I'm feeling calmer today. I think it's because I have a fun weekend planned. Lindsay has off all next week (lucky!) so she's driving here from State College to spend the weekend. Jennifer is coming down from New York, and Lauren is coming over too so we're all having a girl's weekend. Molly and I just got back from the grocery store. We loaded up on junk food for the weekend and Natalie picked up a bunch of chick flicks - including one of my favorites, "Never Been Kissed."

This weekend will hopefully keep me from going crazy with anticipation. I can't wait until Josh is home. Even just knowing that he'll be in the States will make me feel better. I will just feel more at ease knowing that he's home. I talked to him this morning and he said that he's happy to be coming home but also stressed because he'll be missing a lot of classes since there is no Thanksgiving break in England.

We made our plans for next weekend. He's going to pick me up in Newark on Saturday and then we're going to go into Manhattan Saturday night. We're going to stay at his aunt's place and then hang out in the city on Sunday. Keith will be returning that day so we're going to meet up with him for lunch. I would prefer to have Josh all to myself but I understand that he wants to see his friend. I guess I can share for a little while...

I talked to Alex this morning. He was getting ready to fly to Hawaii for the week to spend the holiday with his parents. He complains about going there which I think is nuts. I wish my parents would move to Hawaii. How great would that be? He had made a compromise with them to go home for Thanksgiving because he wants to spend Christmas in Pennsylvania. He said he's not into the whole "Mele Kalikimaka" thing. (You have no idea how long it took me to figure out how to spell that!) He said he wants the kind of Christmas that he's used to. Lauren is very happy about this because it looks as though the Andersons will be taking Alex in for the holiday.

Well, I've got to get going. I have to pick Jen up at the train station.