grey day here in the bay

went for today i helped my parents get to the airport to go home. that always makes me sad, but to do it in the rain and fog is just a little more fitting somehow. their visit was cut short two days in the beginning because my mom fell off my aunt's horse on christmas day. so those parents of mine spent christmas night at the emergency room. it was there that they found out that their flight had been moved to 12 the next day (instead of leaving at 10am). when they got up the next morning (packed and ready), they found out that their flight was bumped up two hour (leave at 8) instead of pushed back like they were told. so they had missed the flight. and my ma was ready to puke from the pain of just taking a shower. so my dad made the executive decision to come on sunday instead of friday. i was crushed. this meant that i would pick the parents up from the airport and take them to my brother's house instead of entertaining them in my town for a few days. so i pick them up, bring them to my house to open presents, and take them to ben's. it was made better because both dust and i stayed on my brother's couch, and took a tour of his winery the next day. then we left thinking the parents would be down here on thursday afternoon, and leave friday morning. but they had a better idea. they came back wednesday (new year's eve) and played with us all day yesterday, too. it was nice. i am sure i bored them to death. since my ma couldn't walk, we spent a lot of time indoors, but it was nice to just have them here. and now they know how dust and i live. we are boring, but we have a good time watching movies and just playing around the house. we picked up a free love seat on the side of the road while they were here. my dad and i sat on it while dust and claudiaforrest's car (it has a roof rack). i think my dad got a kick out of just sitting on the side of the road (holding the couch down) while two cars pulled up obviously trying to get the couch. (we won!!) and we got a good chuckle out of just following the couch home. at times all we could see in the traffic was a floating couch, so we knew it was ok. it is just the little things, you know. i showed them my school, too, but other than that there were no big things. it is nice just to know that they know where i am, what i do, and that sort of stuff. it always makes it feel more like home when the family comes to you. now i am off to find a new back to school outfit with my jcrew gift card. i got some sweet back to school shoes from the manix's. they are my dream shoes. so i am pumped. purple and aqua mary janes from john fluevog. you know i love that. so i guess i am ready to start school on monday. of course i have to do the dishes and the laundry. get caught up on home things, but now i can go back feeling like i had a break, you know. dust started back to work today. i think it was hard, but probably harder for me than him, because i know that now i will only see him in the evenings for 10 weeks, or until his schedule changes. but it too is only temporary. and this weekend we get shea, next weekend is claudia's birthday, and the manix's come. and the next week claudia comes to vermont. so keep your eyes peeled for her! i will try to be better about blogging more regularly. i do look forward to hearing from you all--so make your new year's resolution to be in better contact with us and we will do the same. love you all. happy new year, and don't forget to celebrate festivus for the rest of us. we have mastered "feats of strength," and "airing of grievances." what do you have mastered?