homecoming

well. i pulled an all-nighter from thursday to friday... wished off Lauren and Glorianne at the bus stop at about 7 am... then Janae and Eric helped me finish packing, we went to Erics to help him finish packing, then we spent the rest of the night being together, it was a little grim since we were lonely without three of out six. but being with each other was enough. i fell sleep on their couch before being woken up by eric.. it was curfew. we said our good-byes... sadly... and quickly so as to not inflict too much pain. :( i went home and watched movies with erika and did the final cleaning touches to the apartment. then said my final good-bye to Emily Hayes... it was teary but not sobbing. erika and i watched another movie then i.. totally exhausted, fell asleep at about 3am. three hours later erika woke me up and we walked our luggage down to the bus stop and hopped on i texted Heidi so i could keep her updated on where i was. i was so excited to go home and see her again. the bus had tangled playing... but i was still so tired so i fell asleep almost immediately. i woke up about 30 minutes away from the Salt Lake airport. Erika and i waited with Mary-Kate Wilding, Marie Andrew, and Colin Selin in the terminal for about 45 minutes, i texted heidi again to let her know, then we were called to board. Erika and i were in the first section so we boarded relatively early. We sat in a seat soon to be joined by a young college student who was studying computer science at BYU-Provo. he was very nice, and willing to have a full-on conversation with Erika and I... ohhh the things that happen in the mormon world. the plane took off and i again, almost immediately fell asleep. when i woke up we were somewhere over North Dakota. so... 3 hours left. i watched a little bit of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince then fell asleep again. so i let Erika watch Phantom of the Opera on my mac. when i woke up again we were about 45 minutes away from Baltimore. finally. so i continued to watch Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince until we landed. we then got off the plane and headed for the next terminal. we used the free wifi for about 45 minutes. i let erika go on as well since she left her laptop in rexburg for the break. i texted heidi to let her know i was finally on the final flight to come home. she said she was excited and that she'd be waiting at home for me. Erika and i (and the rest of the Albany Stake People)  boarded our final flight from Baltimore to Albany. it was supposed to take 45 minutes, so Erika and i started to finish watching Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, but 26 minutes later,  we were there! whoo-hoo! i texted heidi to tell her i made it home safely... she was like  "YAY! can't to see you!" Erika and i walked through the terminal. We looked up to find Brian and Bradley waving frantically at us from the top floor... then they disappeared. we met them at the bottom of the stairs, i was really really happy to see them. Brian let out "look who we found waiting for you..." i looked over to where my parents were and to my surprise, Heidi, Nick, Larry, and Dale were all there too! i couldn't even describe it. i thought i was dreaming. i ran over to heidi and burried her in a hug. it was awesome. then i attacked nick, dale, and larry. then i realized how awful i must have looked. i hadn't showered in about 2 days, i was wearing a sweater and some leggings, no make-up and i had huge bags under my eyes from lack of sleep.. haha charming. i was so happy to see heidi and nick again. they left early so they could get home. while mom, dad, erika, brian, bradley and i made our was to baggage claim, where we claimed our baggage then drove home. i was so tired i fell asleep again! i woke up in the garage. walked my suitcases and stuff up to my room, showered, changed, ate a peanut butter and jelly sandwhich, then went to bed. at 7am the next day i was up getting ready for church! it felt like 5am... oh wait... it was in rexburg time! haha. it was nice to see everyone at church. but i was just glad to be in a place where there was hot showers, my own room/bed, free laundry, and unlimited delicious food. i was home!