The distance made my heart grow fonder.

I know it sounds dumb, cliched, etc., but after orgo lab today, I actually felt lighter. I turned in the last of my assignments this morning, and from here on out, it's smooth sailing to Bellerose.

We had a three day weekend mid-Feb, and I opted not to go home for a variety of reasons. My main reason was that I had no desire to go to my nephew's birthday party. Shoot me, I am a terrible person.

I regretted not going home that weekend initially, but now I'm glad I stayed in Boston. I wasn't ready to go home then. I had an overdose of my family and my town and whatnot over break, and it still wasn't completely out of my system in February. I love my family, I love my friends, and Bellerose is okay, but sometimes I just need to distance myself from it for a while.

It has definitely been longer than necessary, though. Almost two full months, actually. I'm ready. I am ready to argue with my parents over car insurance and with my mom over stupid shit like how I over pluck my eyebrows. I'm ready to try and sneak in some daytime drinking with my friends. I'm ready for movies at Movieworld and mid-day trips to Met Food. I'm ready to endure a night long family party that nobody really wants to go to. Bring it on, because honestly, I cannot wait.

Figure 1: During a "walk" this summer; Jess and Kelly in front of the 99cents plus or less.