Home for the weekend!

This weekend, I am home, yippee!!  I love my hometown, and I love getting to spend time with my family.  I love getting to drive a car again (and sing in the car!) and go to a real shopping mall/shopping plaza and eat at chain restaurants.  Honestly.  All of the things that a lot of city people turn their noses up at - I actually heard a girl say that only idiots would go eat at Olive Garden when they live in New York City (umm, hello, maybe some people just like the Olive Garden!) - are things that I love and miss about home.  The city certainly has its perks, and it's growing on me, but it still doesn't feel like home yet.

My primary reason for the trip home was to serve on an alumni panel at orientation for one of my alma maters, which is always fun.  Last time I was on the panel, I saw my cousin (who I knew would be there), but also ran into another guy I worked with when I was an undergraduate, and he was just a high schooler.  Now he's in graduate school, and wow, did that ever make me feel old.