I just got home from marathon shopping. I'm exhausted. My mom dragged me out of bed at 4:00 a.m. so that we could get an early start. We shopped for almost 10 hours. I didn't buy much because I don't feel like dragging it back home on the plane with me but my mom was crazy. She may have single handedly revived the American economy. I've never seen anything like it. She gives new meaning to the term "unbridled consumption." I'm kind of worried because I don't know how she can afford to go crazy like that. Now that she and my father are separated she doesn't have access to all of his money. Who is going to pay these bills? Plus, she's planning to move to Pennsylvania in a few months! She has no place to live there. She has no job there. I'm just frustrated by her lack of planning or consideration for the future.

I'm actually glad that I'm spending the evening with my father. He has been surprisingly amazing this trip. He hasn't had one drop of alcohol the whole time I've been here. He's charming and funny and smart. I wish he were always like this. I think I'd really like him if I could just trust him. The problem is that I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop. I keep expecting to walk in on him sitting in his chair drinking scotch from the bottle and slobbering all over the place.

I talked to Josh this morning. He's really jet-lagged. He said that he wants to be on Eastern time because he wants to do things with his family and friends, but he knows he's going back to England in three days and doesn't want to have to readjust to their time. I teased him that he was like Elise (my roommate last spring who refused to live on Eastern Time the whole semester.) He insisted it wasn't that bad. I told him that I'd be the judge of that. He laughed and said, "I'm sure you will."

He's going to a party at Ron's house tonight (one of the doo-wop guys). I told him that he better make sure to get enough sleep because I want him to be awake tomorrow when I get home. He said, "I'm pretty sure the jolt of electricity I get from kissing you will keep me from falling asleep." So cute! He assured me that he won't fall asleep on me.

Well, I am going to head over to Natalie's. We're going to Siesta Key to lie on the beach for a few hours before dinner.