WOWOWOWOWOW...I have been horrible about consistently posting so when I do they are like mini novels. Lets see...this past week has flown by and now I have started the 3 week countdown until I am home for summer! Definitely a bittersweet subject and we all got a little choked up and changed the subject at dinner tonight. But anyways, updates are in order!!!

Lauren finally made it to my home in Santa Clara on Wednesday day after a long and delayed day of driving. While this time I didn't cry saying goodbye I definitely shed some tears of joy when she got here. Everyone else has had the opportunity to show off our amazing school to their best friends from home except for me so I was utterly overjoyed when she arrived. Lets just say it was a scene that only best friends know how to make :) After the shortest and most surreal 10 hours of my life her and Jordan packed up and were on the road again. It literally did not feel real that she had stayed the night, cuddled, and spent time in this new place that has developed into home for me. However, even though that visit was short and sweet Lauren will be flying back down here this Monday and she is all mine until Thursday!!! Greatest birthday treat ever :)

This weekend was yet another absolutely insane but memorable weekend. Mariah and Emily's best friend from home, Chelsea was here, as was their other best friend from home Cassie. Cassie has visited before but seeing the four of them together and seeing that dynamic of old friends was incredible. I was jealous, excited, nostalgic etc. that they got to clash two worlds into one. We had some fun nights with the girls and Saturday night we prepared for Sunday aka one of the longest/craziest/memorable days in history. Friday night we went to Safeway to get snacks and breakfast for Bay to Breakers the next morning. I have seriously never seen a Safeway that crowded in my entire life except for on Thanksgiving/Christmas Eve. We made sandwiches and got bagels for an early morning. We all tried getting to bed early but to no avail and were up in 3 short hours starting to get ready for the big day. Bay to Breakers is an annual race in San Fran where everyone dresses in absolutely insane outfits (some really hard core people go in the nude...but not us) and make their way through a 7.83 mile course. My dad has run this before and asked several times if that was what we planned on doing. Lets just say we maybe made it 2 miles haha. We made our way over to the CalTrain stop around 5:20 am and lets just say if we had been there 10 minutes later we would have either a) Been trampled to death trying to get on the train or b) not made the train. Luckily we were up near the front but literally I have never seen such a mad scramble to get on any form of transportation. At one point or another all of us were pressed up against the train and literally had no control over our movement. I was the last to get on the train out of my friends and thank God I did. Complete and Utter Chaos were the words of the day. There were 1500 people on our train and whenever I've taken the train into the city there are maybe a 100 so quite a different experience. The train ride included chants, people doing illicit things, and at one point I climbed over the railing to say hi to Curtis who was in town for the weekend as well! Once we got off the train the chanting continued and there was a huge party outside the station. We finally made our way to the starting line (after I adamently made someone get doughnut holes with me :) ) and we were off! Long story short we didn't make it to the "Breakers" or the beach but made it to Swig Sweet Swig around 1:30. We were all passed out until about 4 and it was amazing. I am still definitely recovering as is the rest of the school because literally it seemed like everyone was there.

On a side note...yesterday was my high school's last day of school for the seniors. I was talking to Megan and we were reminissing about how strange a feeling it is to be done with such a huge part of your life. Especially for us due to the fact we were at the same school for 13/14 years, you go through such a rush of emotions--many of which still feel so fresh to me. CONGRATULATIONS TO MEGS AND THE REST OF THE CLASS OF 2010...one step closer to graduation and starting the next chapter of your lives :)

After such an amazing weekend I have home to look forward to. I need to make it through the next day and a half and before I know it I will be home for a long weekend!!!

The rest of the year is going to fly by; I know I've said this before but after coming back from being home Lauren will be here and so will Connor!, Shwayze&Irration, BIRTHDAY!, Memorial Day Weekend, then last week of classes and finals, and home ♥

Time is a companion that goes with us on a journey. It reminds us to cherish each moment, because it will never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we have lived