home again, home again

i am very glad to be home. i got home last thursday and it's been nothing but go go go from then.

the train ride was enjoyable since i didn't have to travel alone (barrett was on the same train). when i arrived at union station, i had to wait a bit for my family to get me. somehow they were 55 minutes late picking up justin, 30 minutes late picking up me, yet we were only 5 minutes late for our dinner reservation at a place called the Pacific dining car. it was a very nice restaurant and the food was delicious. i actually ordered a steak, which is quite unusual for me, but it was one of the best filet's i've ever had. after this quite enjoyable dinner, we went back to the house and just hung out for a while, talking until gary and justin wanted to watch a movie, which didn't turn out to be any good and put my mom and i to sleep. since the movie failed, gary went to bed and my mom, justin and i ended up talking for an hour and a half about everything from names we liked and didn't like to different world perspectives on death; quite a broad conversation.
we went to bed late and were up early so i could take justin to the airport for his flight back home to utah. friday i was able to simply relax and saturday was another relaxing day, spent by playing a much needed four hours of tennis. i haven't played in 2 months! and now that i've played again, i don't know how i went 2 months without it! first i hit for a while with scott and then gary wanted to play, so i went straight from one tennis court to another. gary and i played a couple sets and just as i was winning, my strings on my second racket decided they and had enough and snapped (i'd broken my first racket strings a while back and just hadn't gotten it re-strung).
sunday was another relaxing day and then monday i was able to see julie for a while. i haven't seen her since august! we enjoyed time to catch up and hang out.
anyway, i've got to be going, but in addition to having fun, i've also been able to spend lots of time with my little sister. my parents are taking advantage of again having a built in babysitter :) but, i don't mind; she is fun for the most part ;)
hope all is going well in your lives!