there's no place like home.

i went home yesterday to watch the duck game. let me tell you, there is nothing that i enjoy as much as being home. it's further proof that i am an old lady inside, but i love spending time with my family more than anything. we gathered at my cousin emily's and watched on her big screen tv and played with ayden. of course, it was a bittersweet evening, since the game didn't really go how i wanted (but i'm still sooo proud of my team for making it all the way to the national championship). anyway, ayden was so stinking cute it made me wanna puke. i love him.

and of course, my mom made sure scrappy got all the attention he deserved:

it was also really nice to hang out with emily and james. we got in some quality games of pictionary man (if you haven't played it yet, you need to) and of course, our favorite, yahtzee. it was kind of tough heading back to corvallis. i guess i haven't really gotten used to not going home every weekend like i used to last term. i miss my family a lot. but thankfully, aunt libby is learning to skype and hopefully the rest of the family will follow suit soon (ridiculous as that is going to be).
tomorrow my other roommates get back, which will be nice. i won't lie to you, i spent most of the weekend (the part that i wasn't working/babysitting, that is) laying in bed and watching re-runs of gilmore girls and chelsea lately. i love being lazy.
the disappointment of the game and not having as much time with the fam as i would like was slightly remedied this morning when i went on verizon and saw this:

yes, yes, the iphone is finally coming to verizon. shallow as it may be, i could barely breathe with excitement when i found that i am eligible for an upgrade on march twenty-eighth. it doesn't take rocket science to figure out what i'm going to do that day, but i got some saving up to do which means more working for me!