So I’m 20. And before I forget, here’s what I got:

Aunt Ann and Ed:
- pink Banana Republic shirt

Grandpa and Mary:
- Billy Joel’s Greatest Hits Volume I & II CD
- Gap gift card
- charcoal/money for art supplies
- journal

Ross:
- DC and northern VA road maps

Dad:
- money

Grandma:
- money

Brian’s parents:
- small wooden pot from Jamaica

Brian:
- biplane ride/airshow

I think I did pretty well, even if most of the stuff wasn’t on my sorry excuse for a list But that’s okay, I can definitely use everything, and next year I’ll just put forth more effort.

How am I gonna sum up the past week and still go to bed at a somewhat-decent hour? Let’s see … don’t remember Wednesday … or Thursday … or Friday … or Saturday. I probably just hung out here, took Ross to his treatment, and helped Brian clean and put furniture together. Oh yeah, Nancy and Molly were here, so I hung out and had dinner with them.

And then came the big day. One of 2 big days, actually. La dia de independencia (if that’s even how you say it). Anyway, Grandpa and Mary came Sunday afternoon, and after lunch, a little reading, and dinner, we headed downtown for the fireworks. Brian and I drove separately since we had Oakenfold later, and on a whim decided to walk the 5-mile round trip to meet up with everyone. Luckily, we had perfect timing, and the fireworks started about 5 minutes after we got situated …

Bah, I’m tired … will finish this tomorrow. Night.