this &that & 21!!

ok. so. i've actually turned out to be pretty terrible at this thing. but, since i go to school full time & work 2 jobs, i think i sorta have an excuse. they pretty much run my life. almost every single day i leave my apartment about 7:30, or 8:30 (depending on which day) and don't usually return for good until about 9:30 pm. i'm so ready for a break i'm about to pull my hair out! but. that's not the point of this...

after pretty much the longest week of my life, i got off work friday afternoon to come home & pack my bag to head on up the road to clemson to start my 21st birthday weekend. as soon as i walk out of the building, i get a call from my mom telling me that my grandma, who lives across the country, is very sick & unresponsive. she started bleeding internally the night before & they still weren't able to get her to keep any blood, much less find out where it was coming from. they didn't know how much pain she was in (because she wasn't repsonding), so they gave her some medicine to make her comfortable. & that was pretty much it. about 3 hours later, my dad calls & tells me that grandma meadows passed away. this was literally as i was getting ready to walk out the door to go start celebrating my birthday. i haven't seen my grandma since i was in 6th grade when my whole family flew out to cali to see her after she had moved out there the year before because of her health conditions & needing someone to take care of her...so that kinda hit me hard. knowing how my grandma was, i knew she'd be madder than a hornet at me if i stayed around & moped. especially because there's nothing i could do here in SC.

so. after loosing the 2nd grandparent in less than 2 years (when i've only had 3 my whole life), richard and i spent some time with family & then headed up to anderson to go eat & then to clemson with my friend. richard drove us to greenville, where the doorman at the blindhorse made me wait until 12:01 to get my bracelet so i could order a drink...then casey & i went to TTT for lunch saturday so i could get my shirt! :) then, richard & i headed back home. after some family time, we had probably the tallest bonfire i've ever seen in my life! probs to Fireman Richard for makin that happen. & sunday was just relaxing & more family time. this week hasn't been anything exciting. but my weekend pretty much starts tomorrow so i will tryig to finish off the rest of my awesome pj i had for my party. it's very well deserved i do believe.