already august?

i can't believe it is already august. gah, where is time going? it has been a good last week in the states. tuesday night i went to dinner with my parents, then on wednesday - my birthday i didn't really do much, so it was a nice relaxing day :) my mom and i took clyde the silly kitten to the vet where he did break his paw and now he has a big blue cast. i think it is pretty funny :) but i do feel bad for him because all he wants to do it go outside, but we aren't letting him. after that my sister called and since it was her night off, her and ryan were going to the mall so she invited me because she felt sorry for me. haha. it was fun though :)

thursday i was busy and took my mom to work so i could have her car, where i went to walmart and then the other mall to get things i want for ireland. i mostly got makeup and other things that i can't get in ireland that i like. then i went to old navy and got a few things and then i was a good daughter and brought my mom lunch and we ate at work. so then i went to the mall to get perfume - it is sooo expensive in ireland and i also went to hallmark to stock up on some cute cards. i also treated myself to coldstone ice cream :) soooo yummmmy! then it was time to head to the grocery store to stock up on peanut butter, mac&cheese, goldfish, sweedish fish (it is serious thesis time) and a few other foods i want. the way i see it is i have 2 almost empty suitcases so might as well bring back some food :) then i went and had dinner at my aunts and it was a good evening. it was good to see the kids, they were so excited about their weekend in boston and it was nice to talk to my aunt and cousin. so that was a fun evening.

i can't believe it is friday and i go back on monday. i need to start thinking about packing. it will be nice to be back in ireland but i am going to miss the warm weather and sunshine, being in the same time zone, easy phone calls and driving. the only thing i am not looking forward to is getting back working on the thesis, gah. but only 2 more months, and i'm almost 3/4 written with my adviser liking both of the chapter's he has read. so i'm in the home stretch now. i can do it! (and having 3 huge bags of sour patch kids will help!)

tonight i am meeting up with twin and hopefully db? the last time i saw db was summer 2005, right before i was headed to ireland the first time. tomorrow is an afternoon with becca :) blasting the madonna, windows down and singing loudly! then dinner with the fam, then going out to meet a few high school friends. it should be interesting as i haven't seen these girls since 2005? i think it was right after i got home from ireland last time? sunday is seeing my uncle and the twins, then taking michael to camp!! yay! the little bro is finally going to camp! and then out with my parents. so many things in so little time!

oh! and i am soo excited by this! my old pen pal holly and i are back in contact! we lost touch around jr/senior year of college and she no longer has facebook, so i would send her emails to the last known email address i had and earlier this week i had a gchat request from her! and we've emailed a few times and i've already written her a real letter. sooo excited to be back in touch with her, because i have a huge shoebox full of letters from her and it was fabulous getting to finally meet her summer of 2004. so YAY!