I will have the bacon cheeseburger with a side of a corndog and chicken nuggests... no, that is really an option.

Hello friends and family! I am sorry that I didn't make it to the blog yesterday. It was quite a busy day and a little stressful because of it being James' birthday and me missing the living daylights out if him! I had a ton to do on my paper and then I had to get some sleep because I was just pooped! But, here I am today and ready to fill you in on all the fun of last week! I have to say that the good times certainly did not stop in Houston! On Tuesday, Jolyn had to head to work in the morning, so I did some work on my paper, packed, and was sad about leaving Houston. I had a great time! She came home from work early and (looking rather dapper) took me to get some lunch and head to the airport. We ate at Whataburger, which I thought was hilarious! It was very tasty. We just found a good spot on a bench and enjoyed the food and eventually a sad goodbye!!


She looks amazing!


I love my Big Sister!

I got back to the apartment after midnight on Tuesday night! I was so exhausted and poor Kasey had to pick me up! She even had to get up early on Wednesday! I got to sleep in a little on Wednesday, but I had to pack to get back out of town on Wednesday night. I got through packing and I was about ten minutes from leaving for class when I got an email that said that my flight from Syracuse to NYC was cancelled!! Oh no! I was so ready to get down to see my friends. What a disappointment?! I called and got al the flights changed and ended up heading out at six am on Thursday morning. Kris ended up taking me to the airport. He picked me up at 4:30 am! Yikes. It was way too early! When I got to JFK, I was hanging out at this table where I could use the internet and started messing around with this computer screen that was set on the table. I suddenly realized that it was a place to order food... but there wasn't a restaurant around. I called my mom for some support asking if she thought I should buy something. I totally had to! And, I did. It was super cool. This woman just appeared out of practically no where with my food and a reciept for me to sign! Then she was off, and it was a glass plate! HA! It was crazy. It was worth the $10.




It was pretty delicious!

Once I finally got to Charlotte, (after being 48th for take-off on the runway from JFK) Melissa was there and happy to have me back in my old homeland! It was SO great to see her! She is my biggest connection with James. She is why I met him, so having her makes me feels a little closer to him... not to mention being with her is the best- period!! I love her! We hung out during the day. I saw the place where she works (very nice) and we ate at a drivethru called CookOut. It was so good. The burger was huge and the side items included choices like chicken nuggets and corndogs, which I thought was hilarious! I got onion rings and french fries! Yum! Melissa and I hung around the apartment and got some chicken wings for dinner. She likes chicken wings now!!! I didn't know she could get any better!! :-) After sleep, I dropped Melissa at work and used her car to drive over to Cyzner to see all my friends! It was so much fun! We got to talk wedding talk and I got to meet all the new kids, plus see some of the older kids were still there! You should see how big they are! Crazy! Kasey is super excited about her wedding! So am I! I can't believe how close it is. We are going to have such a blast! After hanging with my peeps, I headed back to get Melissa. We had to take her car in for a little problem. Cyrena picked us up with her little one Rebecca. Now, that little girl is adorable! Would you believe she is about 16 months old and she rolled her eyes at Melissa!?! She has the best facial expressions! Eventually, we got the car back and got ready for dinner with friends at Brixx! MMMmmm, I love Brixx! We had the best time! I love old friends and reunioning! We had a blast!!






It's a boy.


Cyrena is having another baby! Hooray!!



Friday night we stayed up late so that the Latina girls could make shirts to surprise Sam because she just had a sweet little baby and we were going to celebrate on Saturday. In true Latina fashion, there was lots of bling to be had! Melissa and I got up on Saturday and ate some delicious Chick-Fil-A and then headed out to meet the girls and see Sam and Parker. It was so much fun!


SB and Sianneth


The Latina ladies minus Mami.


Apparently, I was super excited. He is so cute!


Precious. He is perfect!


I have the world's greatest friends! I am lovin' this picture!


He is a flippin' porcelain doll! Look at that face!


:-)


Are they having a moment? She should make some babies!


She is MY hero!!


One of my little sisters. We are too cute!


How cute are they?!

After hanging out with the girls and sweet little Parker for a while, Melissa and I headed back to her apartment. I started talking about food again... of course, but Melissa said no, so I decided I might be able to persuade her to get ice cream. It turned out that wasn't too hard. We went to Marble Slab and enjoyed some of that goodness and headed back to the apartment to relax before going out later. So, suddenly there was a knock at the door and who should it be? My family!! Hooray!! For whatever reason, I didn't think that they were going to be making the trip, they got me! It was really fun to see them, it had been since Christmas. I was very impressed that Melissa knew that they were coming and didn't give me a single hint! It will come as no shock to most of you that we went out to dinner. We couldn't think of any place to go and ended up with Firebirds. We had previously been there and not liked it, but we gave it a second chance two years later. They deserved that second chance! It was incredible!! YUUMMM!




I stinkin' love this girl!!!!!


My Brother, John Paul, and his lovely Wife, Sam.


"John Paul and Sam came? I don't believe it, this is great!!" hehe.


What do you think happened here?


My Mom and Dad are by far the greatest people on the planet! I love them times a million!


My parents and there other wonderful child.


Do not- I repeat: Do not put your hand near that plate! ha!


I am a happy girl!


This was so so good. I need another one of those: Pronto!


The only way to end any meal, I say!

We headed over to the hotel for a few minutes and then Melissa and I had to head back home. We had to get up around four to get to the airport on time. We made it and I barely remember much of the flight. I was so tired from the combination of fun and, the obvious, no sleep that I was passed out. Kasey, so very kindly, took me out to lunch when I got home. It was Zebbs and super yummy. I finished a bit of my paper and then I literally passed out for several hours. When Kasey woke me up for dinner, I didn't even know what was going on. I headed right back to sleep. Yesterday was James' birthday. It was really hard to be without him and be thinking about him (even more than usual) all day. I drove his car to work. It still smells like him, which I love. When I got home to find multiple emails from him I was FLOORED with excitement. It has been almost four weeks since I heard from him, so I have been tortured with that missing. Just a simple I love you completely made my week... my four weeks! I love that boy so much! Even better still, I had organized a little bit of birthday joy to send him, getting a collection of people to send cards that I could put in the box I sent with him, plus I reminded people to email him, plus some people probably just email him on their own, so he got tons of love going his way! He emailed me again today telling me how much mail he got and how he thought he was going to be reading forever. He was SO happy in the email. I could feel his excitement. I got a complete high off of his email. His happiness is everything to me. I can't thank everyone who helped out enough. I know you just did it because you love him too, but it still made my day as well, so thanks for that! Now, I am getting ready for a big presentation for the thesis tomorrow! You will have to wait until next week to get the story on that!!

Have the most fabulous rest of you week! I will keep spreading this smile that I can't get enough of!

Be safe, Sweet Sailor, and hurry home to me!
I love you.

always,
Jamie