what a weekend

so, i guess i'll never know what the first weekend of college feels like, since i went home. yep, saturday morning i got up early and caught the train to go home for a quick visit. jamie was in town and i wanted to get the chance to see and spend some time with her before she headed back to utah. i'm really glad i did go home too; i don't regret not staying for the beach day and all, although i'm sure that would have been fun too.

so, saturday morning. i made my way down to the train station (makes me think of that song when i was little "down by the station, early in the morning...") and got on a train to go home. i must admit, it was a pretty neat experience. it travels right on the coast and through the hills, so it's some pretty good scenery. when i was one stop away from my destination, a lady got on and asked if the seat next to me was taken. i told her it wasn't and so she sat down. in those 20 mins, i not only learned where she was from and where she was going, i found out why she was going there, how many kids she has with names and ages, her and her husband's professions, her religion and the techniques she uses to home school her. not that it was a bad thing, just surprising.
when i arrived at the train station, katie and my mom were waiting for me to take me back to the house, where, justin, jamie, my mom and i began cooking and getting ready for the rest of the family to come over for a nice dinner and swim.
later that night, we spent our time playing Loaded Questions (awesome board game. if you have never played it, you must!) and then looking for a movie to go to. we were sitting on the couch searching movies that are out and jamie suggests we go see "All about Steve". justin gasps and in a totally non-joking way goes "oh is that the one with sandra bullock and bradley cooper...he is such a hottie! or at least some girls think he is." jamie and i just stopped and stared, not really knowing what to say. funny, funny.
jamie, justin, my mom and i did end up seeing that movie, which was enjoyable. sandra bullock is always funny, however, it wasn't her best. i do think the three of us enjoyed it more than justin though...not enough blood and guts for him, but there was bradley cooper (haha never gonna let him live that down).
when we returned, my cousin's and i ended up searching serial killers online until all hours of the morning. or at least jamie was, justin and i passed out on my bed around 1am, while jamie was sitting creepily in the corner with the computer.
in the morning, we three made our way to huntington beach and you have to know that half the fun is getting there. we were driving next to a car with it's windows down (as were ours) and the car happened to look rather dull. no one was talking or singing. just a guy and girl in the front seats staring blankly. so, justin goes "hey, lets all pretend to be fighting when we get up to this next stoplight."
we roll on up to the light and immediately jamie yells "how could you, justin? she was my best friend!". justin starts yelling back at her and then i scream "guys not while we are driving! we are going to crash! can't we all just get along!" then justin turns to me and goes "you shut up, woman!" and we started hitting each other. the car next to us was dumbfounded, as they watched with utter looks of horror on their faces. oh, it was hysterical!
after that we continued to enjoy being our crazy self's and enjoyed the beach thoroughly.
well, i'm defiantly glad i got to spend some quality time with the family and now i'm back at westmont trying to get through to the weekend once again.
stay tuned for more updates in the near future.