefully the next week and a half is GREAT.