So, I'm home... and that makes me insanely happy. Most of you know that one of my biggest fears is being alone. Unless I need some alone time, I just hate it.... so right now, I'm alone. Dave doesn't fly in until Thursday... and he's at work right now, so I can't even call him... my parents are both in bed, because they both have to be up at 4 am tomorrow... Lynn's in bed for the same reason. Tommy just got home from work and went straight to bed, because he's exhausted and has class early tomorrow. My inside clock is WAY ahead... it's only quarter to 9 for me right now.... I won't be able to sleep sleep until at least midnight or 1 am, here, because I don't typically go to bed until close to 11:30 or midnight, PST. So, as someone who hates being alone involuntarily, here I sit. Alone.
And then, a voice inside me reminds me all of a sudden that I'm never alone. God's always right here with me... and I remember that I totally knew that and should have not been so silly as to sit here and be all alone-y feeling... *sigh* Nevermind. Duh, Mandy.
 Anyway, I'm excited to be home! I saw Michelle for a little bit today and it was the BEST ever. She made me a smoothie, but I'm pretty sure I saw her spit in it...  Then, tonight, I had dinner with my mom, my aunts, and 4 of 5 of my cousins on that side of the family at Chili's. Pretty freakin' good, actually. Okay, so I just started to launch into this whole list of what I was going to be doing this week, but instead, I'll make it in schedule form (not that you all care, but tough noogies):
Tuesday:
-have breakfast with my mom and a co-worker at Denny's
-visit old place of employment for a VERY short time
-do fun Maid of Honor duties in helping Holly pick flowers
-have enchiladas and a margarita with the girls after flowers
Wednesday:
-run a secret errand with my family
-see everyone at church and be all ecstatic about doing so
-shopping and manicures with Fathead
-coffee and swinging in the park with Fathead, Jessi, and (I HOPE) Adam
Thursday:
-pick up Dave from the airport
-have dinner with the Fantastic Four and their respective other halves
-enjoy Dave after having been apart for many days
Friday:
-Easter lunch/dinner? with my Dad's side of the family
-take Dave to see the Arch and me to see the new Busch Stadium (and take pictures, of which I'm going to have blown up and framed for the apartment)
-Go see "Benchwarmers" with Dave, Tommy, Jennifer, and Lynn (unless he has a hot date) and whomever else would like to join us
Saturday:
-return rental car
-go visit my Grandma's grave site (I miss her, guys.  )
-have Easter dinner and giant nighttime Easter egg hunt with my mom's side of the family
-spend lots of time with my mom and dad and brothers, because....
Sunday
-fly back to Seattle at 6 AM.
That's my week in a nutshell... I REALLY want to find time to see Emily and many others in that time period, too. I'm going to be weepy flying back to Seattle on Sunday. *sigh* I haven't missed an Easter Sunday church service EVER.... there was no other way to go about it, though. Also... I didn't really realize it until today, but... I so totally miss my mom. And... I'm not even going there, because I'll get all emo. I'll save that for my Jessi-head.
Gotta get going... going to pretend to go to sleep or something. | 
