There's No Place Like Home

This past week I was privileged to return home to celebrate my birthday. Choosing to work away from home the summer after my first year was a choice that I was not sure I was going to like. After going home for the week after finals, I was eager to return to school to start my summer job. Once June started, I was counting down the days until I would return home and spend time with the family and friends I had begun to miss quite terribly.

Driving home on a Friday night meant I could be home sooner and be with my family. My first weekend home I got a surprise visit from my friend Brittany and got to go to Boston with my friend Jackie and see the Bruins Parade, ending in one of the most painful sunburns I have had...complete with the awkward burn lines.

While I was home:

I saw this at my local library and spawned
me to reread the 7th HP!

Got to delve into my creative side and paint!

Wait for my birthday to arrive...Go to a concert with my friends...To see Taylor Swift!Complete with glowstick heartsand 13s written on the back of our hands!

I capped off the week at home with a day with my fabulous godmother, a trip to the beach and boardwalk with a few friends, a fire complete with s'mores and sparklers, and being with my family.

At the beginning of my time home I thought that a week home would be just fine, but as I left today I realized that there is so much more I wanted to do! I have appreciated my time home and I cherish all the wonderful adventures I have there :)