August 16, 2010 9:00AM

Good morning!

So! My adventure was..... (drum roll) MY PARENT'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY!!!

(Their actual anniversary is in April, but this is when they could get their friends together and the house clean).

So yeah! At 2:30 PM on Friday, Tony picked me up and took me to the airport for my 3:45 PM flight to Newark. Then I caught a flight to Houston, and I arrived safe and sound at 9:15 PM. Luke drove my welcoming crew home (Dee and Dad came along), and then I gave Mom a big hug when I walked in the door!

Dee, Luke, and I stayed up until about 12:30 AM talking and using the internet - hee hee - and then I crashed and slept like a little baby!

I got up and showered and munched on some cereal by 8:30 AM - and then I was cleaning, cleaning, cleaning!! I cleared off counters, washed the mirror in the bathroom, designed signs showing where the bathrooms and recycling were, and stirred up a lot of dust. At around noon, Mom and I drove her car over to the Memorial High School Band Car Wash, waving at Luke as he served snow cones to people for a buck.

Then I started all of the music stuff - copying disks into my iTunes so we could run a 6 hour playlist throughout the party. Everyone had a chance to put in their two cents about what they wanted to hear during the party - Dee didn't have a chance to give me the songs she wanted, but Dad put in enough to last three hours... :P

Then it was party time, and a flurry of chopping, serving, cleaning, and panic-ing ensued. In fact, I can't remember anything until after most everyone had gone, and even then it's blurry.

I didn't help with the clean-up as much as I probably should have, but I was exhausted and crawled wearily into bed for another night of sweet sleep.

Then on Sunday, we went to church, and they dropped me off at the airport for my two flights back home to RAH-CHAH-CHAH!!! This time I flew through Cleveland, and when I got off my plane in CLE, I ran to my next gate since it had already started boarding! But I made it in time, and I zoned out on the plane again!

A funny thing - when I got off the plane in Rochester, I dropped my bag. As I was coming up after picking it up, I looked right into the eyes of a familiar face - the Korean waiter!!! (Backstory - Back in June, I proposed to this waiter at our favorite restaurant - a Korean place - and he completely blew me off! It was intended as a joke anyway, but he has been avoiding our table since then (except one time when the restaurant was busy) so this was a really awkward encounter).

Yeah, so I saw him and he saw me and there was this moment that just destroyed any sleepy-ness I had left in me. I ended up mumbling, "I'll see you this week..." and scurrying down the runway (he was waiting for a gate-checked suitcase). So embarrassing! But I didn't even have a reason to be embarrassed! Except for dropping my bag!

Anyways, Tony came and picked me up, and I fed him some of the cake I brought back. Then I kicked him out at 10:30 PM and fell asleep.

This morning I woke up, feeling refreshed and wide awake (except I kept falling asleep again). I came into work and here I am!

I hope you all enjoyed your weekend, and I'll chat again tomorrow!